Why Vladimir Putin will hardly flinch at Panama paper cut
Apr 07, 2016 04:53 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
The world remains gripped by the revelations made in the papers leaked from Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca. But Moscow has greeted the coverage with what might be characterised as calm indifference. Aware that...
What will the scrapping of Queensland's anti-bikie laws mean for organised crime?
Apr 07, 2016 03:00 am UTC| Law
The Queensland government has announced it will introduce a new suite of laws designed to tackle organised crime on a much broader front than just targeting bikies. This follows the release on Monday of a report that...
Panama Papers' dodgy middlemen are nothing new, as our own tax scandals show
Apr 06, 2016 05:31 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
The unprecedented leak of millions of documents, known as the Panama Papers, from tax haven law firm Mossack Fonseca prompted me to pick up an old book on my shelf. Written in 1969, Adventures in Tax Avoidance: with 120...
Apr 06, 2016 01:17 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
Last weeks shenanigans from Donald Trump reminded us of a particularly florid episode of House Of Cards. This week, with the leak of 11.5 million documents suggesting elite tax avoidance and evasion on an heroic scale,...
Justice is still not being done in the exploitation of indigenous products
Apr 05, 2016 14:04 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
There has been a sea change in the biodiversity business. International and national laws now oblige companies and researchers to do the right thing. Indigenous people and local communities must be included as...
Escaping the poverty trap requires more than a cash lump sum
Apr 05, 2016 14:01 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
In a recent TV series, three families were given 26,000 the maximum amount a person is entitled to receive in benefits in a year as a lump sum in exchange for giving up welfare. The experiment on Channel 5s The Great...
Apr 05, 2016 13:08 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
The Panama Papers leak sheds some light on the intricate ways in which the wealthy can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes. As well as charging minimal or no tax to residents and non-residents, the main characteristics...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects