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Australia lags on scam victim reimbursement

While other countries have introduced stronger protections and reimbursement schemes for scam ...  
Royal Commission under fire for excluding Palestinian perspectives

The Royal Commission into Antisemitism has sparked debate over free speech, protest rights and the ...  
New Caledonia: Paris continues to obstruct decolonisation

New Caledonia is a test of whether France is prepared to apply the human rights principles it ...  
Paid agitator Avi Yemini's plan to harvest votes for One Nation

Legislative reform is needed when paid political agitators profit from the exploitation of demo ...  
Stoking hate in the Sunshine State

Twenty-six people face possible gaol time for displaying or voicing words the Crisafulli Govern ...  
Why we have a housing crisis and why government cannot fix the problem

Australia's housing crisis is a violation of basic human rights and international law.  
Why is there so little diplomatic action on Chinese state-sponsored hacking?

Power politics, economic dependence and international law are blocking diplomatic action on ...  
Beyond the sentence: Why Australia’s justice system fails at the point of release

Examining Australia’s prison system through the lens of release and reintegration, the greatest ...  
Mirrors of greed: Elon Musk, OpenAI and the tech brat battle

The legal clash between Elon Musk and OpenAI exposes the profit-driven scramble shaping the future ...  
Trump now placed to end U.S. democracy

Bit by bit, Trump’s efforts to undermine, steal or even cancel the mid-term elections are taking ...  
Curated accounts conveyed to Royal Commission without context

Hyperpartisan accounts of curated, centred lived experience omit key facts at the Royal Commission ...  
Why do politicians get to inflame, but citizens don’t?

When citizens fear speaking while politicians speak freely, then freedom has become a one-way ...  
Scrutiny mounts over Plymouth Brethren’s Federal Election interference

Allegations of covert coordination, voter intimidation and data sharing have thrust the Plymouth ...  
How we treat cats shows the health of a nation

Australia’s approach to cat containment raises serious questions about effectiveness, cost and ...  
NSW Police drifting dangerously toward I.C.E.-style tactics

By cracking down on protest and edging toward heavy-handed enforcement, NSW risks turning its ...  
Two magistrates, two questions and the limit of Queensland’s speech laws

Two Brisbane cases may test Queensland’s speech laws in court, but the deeper question is why ...  
Hair remembers: The crime you don't know is happening to you

Women are being raped in their sleep by their partners, filmed and shared online without ever ...  
‘Social cohesion’ defence collapses in NSW court, exposing QLD speech laws

A sharp appellate ruling has struck down NSW’s ‘social cohesion’ protest laws as unconsti ...  

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