Australia’s proposed defamation law overhaul will expand media freedom – but at what cost?

Dec 03, 2019 03:32 am UTC| Insights & Views Law

Last Friday, Australias attorneys-general agreed on proposed amendments to the provisions which underpin Australian defamation laws. This means Australian governments have a plan for how to change defamation...

Migrant Crisis Series

What's happened to UK migration since the EU referendum – in four graphs

Dec 03, 2019 03:30 am UTC| Insights & Views Law

Many of the analyses of why a majority of British voters opted to leave the European Union in a referendum in June 2016, have pointed to a desire to control immigration as a key driving factor. However, surveys since the...

Adoption law should be reformed to give children legal connections to both of their families – here's why

Dec 01, 2019 03:39 am UTC| Insights & Views Law

When children are unable to live safely at home with their parents, they may enter out-of-home care. Most of these children are in foster or kinship care and many are able safely to go home after a period of time. But...

Robodebt failed its day in court, what now?

Dec 01, 2019 03:37 am UTC| Insights & Views Law

Three years after legal experts laid out their reasons why robodebt was wrong in law and wrong in maths, the government has folded its tent, conceding all points just before trial of the test case conducted in the name of...

The case of the pirated blueberries: courts flex new muscle to protect plant breeders' intellectual property

Dec 01, 2019 03:35 am UTC| Insights & Views Law

A few weeks ago, the Federal Court of Australia ordered a farmer in New South Wales to pay A$290,000 to a blueberry-producing company because he had grown and sold a proprietary variety of the fruit without...

A handsome soldier with a 'medical bill': how romance scammers make you fall in love with them

Dec 01, 2019 03:35 am UTC| Insights & Views Law

Maria Exposto, a Sydney grandmother who fell victim to a romance scam and became an unwitting drug mule, couldnt have known what was before her when she left Australia to sign documents for her fiancé so he could...

Here is what policymakers can do for Europe's news media

Nov 28, 2019 01:34 am UTC| Insights & Views Law

Europe is home to some of the most impressive and innovative news media in the world, from digital media such as Dennik N in Slovakia and MediaPart in France to legacy media such as the BBC in the UK and Dagens Nyheter in...