Does billionaire-funded lawsuit against Gawker create playbook for punishing press?
May 30, 2016 01:58 am UTC| Insights & Views Business Law
Word last week that Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel bankrolled wrestler Hulk Hogans invasion-of-privacy lawsuit against Gawker added a wrinkle to a case already featuring colorful characters and a US$140 million...
Children with sexualised behaviours need support, not silence and stigma
May 27, 2016 06:11 am UTC| Insights & Views Life Law
Reports of coercive sex acts among small children quite understandably provoke strong and broad ranging reactions. The case of a child in grade one performing sex acts on other children in a Victorian primary school...
My brain made me do it: will neuroscience change the way we punish criminals?
May 26, 2016 01:59 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
Australian law may be on the cusp of a brain-based revolution that will reshape the way we deal with criminals. Some researchers, such as neuroscientist David Eagleman, have argued that neuroscience should radically...
We mightn't like it, but there are ethical reasons to use animals in medical research
May 26, 2016 00:09 am UTC| Insights & Views Law Science
The media regularly report impressive medical advances. However, in most cases, there is a reluctance by scientists, the universities, or research institutions they work for, and the media to mention animals used in that...
Fact Check: could someone be extradited without evidence under a European Arrest Warrant?
May 23, 2016 00:31 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
This warrant removes the presumption of innocence before guilt and leaves our nationals vulnerable to being extradited without the production of any prima facie evidence at all. Nigel Farage, leader of the UK...
Why we need to do more for the victims of online fraud and scams
May 19, 2016 05:54 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
As we come to the end of National Consumer Fraud Awareness Week, I cant help but reflect on my own work researching this difficult and often fraught area. Imagine if you had a close friend or relative who went online...
How reducing penalty rates will affect workers' health
May 19, 2016 05:29 am UTC| Insights & Views Law Health Business
Despite only being two weeks into an eight-week election campaign, penalty rates have already become a significant issue, with Labor so far refusing to guarantee it will keep Sunday penalty rates for hospitality and retail...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects