The new data retention law seriously invades our privacy – and it's time we took action
Jun 15, 2017 23:42 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law Technology
Over the past few months, Australians civil rights have come under attack. In April, the governments data retention law came into effect. The law requires telecommunications companies to store customer metadata for at...
CPA in crisis: why more associations will have to disclose CEO pay
Jun 15, 2017 22:19 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
The wave of public discontent thats changed how corporate Australia reports and discloses executive pay, is now moving to other types of organisations. The most recent example is professional accounting body Certified...
Jun 13, 2017 14:43 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics Law
Twenty-five-year-old Reality Leigh Winner remains in jail after a federal judge denied her bail in a case where she is alleged to have sent classified information to the media. Winner faces up to 10 years in prison if...
Jun 13, 2017 14:37 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Try to talk to the average person on the street about international safety standards and they will probably give you a blank look. Product and manufacturing rules and regulations have never been the most exciting...
12 States Threatened To Sue EPA Over Intent To Rollback Emissions Standards
Jun 13, 2017 08:29 am UTC| Politics Nature Law
In 2011, then President Barrack Obama introduced new standards in carbon emissions involving vehicles that forced car companies to make important changes in how they made vehicles. Now that Donald Trump is the president...
Game theory suggests China should keep its ivory trade ban in place indefinitely
Jun 09, 2017 18:42 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Its no exaggeration to say that African elephants are in grave danger. The forest elephant, native to Central Africa, is on the edge of extinction. Savanna elephants, in southern Africa, are being poached at a rate of...
How the parties differ on their plans to fix Britain's social care crisis
Jun 06, 2017 15:09 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law Health
Ahead of the election on June 8, the UKs main political parties have all proposed different solutions for the social care crisis. After the Conservatives proposals were labelled a dementia tax, and the party made a policy...
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