Banking Royal Commission's damning report: 'Things are so bad that new laws might not help'
Sep 30, 2018 21:48 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Royal Commissioner Kenneth Hayne has identified greed as the key reason banks and other financial institutions repeatedly broke the law, along with an inability to manage and repeated decisions by the Securities and...
Speaking out about sexual violence on social media may not challenge gendered power relations
Sep 30, 2018 21:47 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Feminists are celebrating a new generation of women who fearlessly share their stories of sexual violence on social media and other digital platforms, confronting established limits on talking about rape. But as past...
Are we really ready for privatized pot sales?
Sep 27, 2018 15:45 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
The Ontario government under Premier Doug Ford plans to privatize the retail sales of marijuana once it becomes legal next month, in contrast to the policy of the previous provincial government. Before the end of this...
Hiding 'grannycams' in aged care facilities is legally and ethically murky
Sep 27, 2018 15:43 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health Law
Our society is replete with tales about the unobserved abuse of vulnerable people in schools, kindergartens, child care facilities, psychiatric institutions, hospitals and the aged care facilities highlighted in the...
Fees for no service: how ASIC is trying to make corporate misconduct hurt
Sep 25, 2018 18:22 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
On September 6, 2018, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission launched proceedings against two arms of the National Australia Bank alleging a widespread and long standing practice of charging fees for no...
Marijuana use in South Africa: what next after landmark court ruling?
Sep 25, 2018 17:32 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
South Africas Constitutional Court has delivered a unanimous judgment that certain parts of the countrys drug laws are inconsistent with the right to privacy. Adults are now allowed to use, possess or cultivate cannabis in...
Crucial video evidence of war crimes is being deleted – how can it be saved?
Sep 25, 2018 10:21 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
From Syria to Myanmar and beyond, many of todays most intractable and brutal conflicts are being documented by everyday internet users equipped with smartphones. But even though theyre documenting vital evidence that could...
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’
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects