Australia's quest for national security is undermining the courts and could lead to secretive trials
Oct 02, 2019 02:46 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
This is part of a new series looking at the national security challenges facing Australia, how our leaders are responding to them through legislation and how these measures are impacting society. In August, the...
Home grown cannabis to be legal in the ACT. Now what?
Sep 28, 2019 13:46 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health Law
The Australian Capital Territory took the next step towards regulation of the illicit drug market yesterday with new legislation passing through parliament. The legislation, which wont come into effect until January 31,...
The UK Supreme Court ruling on suspending parliament is a warning for Australian politicians
Sep 28, 2019 13:46 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
The UK Supreme Courts finding that Boris Johnsons suspension of parliament (or prorogation) was unlawful has raised the question of whether similar judicial action could be taken to challenge a controversial prorogation in...
Brexit in the Supreme Court: when populists attack the rule of law, we all lose
Sep 28, 2019 13:41 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
When members of the UK parliament returned to the House of Commons following the Supreme Courts ruling that the governments prorogation was unlawful, the attorney general, Geoffrey Cox, questioned their moral authority....
Court tobacco decision may set precedent for cases against fossil fuel companies
Sep 28, 2019 13:04 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Extreme weather events, made more likely by the climate crisis, are costing Canadas insurance companies heavily. Severe weather cost insurers $1.9 billion in 2018. But thats not the only reason insurers should worry about...
An increasing number of countries are banning e-cigarettes – here's why
Sep 25, 2019 01:21 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
The White House recently announced plans to ban flavoured e-cigarettes except for tobacco-flavoured products because of a rise in the number of middle and high school students using these products. A few days later,...
We don't need another inquiry into family law – we need action
Sep 20, 2019 02:54 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
Over the next 12 months, a joint parliamentary committee will examine Australias family law system. It will be led by conservative Liberal MP Kevin Andrews and One Nation leader Pauline Hanson. But it would appear the...
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