Election explainer: what are the rules governing political advertising?
May 18, 2016 07:55 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics Law Business
Negative and positive advertisements were quick to hit the airwaves in the early days of the election campaign. With many more weeks to come, one might be tricked into thinking the major parties cant keep going at this...
Legal aid cuts prevent the police from being held accountable for their actions
May 17, 2016 16:40 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Who holds the police to account for their actions? Is it just institutions, such as the Independent Police Complaints Commission, the elected police and crime commissioners, and the forces disciplinary procedures?...
Labor struggles with the sticky paper of penalty rates
May 16, 2016 12:31 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Normally it is the Coalition that is on the defensive over industrial relations at election time, with Labor claiming workers rights are under threat from the conservatives. But currently Labor finds itself on the back...
What is Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's real crime?
May 13, 2016 10:22 am UTC| Insights & Views Law Politics
Dilma Rousseff, Brazils first female president, is about to go on trial. She is temporarily suspended from office while Brazilian politicians debate whether she broke the countrys laws. Her crime is she allegedly...
Should older people and those with dementia have their licences revoked?
May 12, 2016 00:12 am UTC| Insights & Views Law Health
One in ten people over the age of 65 and three in ten people over the age of 85 have dementia. As a degenerative and debilitating disease, people with dementia find they are unable to perform some of the everyday tasks...
Rushed reform benefits no one in the end
May 11, 2016 02:16 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics Law
For students and universities, the 2016-17 budget held few surprises. Full deregulation is dead and the budget provided a one year deferral on the cuts to teaching which have not yet passed parliament. The government...
Don't let cybercriminals hide from the FBI
May 09, 2016 12:51 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology Law
Imagine that a criminal investigator has identified one or more computers that are part of ongoing criminal activity. Unfortunately, the people operating these computers are hiding them. The machines could be anywhere in...
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