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The High Court of Australia finds that Aboriginal Australian people are not "aliens" under the Australian Constitution, even if they were not born in Australia and do not have Australian citizenship, and they cannot be deported.
2020-02-11

A research study published in "The New England Journal of Medicine" describes a significant mortality response to the immunotherapy Atezolizumab used in conjunction with the chemotherapy nab-paclitaxel for a type of untreatable Breast cancer (Triple-negative) when the tumors also display programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression.
2018-10-20

The High Court of Australia disqualifies Senator Katy Gallagher because she held dual citizenship with the United Kingdom when elected, not renouncing it in time. Four MPs in similar situations have also resigned, setting up four by-elections.
2018-05-9

The High Court of Australia finds that Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce of the National Party and several senators were ineligible for the 2016 federal election.
2017-10-27

The High Court of Australia finds that a group of 157 Sri Lankan asylum seekers were legally detained by Australian authorities at sea. The government acted lawfully and the group is not entitled to damages.
2015-01-28

The High Court of Australia recognises a neutral third gender that is neither male nor female.
2014-04-2

American actress Angelina Jolie announces that she underwent an elective double mastectomy due to her family history of lethal cases of breast cancer.
2013-05-14

Researchers find that there are four genetically distinct types of breast cancer.
2012-09-23

The High Court of Australia grants an injunction against the removal of asylum seekers to Malaysia until a full hearing later this month.
2011-08-8

Tennis player Martina Navratilova announces she has been diagnosed with breast cancer.
2010-04-7