3 important quotes from the GOP debate, explained
Feb 26, 2016 06:30 am UTC| Politics Law
The 10th Republican debate offered an opportunity for establishment candidates to slow Donald Trumps momentum just five days before Super Tuesday. On the Texas stage were just five candidates: Trump, Sen. Marco Rubio, Sen....
What would effective, fair and just drug-driving laws look like?
Feb 26, 2016 05:29 am UTC| Law
This month NSW magistrate David Heilpern dismissed a charge against a driver of driving with an illicit drug present in his body. The magistrate did so on the grounds that the defendant, after an earlier discussion with a...
Fact Check: Is the EU deal legally binding?
Feb 26, 2016 04:53 am UTC| Law
This is an international law declaration. Its an agreement that 28 nations have signed in good faith. Its a step forward. The prime minister negotiated in good faith and hes achieved, what I consider to be, an improvement...
Hacking the terror suspect's iPhone: what the FBI can do now Apple says 'no'
Feb 26, 2016 00:34 am UTC| Technology Law
Tech giant Apple is standing firm behind its decision to refuse a US court order to help the FBI gain access to the iPhone used by one of the shooters in last years mass killing in California. Fourteen people were...
In FBI versus Apple, government strengthened tech's hand on privacy
Feb 26, 2016 00:16 am UTC| Technology Law
The ongoing fight between Apple and the FBI over breaking into the iPhone makers encryption system to access a persons data is becoming an increasingly challenging legal issue. With a deadline looming, Apple filed court...
US Government Suspects Shaun Bridges Of Additional Bitcoin Theft In Silk Road Case
Feb 25, 2016 05:57 am UTC| Digital Currency Law
In response to a motion for detention hearing filed by Shaun Bridges, the corrupt Silk Road investigator, the US government has said that it suspects Bridges to have been involved in additional thefts from the darkweb...
Crowd-sourced funding: Australia needs to learn from Italy's mistakes
Feb 25, 2016 04:49 am UTC| Law
Australia can learn from Italys mistake in limiting companies that can access crowd-sourced funding, as the government examines changes to the Corporations Act. The Corporations Amendment (Crowd-sourced Funding) Bill...
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