Australia's tax office can use global data leaks to pursue multinationals, High Court rules
Aug 15, 2019 17:45 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Can something that has been seen be unseen? Its an axiom of the internet age that it cant and though the worlds biggest mining company, Glencore would like it to be otherwise, its one with which the High Court of...
Get rid of private schools? We'd be better tackling inequalities between state schools
Aug 15, 2019 17:39 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson is the 20th Etonian to become prime minister of the UK. Most of his cabinet is composed of privileged, privately educated people, with two-thirds of his ministers among the 7% of the...
Courts are handcuffed on corporate human rights abuses abroad
Aug 15, 2019 17:35 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Last month marked the first time a lawsuit between a Canadian company and victims of foreign human rights violations ended with a confidential settlement and public apology. British Columbia mining company Tahoe...
Canada's marginal 'Christian right'
Aug 12, 2019 06:23 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
The political power of the American Christian right naturally leads to interest and speculation about the influence of similar groups in Canada. But social conservatives and evangelical Christians are a marginal force in...
Environmental destruction is a war crime, but it's almost impossible to fall foul of the laws
Aug 12, 2019 06:22 am UTC| Insights & Views Science Law
An open letter from 24 scientists published in Nature last month calls on governments to draft a new Geneva Convention dedicated to protecting the environment during armed conflict. This inspired a number of headlines...
Dutton directive gives journalists more breathing space, but not whistleblowers
Aug 12, 2019 06:08 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
In light of the ministerial direction issued to the Australian Federal Police by the Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton on August 9, it would be a spectacular contradiction in policy if the Australian Federal Polices...
Australian media regulators face the challenge of dealing with global platforms Google and Facebook
Aug 06, 2019 03:53 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
With concerns growing worldwide about the economic power of digital technology giants such as Google and Facebook, there was plenty of interest internationally in Australias Digital Platforms Inquiry. The Australian...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects