Japanse shipping company NYK pleaded guilty to cartel conduct.
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The successful prosecution of the first criminal cartel case may be seen as a vindication of the decision to criminalise cartel conduct.
Technology has provided both sex workers and their clients greater mobility and anonymity, opening sex work up to new markets.
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The car, the phone and the internet have changed the way the sex work industry operates, but debates about regulation have not advanced with new technologies.
Concerns have been raised about whether Australia adequately protects human rights given multiple reports of abuses, including mistreatment of juvenile detainees.
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Australia is the only democratic nation in the world without a national charter of rights or similar.
Our internet is becoming increasingly fragmented thanks to local laws.
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Locals laws and norms are breaking up the internet as we know it.
Functional magnetic resonance imaging could reveal whether someone knows something they’re not telling.
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Using mind reading technologies in court could become common practice.
I’ve told you before, the Lawrence v Texas decision says it’s fine.
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Are gay rights a matter of protecting privacy, or sexual freedom itself?
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Their assistance can be vital after legal aid cuts.
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The Home Office issued its last drug strategy seven years ago. A lot has changed in that time, except the Home Office’s ability to ignore the advice of experts.
Fair dealing allows Australians to use copyrighted content for news and reporting.
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When can you use someone else’s copyright work without their permission? We explain ‘fair dealing’ and ‘fair use’ law in a handy guide.
The ability of authorities to access encrypted messages must be balanced with the security risks.
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The Australian government’s proposed law that would force technology companies to decrypt messages could make Australians more vulnerable.
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When multiple parties with opposing viewpoints all have a person’s best interests at heart, whose view should prevail?
Setting a low age floor for legal access to cannabis could improve drug-use prevention, education, health and safety for youth, research suggests.
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Allowing young people to legally access marijuana will improve cannabis education and use-prevention, and hinder illegal activity.
Adolescent family violence has detrimental effects on the health and wellbeing of families, and is surrounded by stigma and shame.
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Research is revealing that both families who have experienced adolescent family violence and those working with them feel the criminal justice system is not an appropriate way to respond to it.
Amee Meredith and Caterina Politi turned the worst day of their lives into a campaign for meaningful law reform.
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In this episode of Change Agents, Andrew Dodd speaks with Amee Meredith and Caterina Politi, who lost family members to random acts of violence, on their campaign to reform 'one-punch' laws.
Male victims are most likely to be killed by somebody they know – usually a friend or acquaintance.
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Even though males represent around half the population, they account for about two-thirds of Australian homicide victims.
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Artificial intelligence can now produce original paintings, novels and music.
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Have American companies just been given the green light to deploy “edgy” branding that goes way too far?
Those responsible must be held to account.
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The investigation into the Hillsborough disaster took a long and twisted path – the government must learn from its mistakes.
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Sometimes people like poetic justice because the law is not in a position to mete out what is deserved.
The Whanganui River, seen here, is now a person under New Zealand law.
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New Zealand just conferred personhood upon the Whanganui River, giving it standing to legally defend its rights. Can this novel strategy save the environment?