GST carve-up to be examined by the Productivity Commission

Apr 30, 2017 14:09 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law

Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The government has ordered the Productivity Commission (PC) to review how the GST revenue is sliced up, setting the scene for a new round of hostilities...

Here's when British police are legally allowed to shoot under a new policy on lethal force

Apr 30, 2017 14:05 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law

Against a backdrop of increased police militarisation, police chiefs in the UK have announced a more aggressive policy on the use of lethal force. There are now 640 more firearms officers in England and Wales than there...

An energy price cap could kill competition – here's a better idea

Apr 30, 2017 14:03 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy Law

The Conservatives have announced their manifesto will include a pledge to cap the price of energy bills. This comes just two years after Labour campaigned to freeze household energy prices The Tories are yet to flesh...

How Donald Trump's bull-in-a-china-shop shtick is strengthening international law

Apr 30, 2017 14:01 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law

In his first 100 days, Donald Trumps presidency has ramped up feelings of anxiety in the political and legal arenas of America and beyond, particularly for those with an internationalist view of the world. The first few...

Court ruling on Zuma's nuclear deal is a marker of South Africa's political health

Apr 30, 2017 13:58 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law

The South African governments plan to bulldoze through a nuclear energy deal has been dealt what might be a fatal blow by the Cape Town High court which has declared the plan invalid. It found that the government had not...

Israel, no-platforming – and why there’s no such thing as ‘narrow exceptions’ to campus free speech

Apr 30, 2017 13:52 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law

If theres one place where students are sure to spend time rehearsing arguments against Israel, then its SOAS, the London-based School of Oriental and African Studies (although plenty of universities run a close...

Backyard skinny-dippers lack effective laws to keep peeping drones at bay

Apr 26, 2017 08:00 am UTC| Insights & Views Law Technology

Recent advances in technology mean we can no longer rely on fences or barriers around our homes to protect our privacy. This was certainly the case for Darwin resident Karli Hyatt, who on Tuesday explained to the ABCs Law...