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the law
National affairs
Section overboard
Brian Costar
3 February 2012
References to race should be dropped from the constitution, writes
Brian Costar
, but the reason section 25 was included in the first place is more complex than some…
National affairs
Recognising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples: the “what” and “how”
Paul Kildea
2 February 2012
Paul Kildea
looks at what’s being proposed for Australian constitutional reform, and how we might get there
National affairs
All politics isn’t necessarily local
Andrew Lynch
10 January 2012
Closest to the people it may be, but local government is unlikely to make it into the constitution anytime soon, writes
Andrew Lynch
National affairs
The Labor way
Frank Bongiorno
7 December 2011
The Labor conference exposed the party’s – and the government’s – weaknesses, writes
Frank Bongiorno
National affairs
“Kerrigan Clause” may be no bar to Abbott’s pledge
Fergus Green
20 October 2011
An Abbott government may well be able to repeal the carbon tax without paying compensation to the holders of carbon units.
Fergus Green
explains how
National affairs
Amid the panic, a sense of purpose
Frank Bongiorno
20 September 2011
Sixty years ago, H.V. Evatt successfully resisted strong public support for draconian anti-communist legislation, writes
Frank Bongiorno
. Is there a lesson for Labor in 2011?
Essays & reportage
News Corp and the hackers: a scandal in two parts
Rodney Tiffen
15 September 2011
With the Leveson inquiry into the British press starting work in London,
Rodney Tiffen
looks at what the phone-hacking scandal has revealed so far about media, politics…
Books & arts
The right thing
Ben Goldsmith
17 August 2011
The screening of the ABC’s ambitious courtroom drama,
Crownies
, coincides with a renewed debate about Australian content.
Ben Goldsmith
has been watching them both
Books & arts
“A limit to this right of overlooking”
Jock Given
29 July 2011
Australians are likely to get a statutory right of privacy. Though it needs careful crafting, it’s high time
National affairs
Mamdouh Habib: who knew what, and when?
Andrew Lynch & Nicola McGarrity
19 January 2011
FROM THE ARCHIVE | The federal government has announced a private inquiry into the treatment of Mamdouh Habib. Australia should follow Canada’s lead and launch an open…
National affairs
Court by surprise: the High Court upholds voting rights
Graeme Orr
6 August 2010
GetUp! has scored an unexpected victory in the High Court, giving an extra 100,000 people a chance to vote on 21 August and opening up the debate about the right to vote, writes…
Books & arts
The copyright cops
Ben Eltham
15 July 2010
When it comes to the prices they pay for copyrighted music, Australian consumers are being stung everywhere from the gym to the pub, writes
Ben Eltham
National affairs
Chartered waters
Jeremy Gans
11 September 2009
Victoria’s human rights charter has yielded a stunning victory for criminal suspects – and a blow for would-be Jack Bauers, reports
Jeremy Gans
.
Essays & reportage
Rights versus compassion
Klaus Neumann
3 June 2009
Government policy should confer rights rather than privileges, writes
Klaus Neumann
National affairs
This Charter applies too
Jeremy Gans
21 May 2009
The first successful Victorian human rights claim has implications for the debate about a federal rights charter, argues
Jeremy Gans
Essays & reportage
Australia, Hungary and the case of Károly Zentai
Ruth Balint
29 April 2009
The Zentai extradition case reveals much about the postwar history of two very different countries, writes
Ruth Balint
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