Law

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Politics & Society

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Episode 1: The threat to our global public institutions

In this Episode of In Pursuit of Knowledge we ask what role do global public institutions such as the United Nations and the International Court of Justice play in a crisis-riddled world?

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Politics & Society

The game is up for corporate fraudsters

A landmark decision of the High Court explains how corporations can now be held directly responsible for their predatory business models

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Health & Medicine

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Analysis

Corporations are putting profits above the safety of women. And it's evil

The pelvic mesh scandal is an example of the evil of selling unsafe products. The law can and should do something about it

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Environment

Ten things you should know about legally recognising the rights of Nature

As Nature around the world gains increasing rights as a ‘person’ or ‘living entity’, we need to understand what this means on the ground (or in the water)

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Politics & Society

Australia’s pawnbrokers are too lightly regulated and that’s a problem

In Australia, pawnbrokers are largely exempt from national consumer credit laws and it’s leaving often-desperate people exposed to acute risks

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Politics & Society

Women on temporary visas remain vulnerable to domestic and family violence

While the government is committed to urgently responding to the scale of men’s violence against women, there remains inaction on reforming our systems

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Politics & Society

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Opinion

What the Bondi Junction tragedy tells us about compulsory treatment

How should we balance public safety with the rights of people with a mental illness to make decisions about their own wellbeing?

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Business & Economics

Three ways to avoid mega projects going way over budget

Big projects are almost always over budget, but in Australia they too often have massive cost blowouts. There are ways to fix this.

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Politics & Society

I’ve seen war and beyond the horror lies a shared humanity

Being a humanitarian worker in conflict zones exposes you to the worst and best of humanity, showing us there’s more that unites us than divides us

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Health & Medicine

People with experience of mental health conditions should be paid to help others

The expertise of people with lived experience of mental health conditions should be employed to help turbocharge system-wide reform

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