An open letter on rental housing reform
Sep 25, 2018 10:02 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
Following a review of the New South Wales Residential Tenancies Act 2010 in 2016 and extended consultations, the NSW government has introduced a number of reforms to parliament. Debate is expected to occur this week....
Sports anti-doping bodies won't reform themselves, but nation states can break the deadlock
Sep 25, 2018 09:47 am UTC| Insights & Views Sports Law
Following the extraordinary state-sponsored doping scandal of the Russian Olympic team, the international sports anti-doping regime faces its worst credibility crisis in decades. The latest decision of the World...
Sep 25, 2018 09:46 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
The NHS in Wales is staffed with people who care, but it often makes headlines for the wrong reasons. While sometimes positive as in the case of free prescriptions the public image is often coloured by negative stories...
Memories of trauma are unique because of how brains and bodies respond to threat
Sep 25, 2018 09:46 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
Most of what you experience leaves no trace in your memory. Learning new information often requires a lot of effort and repetition picture studying for a tough exam or mastering the tasks of a new job. Its easy to forget...
Ford's fight with Toronto shows legal vulnerability of cities
Sep 24, 2018 08:06 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
The ping pong legal battle between Ontario Premier Doug Ford and the City of Toronto all of it playing out amid a municipal election campaign in Canadas largest city has highlighted Fords longstanding feud with his...
New laws help juries understand why victims of sexual violence struggle to recall their assaults
Sep 24, 2018 07:45 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
In June, the New South Wales parliament passed new laws to strengthen protection for children from sexual abuse and enact harsher sentences for their abusers. The reformed laws were in response to the recommendations of...
Criminals are using antique weapons due to a loophole in UK law
Sep 24, 2018 07:22 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
Antique guns are increasingly cropping up in violent crimes due to a lack of control around the sale, transfer and ownership of firearms made before 1939. Between 2008 and 2016, four fatalities were linked to the use of...
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