Criminals are using antique weapons due to a loophole in UK law
Sep 24, 2018 07:22 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
Antique guns are increasingly cropping up in violent crimes due to a lack of control around the sale, transfer and ownership of firearms made before 1939. Between 2008 and 2016, four fatalities were linked to the use of...
Why stigma against victims of domestic violence persists in Indonesia
Sep 24, 2018 07:02 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
To mark CAUSINDY (the Conference of Australian and Indonesian Youth) held in Makassar this month, The Conversation presents analysis from academics involved in the conference. On 22 September 2004, Indonesia enacted the...
South African court frees cannabis from colonial and apartheid past
Sep 24, 2018 06:54 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
A ruling by the South African Constitutional Court opens the way for decriminalising private use of cannabis, locally known as dagga. It marks a definitive shift in a century of notoriously punitive drug policy, recognised...
There's a gap between what people expect when they report cybercrime, and what police can deliver
Sep 18, 2018 12:41 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Two thirds of victims of cybercrime were not satisfied with the outcome of their reported offence, according an evaluation of the Australian Cybercrime Online Reporting Network (ACORN) that has finally been made...
Rising cyclist death toll is mainly due to drivers, so change the road laws and culture
Sep 18, 2018 12:40 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Recent reporting paints a picture of surging road deaths and failing safety strategies for cyclists. The Australian Automobile Associations Benchmarking report records 1,222 road deaths in the year ending June 2018. And...
A Canadian food policy moves closer to becoming a reality
Sep 13, 2018 13:15 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
One of the key commitments the federal government made upon taking office was to establish a food policy for all Canadians. The rationale was simple. Although, or perhaps because, food intersects so many aspects of life...
New body for complaints against police in Victoria is a good move, with some caveats
Sep 13, 2018 12:37 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
A parliamentary committee has recommended that all serious police misconduct be investigated by a new independent police misconduct and corruption division within the Independent Broad-based Anti-Corruption Commission...
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