COLLINS & RICARDO

In *Collins & Ricardo*, the Federal Court of Australia, constituted by Loughnan J, considered applications made by the parties for the provision at court expense of audio recordings of proceedings held on 26 and 27 August 2013, in the form of CD-ROMs.

The central legal issue before the Court was whether it had the power or discretion to grant the parties' oral applications for the provision of these audio recordings at the Court's expense.

Loughnan J refused the applications, implicitly determining that the Court did not possess the authority or discretion to order the provision of such recordings at public expense. The Court's reasoning, though not detailed in the provided text, led to the conclusion that such a request fell outside the scope of what the Court could order in terms of expense.

Consequently, the Court ordered that the oral applications of the parties for audio recordings of the proceedings on 26 and 27 August 2013 in the form of CD-ROMs be refused.