Law

Politics & Society
Opinion
The amount of personal info Australian renters have to hand over is ‘staggering’
Many renters have little choice but to hand over excessive amounts of personal information when they apply for properties. While some states and territories are making moves to address this, others are lagging behind.

Politics & Society
Analysis
What the Brittany Higgins ruling tells us about defamation in Australia
Former Western Australian senator Linda Reynolds has won her defamation case against former staffer Brittany Higgins over social media posts

Politics & Society
Analysis
Victoria’s made history with exclusive native title – but it doesn’t tackle water justice
Aboriginal Traditional Owners now have more control over parts of their ancestral lands – but a colonial-era quirk in water law means they can’t freely use the water that flows through it

Politics & Society
Analysis
The law relies on being precise. AI is disrupting that
Businesses, governments and firms are continuing to experiment with generative AI, but for lawyers and courts, accuracy matters

Business & Economics
Taxing foreigners in the land of the ‘fair go’
Australia has signed treaties with eight other countries to protect their nationals from “more burdensome” taxation. But do our state and territory governments appreciate this?

Business & Economics
Client-lawyer privilege versus the Australian Tax Office
ATO officers have broad powers of information collection, but how far can they legally go when that information is protected by client professional privilege?

Politics & Society
International court to decide if we have a ‘right to strike’
Employers are challenging the legal principle on which the ‘right to strike’ is based in the International Court of Justice. The outcome could change labour laws around the world

Sciences & Technology
Ethics, privacy and the perils of 'deepfake geography'
Geospatial AI could transform healthcare and disaster management, but we need comprehensive guidelines and laws to mitigate misinformation and safeguard users

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

Politics & Society
Who stewards the forests?
What happens to the biodiversity and communities whose lives depend on a piece of land when that land is acquired? A new book explores the limitations of environmental law in India