Fiona McGaughey, The University of Western Australia; Dave Webb, The University of Western Australia e Peta-Jane Hogg, The University of Western Australia
Any proposed solution to the problem of modern slavery must engage with the business community and government policies on migration and migrant labour.
Tackling the harms of image-based abuse will require a combination of efforts.
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Image-based abuse, more commonly known as ‘revenge porn’, affects many Australians from across diverse communities and in different types of relationships.
David Buchanan and Fr Paul Kelly have spearheaded pushes to abolish the gay panic defence.
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In this episode of Change Agents we look at the abolition of the gay panic defence across Australia.
Adam Briggs and Trials from A.B. Original, winners of this year’s AMP Australian Music Prize, use swearing to make a political point in their music.
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The pervasiveness of profanity in popular culture underscores the absurdity of punishing people for using words broadcast on our screens and heard in our music.
The royal commission made 227 recommendations to transform Victoria’s family violence system.
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The failure to regulate litigation funders is becoming more problematic. This is because more funders, particularly from overseas, are entering the Australian market.
Giving a reference is protected, in defamation law, by the common-law defence of qualified privilege.
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In many cases, a reference will contain negative things about its subject. This is part of a reference’s design: the referee should give a full and frank assessment.
Daniel Andrews has announced reforms to Victoria’s bail laws following the events in Melbourne’s CBD last Friday.
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Australia needs to be very careful not to allow the bail system to become a political scapegoat at the hands of commentators exercising 20/20 hindsight.
Victorian premier Daniel Andrews announced his government would be putting a bill to legalise assisted dying to parliament next year.
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Ben White, Queensland University of Technology; Andrew McGee, Queensland University of Technology e Lindy Willmott, Queensland University of Technology
Victoria stands a chance of becoming the first Australian jurisdiction in 20 years, and the first ever Australian state, to have an assisted dying law.
Should the government be able to use intellectual property laws to control who can criticise its health policies by using the Medicare logo?
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Using intellectual property laws to try to shut down Mark Rogers’ ‘Save Medicare’ website shows how these laws serve to restrict free speech and advance government privatisation agendas.
A lack of regulation of surrogacy in developing countries makes it easy for exploitation to occur.
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Social media does not eradicate the line between personal or private. Instead, it shifts the line in ways that require thought rather than unreflexive condemnation or celebration.
Malcolm Turnbull introduced a bill for a same-sex marriage plebiscite to parliament on Wednesday.
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The debate around amending Section 18C is a furphy: the law is there to guard against the most-damaging vilification, and very few cases end up in court.
Harriet Wran was sentenced to four years in prison with a non-parole period of two.
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The internet and social media have expanded the potential for more enduring forms of non-judicial punishment by way of continued denigration, humiliation and abuse.