High Court to hear Hanson challenge to racist hate speech laws

The One Nation leader has been granted leave to appear before the country's highest court. The leader is arguing that the contentious 18C hate speech law is invalid under the constitution, according to reports from The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald.

In a separate matter, a Federal Court challenge against the South Australian government's proposed $96 million Adelaide MotoGP circuit has been discontinued. Joshua Hogan, a Queensland man, had lodged the action in September seeking a permanent injunction against the project. During a brief hearing in Brisbane on Thursday, Judicial Registrar Michael Buckingham stated the proceedings were going to be discontinued. Neither the federal nor the South Australian governments will pursue costs from Mr Hogan.

A legal challenge to the circuit by the South East City Residents Association remains ongoing. According to SECRA president David Klingberg, the South Australian Supreme Court has set a hearing date for that matter on November 17.

Brief written by urgent.news from The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald, ABC News AU — 3 reports on this story. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.