Nassar's abuse reflects more than 50 years of men's power over female athletes

Jan 30, 2018 12:10 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law Life

Youve got a lucky boyfriend. These were the words the physicians assistant conducting my gynecological exam in 1998 uttered as he suggestively smiled down at me over my paper gown. I lay on the exam table, 20 years old,...

What the Coincheck hack tells us about how Australian regulators will handle a cryptocurrency hack

Jan 30, 2018 12:06 pm UTC| Digital Currency Law

New risk rules for cryptocurrency exchanges will be put to the test with the latest hack on Japanese exchange Coincheck. Hackers stole US$660 million worth of NEM (its native cryptocurrency). In the past eight years,...

Politicians are inflating the evidence used to justify tax increases

Jan 11, 2018 01:28 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics Law

Chris Doucouliagos, Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Deakin Business School and Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University Many government policies are flawed because...

Like it or loathe it, here's why Apple doesn't need a planning permit for its Fed Square store

Dec 28, 2017 13:30 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law Real Estate

Despite the prominent public role played by Melbournes Federation Square, Apples new flagship store to be built within it wont even require a planning permit. This is thanks to an obscure planning process that planning...

Meat Eaters Should Be Taxed Like Smokers, Experts Say

Dec 27, 2017 11:33 am UTC| Health Law

A lot of people like to eat meat and do so on a regular basis. The same can be said about smokers. The big difference between these two is that those who consume tobacco are taxed while those who consume burgers are not,...

By casting teachers as informants, British counter-extremism policy is promoting violence

Dec 20, 2017 17:56 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law

The Muslim children in my classroom withdrew from political debate when the Prevent counter-terrorism strategy cast me as an informant. Prevent infers a duty on all teachers and doctors in England, Scotland and Wales to...

How the law itself can be a corrupting, criminal force – and what can be done about it

Dec 20, 2017 17:18 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law

There are two sorts of corruptions one when the people do not observe the laws; the other when they are corrupted by the laws: an incurable evil, because it is in the very remedy itself. With these words more than...