Technology-facilitated abuse: the new breed of domestic violence
Mar 27, 2017 16:34 pm UTC| Health Law
Domestic violence is a serious national issue in Australia and globally. It is an inherently gendered crime. Research consistently shows the overwhelming majority of offenders are male and the victims are...
Hanson stirs the sugar pot and backflips on penalty rates
Mar 27, 2017 14:01 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
The next big judgement day for Pauline Hanson will be the election in her home state of Queensland, due in under a year. Her vote there will determine how much fear she puts into the Coalition ahead of the federal...
The government is belatedly backing the penalty rates cut it always wanted
Mar 27, 2017 09:11 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
Its impossible for the government to substantially ease the hardship for workers from the Fair Work Commissions decision to cut some penalty rates as the governments submission into its implementation illustrates. Nor can...
How science is helping the police search for bodies in water
Mar 24, 2017 07:45 am UTC| Insights & Views Science Law
Police divers have started searching a canal in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, hoping to find the remains of schoolgirl Moira Anderson who disappeared, suspected murdered, in 1957. The operation follows an investigation by...
How the courts gave us EU citizenship, and how Britons can keep it after Brexit
Mar 24, 2017 07:36 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
One of the most keenly fought battles in the run-up to Britains exit from the European Union has been over the existence and nature of citizenship. EU nationals in the UK have become bargaining chips before negotiations...
Terrorism in Westminster: London had expected attack for some time but it still came as a shock
Mar 23, 2017 06:30 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
At least four people are dead and 20 injured following a terrorist incident in London. What had been dreaded finally happened an attack on UK soil which brought to mind recent tragedies on mainland Europe. Police are...
Australia's copyright reform could bring millions of books and other reads to the blind
Mar 23, 2017 05:07 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
Proposed changes to Australias copyright law should make it easier for people to create and distribute versions of copyrighted works that are accessible to people with disabilities. The Copyright Amendment (Disability...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Why Germany ditched nuclear before coal – and why it won’t go back
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight