Tobacco tax hikes are great, so long as you’re not a poor smoker
Apr 11, 2017 06:23 am UTC| Insights & Views Law Health
Tobacco tax increases in Australia that will see a packet of cigarettes costing A$40 may discourage smoking, but will end up having unintended consequences for poorer smokers, new research shows. According to our...
San Francisco is using a Montana sheriff's playbook to sue Trump on sanctuary cities
Apr 11, 2017 05:44 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics Law
San Francisco is suing over President Donald Trumps executive order against sanctuary cities. A federal court hearing is set for April 14, and a decision is expected soon after. The order, signed in January, defined...
FactCheck: do 679 of Australia's biggest corporations pay 'not one cent' of tax?
Apr 11, 2017 04:36 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy Law
… 679 of our biggest corporations pay not one cent of tax. Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) Secretary Sally McManus, address to the National Press Club, Canberra, March 29, 2017. Speaking at the...
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai Wants To Permanently Ban Smartphone Calls During Flight
Apr 11, 2017 04:31 am UTC| Technology Law
Even in the age of widespread smartphone use, airlines would still regularly tell passengers to turn off their phones during flight. The explanation always had something to do with interference with the system. In 2013,...
To win the war against illegal streaming sites the Premier League must beat them at their own game
Apr 08, 2017 05:49 am UTC| Entertainment Law
The Premier League is desperately trying to stop people from illegally streaming football games. Its latest victory in the UKs High Court was to stop hundreds of thousands of people watching matches for free via a Kodi...
Apple Pay may have won the battle but it may not win the war
Apr 06, 2017 07:33 am UTC| Insights & Views Law Technology
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commissions (ACCC) decision to deny some of Australias major banks the ability to collectively bargain with Apple and boycott Apple Pay, might have opened a whole new door for...
Driverless cars might be safer but they'll still keep the courts busy
Apr 06, 2017 07:30 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology Law
If driverless cars live up to the safety hype, they could result in a significant reduction in the number of court cases dealing with human-related traffic offences. But before we can clear the courts, we will need to...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects