We can't trust drug companies to wine, dine and educate doctors about the drugs they prescribe

Apr 07, 2016 05:40 am UTC| Insights & Views Law

If a drug company treats a doctor to a nice lunch and a presentation on their newest products, is prescribing affected? Doctors generally think not, but the research evidence overwhelmingly says yes. And if these events do...

Invisible influence: why sales reps are forming relationships with nurses

Apr 07, 2016 05:36 am UTC| Insights & Views Law

Last week Fairfax Media revealed pharmaceutical companies are spending lavish amounts treating Australian doctors to lunches, dinners and overseas trips. However, it is not only doctors who are courted in this way. The...

New relaxed drone regulations will help the industry take off

Apr 07, 2016 05:31 am UTC| Technology Law

The Australian drone industry is set for a shake up following the announcement of a long-awaited relaxation of regulations on their operation. Australias Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) says the amended...

Cyber justice: how technology is supporting victim-survivors of rape

Apr 07, 2016 04:58 am UTC| Insights & Views Law Technology

We tend to think of justice as meaning having ones day in court and that justice is done when the perpetrator is convicted and punished. But for many victim-survivors of sexual violence, that day may never come. While...

Panama Papers Series

Why Vladimir Putin will hardly flinch at Panama paper cut

Apr 07, 2016 04:53 am UTC| Insights & Views Law

The world remains gripped by the revelations made in the papers leaked from Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca. But Moscow has greeted the coverage with what might be characterised as calm indifference. Aware that...

What will the scrapping of Queensland's anti-bikie laws mean for organised crime?

Apr 07, 2016 03:00 am UTC| Law

The Queensland government has announced it will introduce a new suite of laws designed to tackle organised crime on a much broader front than just targeting bikies. This follows the release on Monday of a report that...

Panama Papers Series

Panama Papers' dodgy middlemen are nothing new, as our own tax scandals show

Apr 06, 2016 05:31 am UTC| Insights & Views Law

The unprecedented leak of millions of documents, known as the Panama Papers, from tax haven law firm Mossack Fonseca prompted me to pick up an old book on my shelf. Written in 1969, Adventures in Tax Avoidance: with 120...