Politics & Economy
Australian electoral laws need to be changed so as to remove bias towards the party in power. This is the...
The Law
In the wake of heavy handed treatment of an artist by law enforcement officers, the National Association for the Visual...
Australia’s new Attorney-general, Robert McClelland, plans to sign a landmark charter enshrining the rights and responsibilities of the nation’s legislators....
The proposed Animals (Regulation of Sale) Bill in New South Wales has recieved opposition this week in the form of...
New Zealand’s controversial anti smacking legislation has recorded its first conviction. Joe Tucci, CEO of The Australian Childhood Foundation, spoke...
Greens senator Kerry Nettle is claiming that immigration laws are stopping sailors from doing what sailors have always done as...
The New South Wales Government has announced that emergency powers granted to police during the Cronulla riots to prevent public...
Yesterday on the Wire we heard human rights lawyer Julian Burnside talking about his own personal journey from ordinary lawyer...
Well known Melbourne QC Julian Burnside wasn’t always an outspoken champion of human rights. In his new book “Watching Brief...
Over the past few years, anti-smoking legislation has been phased in around the country, and tonight South Australia becomes the...
