Fact Check: could someone be extradited without evidence under a European Arrest Warrant?
May 23, 2016 00:31 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
This warrant removes the presumption of innocence before guilt and leaves our nationals vulnerable to being extradited without the production of any prima facie evidence at all. Nigel Farage, leader of the UK...
Why we need to do more for the victims of online fraud and scams
May 19, 2016 05:54 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
As we come to the end of National Consumer Fraud Awareness Week, I cant help but reflect on my own work researching this difficult and often fraught area. Imagine if you had a close friend or relative who went online...
How reducing penalty rates will affect workers' health
May 19, 2016 05:29 am UTC| Insights & Views Law Health Business
Despite only being two weeks into an eight-week election campaign, penalty rates have already become a significant issue, with Labor so far refusing to guarantee it will keep Sunday penalty rates for hospitality and retail...
Election explainer: what are the rules governing political advertising?
May 18, 2016 07:55 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics Law Business
Negative and positive advertisements were quick to hit the airwaves in the early days of the election campaign. With many more weeks to come, one might be tricked into thinking the major parties cant keep going at this...
Legal aid cuts prevent the police from being held accountable for their actions
May 17, 2016 16:40 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Who holds the police to account for their actions? Is it just institutions, such as the Independent Police Complaints Commission, the elected police and crime commissioners, and the forces disciplinary procedures?...
Labor struggles with the sticky paper of penalty rates
May 16, 2016 12:31 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Normally it is the Coalition that is on the defensive over industrial relations at election time, with Labor claiming workers rights are under threat from the conservatives. But currently Labor finds itself on the back...
What is Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's real crime?
May 13, 2016 10:22 am UTC| Insights & Views Law Politics
Dilma Rousseff, Brazils first female president, is about to go on trial. She is temporarily suspended from office while Brazilian politicians debate whether she broke the countrys laws. Her crime is she allegedly...
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