Australia can learn from Indonesia’s experience before relaxing its media laws
Feb 18, 2016 04:05 am UTC| Law
Indonesias media landscape may be a model Australia is emulating as it prepares to change its media ownership laws. There are positives to following Indonesias lead, but also reasons for Australians to be...
Incedal terror case shows how little we've learned about press freedom since WWII
Feb 17, 2016 15:21 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Erol Incedal a law student from London was sentenced in April 2015 to three and a half years in prison after being found guilty of possessing a bomb-making manual. But his trial was held under such tight reporting...
How pay ratios could curb excessive CEO pay and counter inequality
Feb 17, 2016 15:17 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Google CEO Sundar Pichai has earned an eye-popping pay rise. He was awarded US$199m in shares, according to a recent filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. It makes him the highest-paid chief executive in...
UK companies poised to act on forced labour, but Australia lags behind
Feb 17, 2016 07:55 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
What are we doing to encourage companies to address labour abuses in their supply chains? Theres a flurry of activity in the UK at present as companies and civil society gear up for the supply chain transparency...
Why new anti-lobbying rules leave small charities out in the cold
Feb 16, 2016 15:56 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Charities will no longer be able to use public money for lobbying activities according to new rules. The anti-advocacy clause in government contracts announced by the Cabinet Office stated that taxpayers money must be...
With Justice Antonin Scalia's death, the battle for the US Supreme Court begins
Feb 15, 2016 13:35 pm UTC| Law
US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has died at the age of 79. He leaves behind a legacy of intelligent rhetoric and landmark opinions, and the court has lost a larger-than-life personality. His death has also prompted...
How should the U.S. government help coal communities?
Feb 15, 2016 11:15 am UTC| Law
As the United States adopts policies to lower greenhouse gas emissions, some communities will benefit from the shift to lower-carbon energy sources. But others will lose. Communities that have historically relied on...
Gabon: post-coup dialogue has mapped out path to democracy – now military leaders must act
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects