The Law
Australia complicit in 1965 Indonesian massacres
The International People’s Tribunal at The Hague has ruled that Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom were complicit......
How are our politicians faring on the rule of law?
It’s not the sexiest issue – the rule of law, the separation of powers, the role of the estates. Not......
Giving human aid amid a political mess
The Syrian conflict has left 6 million people homeless within their own country. These displaced and needy people are being......
Exploring the ethics of addiction
Whether it’s ice, heroin, cannabis, caffeine or sugar, we all have an opinion on the ethics of drug use. Substance abuse......
Live export cruelty – a case of déjà vu?
Australian cattle are shown being killed with sledgehammers at Vietnam abattoirs, in shocking recent footage from Animals Australia. But it’s......
Global increase in MDMA calls for festival drug testing
With synthetic drugs on the rise, and the increasing purity of MDMA or ecstasy, experts are calling for the introduction......
A war of words over the trademarking of traditional bush medicine
An Indigenous small business owner in Queensland is locked in a legal battle over the use of a native tree......
No bail law will hit Indigenous people hardest: lawyers
NT Chief Minister Adam Giles has drawn ire with a Facebook post about so-called ‘rogue youths’ who ‘break into homes’.......
Rally calls to decriminalisation sex work in South Australia
Around the country, most states reformed laws governing sex work, but South Australia’s the same laws have been in place......
Study into jury behavior released by Royal Commission
In a year that has seen the high-profile trials of child sexual abuse ever-present in the headlines, a report released......