The IRS targeting scandal was fake, but IRS budget woes are a real problem
Oct 23, 2017 01:23 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
Conservatives have been seething since 2013 over what they say was an unfair and imbalanced effort by the IRS to scrutinize right-leaning organizations more closely than other groups seeking nonprofit status. As a new...
Why the new banking laws won’t be the slam dunk the government is expecting
Oct 18, 2017 09:44 am UTC| Insights & Views Law Politics
The federal government is set to enact new laws covering Australian banks, senior executives and directors. Called the Banking Executive Accountability Regime (BEAR), it imposes new legal obligations on banks and their...
What the Harvey Weinstein case tells us about sexual assault disclosure
Oct 13, 2017 09:33 am UTC| Insights & Views Entertainment Law
Explosive reports from The New York Times and The New Yorker in recent days have revealed decades of alleged sexual harassment and assault perpetrated by high-profile Hollywood movie executive Harvey Weinstein. In the wake...
#LstTxt&Tstmnt: an unsent text message can count as a will, in the right circumstances
Oct 13, 2017 09:13 am UTC| Technology Law
The unsent text message read: Dave Nic you and Jack keep all that I have house and superannuation, put my ashes in the back garden with Trish Julie will take her stuff only shes ok gone back to her ex AGAIN Im beaten...
The pull of energy markets – and legal challenges – will blunt plans to roll back EPA carbon rules
Oct 13, 2017 09:10 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy Law
On Oct. 10, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt formally announced a repeal of the Clean Power Plan, regulation intended to curb greenhouse gas emissions from existing coal- and natural gas-fired power plants. This follows a...
Let's face it, we'll be no safer with a national facial recognition database
Oct 08, 2017 10:00 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
A commitment to share the biometric data of most Australians including your driving licence photo agreed at Thursdays Council of Australian Governments (COAG) meeting will result in a further erosion of our...
Uber can't be ethical – its business model won't allow it
Oct 04, 2017 09:43 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
Following TfLs decision to withdraw Ubers license to operate in London, there has been a widespread picking over of the ride-hailing apps recent history and speculation about its future. A fairly common conclusion is that...
Electricity from farm waste: how biogas could help Malawians with no power
What the Supreme Court is doing right in considering Trump’s immunity case
US student Gaza protests: five things that have been missed
Will Solomon Islands’ new leader stay close to China?
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects