Foreign companies should not be able to sue the government for taking action on climate change An article in the Conversation with the catchy title “Hey Minister, leave that gas trigger alone” has urged the Labor government not to extend the Turnbull
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When parents and doctors disagree, how do courts decide whether to withdraw life support from a hospitalised child? The creation of a federal judicial commission is among the recommendations of the Australian Law Reform Commission’s report on judicial impartiality. The high-profile defamation
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Man’s lawyers claim Clare O’Neil’s decision is unconstitutional and ask for him to be released from detention Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our free news app, morning email briefing and daily news podcast The new home affairs
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The world’s only nationwide in-house prison network broadcasts 24 hours a day and is produced by and for inmates. Read More Law Report – Full program podcast
Freesoul Real Estate has days to appeal a ground-breaking fine imposed by Fiji’s High Court after the Chinese resort developer carried out unauthorised works on a remote island. And environmental law in the Pacific. Read More Law Report – Full program podcast
Why did actor Johnny Depp’s defamation case against his former wife Amber Heard succeed in the US after failing at a similar trial in the UK? And a man ordered to face trial before a judge alone under the ACT’s pandemic emergency
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The High Court has ruled that a decision by the former Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews to rescind the citizenship of an Australian man suspected of joining the Islamic State group was unconstitutional. And, for the first time, unpaid workers can pursue
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Should we grant patents to Artificial Intelligence algorithms? Should machines have copyright over the art works they generate? What about animals? Read More Law Report – Full program podcast
Reforming the Public Interest Disclosure Act “is a significant matter because it is linked to the national anti-corruption commission that we hope to legislate this year,” the federal Attorney General Mark Dreyfus has told the Law Report. In a wide-ranging interview, Mr
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An in-depth look at Victoria’s law to ban the public display of the Nazi swastika amid calls for the Federal Government to legislate a national ban on the symbol. And the case of a West Australian man who spent more than a
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