How smoking bans could lead to the death of the industry
May 31, 2016 13:05 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law Business
Smoking bans have been introduced in numerous countries around the world, following the incontrovertible link thats been made between smoking and cancer. The World Health Organisation estimates that over 6m people a year...
Discrimination law fails pregnant women who lose their jobs
May 30, 2016 04:44 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
Despite laws protecting their rights to work, research shows pregnant women are still being discriminated against with court decisions often being unfavourable to the few bringing legal claims. Legal change is needed if as...
The scandal of 60 Minutes: no broadcasting standards, no investigation
May 30, 2016 04:42 am UTC| Insights & Views Business Law
Last week, a small group of people held a protest outside Channel Nine in Sydney. They were objecting to the networks treatment of Adam Whittington, the Australian man whose company recovered Sally Faulkners children on...
Does billionaire-funded lawsuit against Gawker create playbook for punishing press?
May 30, 2016 01:58 am UTC| Insights & Views Business Law
Word last week that Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel bankrolled wrestler Hulk Hogans invasion-of-privacy lawsuit against Gawker added a wrinkle to a case already featuring colorful characters and a US$140 million...
Children with sexualised behaviours need support, not silence and stigma
May 27, 2016 06:11 am UTC| Insights & Views Life Law
Reports of coercive sex acts among small children quite understandably provoke strong and broad ranging reactions. The case of a child in grade one performing sex acts on other children in a Victorian primary school...
My brain made me do it: will neuroscience change the way we punish criminals?
May 26, 2016 01:59 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
Australian law may be on the cusp of a brain-based revolution that will reshape the way we deal with criminals. Some researchers, such as neuroscientist David Eagleman, have argued that neuroscience should radically...
We mightn't like it, but there are ethical reasons to use animals in medical research
May 26, 2016 00:09 am UTC| Insights & Views Law Science
The media regularly report impressive medical advances. However, in most cases, there is a reluctance by scientists, the universities, or research institutions they work for, and the media to mention animals used in that...
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