Tax reform might happen if we could see everyone's tax return
May 09, 2016 12:41 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
It might sound odd to us in Australia, but Norwegians have been able to see how much their fellow citizens earn, and how much tax they pay, for the past 200 years. Every October, Norwegian citizens have their income tax...
Should the UK legalise cannabis?
May 06, 2016 16:53 pm UTC| Law Health
A number of countries have decriminalised cannabis for personal use. None of them have descended into anarchy, so whats preventing the UK government from following suit? The Conservative government claims to be in...
Why British law doesn't necessarily apply in overseas territories
May 05, 2016 16:59 pm UTC| Law
Until the Panama Papers scandal broke, it would have been easy to think that the widest possible definition of the United Kingdom is England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. But the territory is much wider than that ...
It's time to future-proof Australia's copyright laws for the 21st century
May 05, 2016 16:52 pm UTC| Law
The award-winning Australian author Jackie French is wrong. In her open letter, she blasts the Productivity Commissions report on intellectual property, released last month. The report, though, makes a number of...
How would Brexit affect data protection, privacy and surveillance laws in Britain?
May 05, 2016 16:40 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Successive British governments have passed or tried to pass laws granting wide data sharing and surveillance powers, only for them to founder in the European courts due to conflicts with European directives and laws such...
Domestic violence is often omitted from sentencing reforms. Here's why that's a mistake
May 05, 2016 16:33 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law Life
On March 8, the Iowa House of Representatives passed a bill setting new mandatory minimum sentences in domestic violence cases. Those convicted of domestic violence three times must serve 85 percent of their sentences...
What the EU has done to take on Big Tobacco
May 05, 2016 15:50 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Three landmark cases in the EU Court of Justice have dealt an important blow in the long-running campaign by Big Tobacco to use legal challenges to avoid regulation. The big question at stake is about how effective is the...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects