The unimaginable costs of sexual assault
Nov 04, 2018 14:31 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law Health
What is the cost of sexual assault? The answer depends on whom you ask. Social and behavioral scientists like me measure the consequences of sexual assault in terms of mental health, physical health and educational...
State governments can transform Australia’s energy policy from major fail to reliable success
Nov 04, 2018 14:29 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy Law
This week were exploring the state of nine different policy areas across Australias states, as detailed in Grattan Institutes State Orange Book 2018. Read the other articles in the series here. Energy policy in...
Abolish stamp duty. The ACT shows the rest of us how to tax property
Nov 04, 2018 14:18 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
This week were exploring the state of nine different policy areas across Australias states, as detailed in Grattan Institutes State Orange Book 2018. Read the other articles in the series here. You might think that...
A vaccine to stop lung cancer? It's made from tobacco taxes and legislation
Nov 04, 2018 13:19 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health Law
Lung cancer is the biggest cancer killer in the country, and almost 90 percent of deaths from this disease are directly attributable to cigarette smoking. Many cancers, such as breast cancer, that were once a death...
Congratulations, you’re ten! Now you can be arrested
Nov 04, 2018 13:18 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Not so long ago, my then nie-year-old daughter wandered into my office at home. She saw a book on a shelf: Children Behind Bars by Carolyne Willow. Children Behind Bars, Daddy? What does that mean?! she exclaimed. I...
Hello magic and witchcraft, goodbye Enlightenment
Oct 31, 2018 13:13 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Recently a Canadian woman was charged with pretending to practise witchcraft under a law on the verge of disappearing from the Canadian Criminal Code. She had attempted to extort considerable sums of money from vulnerable...
We need better jury directions to ensure justice is done
Oct 31, 2018 13:07 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
In a trial involving a jury, the judge gives the jury instructions on various issues including the relevant laws, trial process and evidence. In Victoria, these instructions are know as jury directions. Jury directions...
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