Oct 16, 2018 15:25 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law Politics
Two new polls have Labor maintaining a commanding lead as the parliament goes into a fortnight that will see a flurry of new government legislation, including to outlaw discrimination against gay students. Newspoll...
Australians care about animals – but we don't buy ethical meat
Oct 16, 2018 15:10 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Australians clearly care about animal welfare: our research has found 92% shoppers in Sydney considered animal welfare to be important. However, when we look at the distribution of market share of so-called high-welfare...
Fixing a broken process for nominating US Supreme Court justices
Oct 16, 2018 14:59 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
President Donald Trump has nominated two Supreme Court justices during only 19 months in office. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell stated after Brett Kavanaughs confirmation that Trump might have the opportunity to...
We need a new human right – to protect our freedom to live without threat from the skies
Oct 16, 2018 14:43 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
In little more than 100 years, humans have radically transformed the sky: chemically, territorially and militarily. In this increasingly contested space, technological developments are accelerating the transformation. New...
How the Australian government is failing on countering violent extremism
Oct 16, 2018 14:38 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Countering violent extremism (CVE) programs are recognised globally as a critical part of successful counter-terrorism strategies. In addition to anti-terrorism laws and surveillance powers, governments need CVE programs...
In the end, it was Khashoggi's 'friends' who silenced him
Oct 16, 2018 13:52 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
I was first in touch with Jamal Khashoggi the Saudi journalist who disappeared on Oct. 2 while setting up an interview with Osama bin Ladens former close friend and brother-in-law, Mohammad Jamal Khalifa, for the CBC...
As cannabis is legalized, let's remember amnesty
Oct 16, 2018 13:52 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Weed, spliff, cannabis, joint, blunt, Mary Jane, ganja, reefer, marijuana, pot: no matter what you call it, it is almost legal in Canada. Many will benefit from the new right to grow, sell or smoke legally and...
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