Does income tax and benefits reduce inequality in Britain?
Apr 15, 2016 15:05 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
The aim of progressive taxation and the welfare state is to redistribute wealth from the richest to the poorest in an effort to erode the worst aspects of poverty and inequality. How well the British tax and benefits...
Why the victim can also become the offender in online fraud
Apr 15, 2016 01:25 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
Its bad enough when someone loses money to an online scam, but in some cases the victim can also recruit others into the scam causing even further heartache and loss. Thats what happened in the case of 65-year-old...
FactCheck: do better pay rates for truck drivers improve safety?
Apr 15, 2016 01:18 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
The evidence is that if you ensure that people travel safely in terms of safe rates you will get proper outcomes … you will get improved safety. Shadow Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, Anthony Albanese,...
Scales of justice still tipped towards police who harm people in their custody
Apr 15, 2016 01:16 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
Accountability for the deaths of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people at the hands of the state remains absent 25 years after the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody tabled its report. Between...
Daily Mail is right about three-in-a-bed injunction – the law is an ass
Apr 14, 2016 23:33 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
A considerable amount of journalism is, by its very nature, based on the foul stench of human ugliness. If you strip away the humbug of public interest and freedom of expression mantras, so much of it is rooted in the...
Why we should honour the humanity of every person who dies in custody
Apr 14, 2016 23:20 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Its now 25 years since the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody tabled its final report. The anniversary will undoubtedly be marked by analysis and commentary, as well as reflections on statistics, key trends...
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