When doping wasn't considered cheating

Aug 10, 2016 05:14 am UTC| Insights & Views Law Sports

Trying to gain an advantage over your opponent is as old as sport itself. But whats considered fair and unfair is often up for debate. In cricket, theres sledging, which is when fielders verbally abuse batsmen in order...

Who owns your tattoo? Maybe not you

Aug 08, 2016 05:53 am UTC| Insights & Views Law

More than 20 percent of all Americans have at least one tattoo, and for millennials that number jumps to almost 40 percent. What could be more intimately a part of you than a work of body art permanently inked into your...

If cash is king, how can stores refuse to take your dollars?

Aug 05, 2016 00:20 am UTC| Insights & Views Business Law

Weve been talking about societys transition to a cashless society for a long time, but it begs an important question: Can stores and other retail establishments refuse to take your dollars and cents? As odd as it...

Bank executives forced before parliamentary committee for 'regular health check'

Aug 04, 2016 10:10 am UTC| Insights & Views Law

Malcolm Turnbull has announced that the heads of Australias big four banks will be grilled annually by the House of Representatives economics committee, as the government hits back at the banks refusal this week to pass on...

Many wealthy countries face a mental health crisis – here's what governments can do

Aug 04, 2016 10:07 am UTC| Health Law

The evidence suggests that the UK, among other high-income countries, is in the midst of a mental health crisis. A recent report by the Mental Health Network, found that 19% of adults had been diagnosed with depression at...

Why executions in Indonesia must stop

Aug 03, 2016 06:45 am UTC| Insights & Views Law

Indonesia executed four prisoners on death row for drug offences early on Friday. Last weeks killings were the third round of executions under Joko Widodos government, and were carried out despite ongoing legal appeals and...

Should we be locking people up in prisons at all?

Aug 01, 2016 07:48 am UTC| Insights & Views Law

Footage aired last week of children being abused in a Northern Territory prison sent shockwaves around the nation. These images forced us to grapple with the problem as if it were breaking news, despite the fact that so...