The Law

Civil rights groups in Queensland are unhappy with new public nuisance fines. The state government has announced a trial for...

In 2002 three Muslim converts attended a Pentecostal church seminar which claimed to be about understanding Islam. What they heard...

A new report from the Australian Law Reform Commission aims to empower citizens to protect their privacy. The report into...

Indigenous art sales have been booming in recent years, but there are fears that the original artists are still getting...

The Foreign Minister, Stephen Smith, has today defended the Government’s stance towards the death penalty. Critics say if the government...

New privacy laws could stop the public’s voracious appetite for celebrity gossip. Draft submissions from the Australian Law Reform Commission...

Queensland’s adoption privacy laws have been labelled the most restrictive in Australia by adoption groups and the State Government. Anna...

The international community is celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Rome Statute this month; the end result of intense negotiations...

The hysteria surrounding Queensland sex offender Dennis Ferguson has has reached new heights, forcing him to move house three times...

The main opposition leader in Malaysia, Anwar Ibrahim, has overcome potentially politically damaging accusations of sodomy – leading thousands in...