The FBI drops its case against Apple that only made everyone's security worse
Mar 30, 2016 13:54 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
The FBI has succeeded in hacking into an iPhone that belonged to San Bernardino shooter Syed Farook without Apples help. As a consequence, the FBI has dropped its legal case that was trying to force Apple to do what has...
How far can you go to lawfully protect yourself in a home invasion?
Mar 30, 2016 13:36 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Over the weekend, New South Wales police charged a man with murder after an alleged burglar died following an incident in the mans home in the early hours of Saturday. Conversely, in a separate case, committal proceedings...
What if the FBI tried to crack an Android phone? We attacked one to find out
Mar 30, 2016 13:35 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
The Justice Department has managed to unlock an iPhone 5c used by the gunman Syed Rizwan Farook, who with his wife killed 14 people in San Bernardino, California, last December. The high-profile case has pitted federal law...
How the Supreme Court made economic inequality a whole lot worse
Mar 30, 2016 13:00 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Economic inequality is now firmly on the public agenda as candidates and voters alike look for someone to blame for stagnant wages, entrenched poverty and a widening gap between rich and poor. Bernie Sanders blames Wall...
Four reasons payday lending will still flourish despite Nimble's $1.5m penalty
Mar 29, 2016 05:28 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
The payday lending sector is under scrutiny again after the Australian Securities and Investment Commissions investigation into Nimble. After failing to meet responsible lending obligations, Nimble must refund more than...
How unions are changing in a bid for relevance – and survival
Mar 29, 2016 05:13 am UTC| Insights & Views Law Business
It is often said that necessity is the mother of invention. As Australian unions face increasingly urgent challenges to their legitimacy and influence, it comes as no surprise they are busy rethinking how best to represent...
Small businesses are being hit with import duty as Customs undermines trade policy
Mar 29, 2016 05:03 am UTC| Insights & Views Business Law
One of the most popular trade terms that small businesses take advantage of when importing goods into Australia is Delivery Duty Paid (DDP), which makes the seller responsible for any import duties and customs...
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’
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects