Protecting our digital heritage in the age of cyber threats
Dec 16, 2018 13:33 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology Law
One of the key functions of the government is to collect and archive national records. This includes everything from property records and registers of births, deaths and taxes, to Parliamentary proceedings, and even the...
The government's encryption laws finally passed despite concerns over security
Dec 16, 2018 13:27 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
After being caught up in the broader drama of the last day of Parliament for 2018, the Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment (Assistance and Access) Bill 2018 passed both houses on Thursday, with the support...
Dec 16, 2018 13:17 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Who wouldnt want cheaper power? And who wouldnt enjoy a bit of a stoush between the big bad generators and the government, trying to break them up on our behalf? Even if it was largely tangential to keeping prices...
How self-driving cars will make our cities more charming
Dec 16, 2018 13:12 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Everyones trying to get ready for roads that will be filled with more and more self-driving cars. But just as the first cars were imagined to be like horse-drawn carriages without the horses, its easy to fall into the trap...
Copyright law does not protect the taste of cheese
Dec 16, 2018 13:08 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Blessed are the cheesemakers, runs the famous line from the Monty Python film Life of Brian. But a recent court case gives the lie to the notion that manufacturers of cheese have fortune on their side, after the court that...
Law and order is no get-out-of-jail card for floundering politicians
Dec 16, 2018 13:07 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law Politics
With confidence in politicians at an all-time low, it would be easy to assume criminal law-making is only ever about law and order bidding and winning elections. For example, when it emerged that Hassan Khalif Shire Ali...
Morrison wants Religious Discrimination Act passed before election
Dec 16, 2018 12:58 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
The government will introduce a Religious Discrimination Act to protect the rights of people of faith, with Scott Morrison declaring he would like the legislation passed before the election. Announcing the governments...
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