The Law
The French Parliament’s passed an immigration bill that’s been labelled racist and has been compared to anti-Jewish discrimination during Nazi-ruled...
The media has missed David Hicks, but he’s back and still scandalous. South Australian parliament has passed a new bill...
Queensland now joins New South Wales and Victoria in passing legislation that allows scientists to clone embryos for research. The...
Social Justice
Justice Michael Kirby is certainly our most high profile High Court judge, both for his frequent dissenting judgements and for...
Currently, Queensland is the only State or Territory where the age of consent for gay and straight sex is not...
The NSW Court of Criminal appeal is currently considering whether victim impact statements should be taken into consideration when sentencing...
Politics & Economy
This week, the Federal Senate will debate new legislation that effectively allows mobile phones to be turned into tracking devices...
Australia’s Privacy Act is set for a major overhaul, after the Australian Law Reform Commission released a discussion paper for...
Today, Federal Court judge Justice Jeffrey Spender overturned the decision by Federal immigration minister, Kevin Andrews to revoke the visa...
Intellectual property is becoming an important issue, with the booming industry of user publication on the internet and the advent...
