Books & arts
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
29 July 2011
Australians are likely to get a statutory right of privacy. Though it needs careful crafting, it’s high time
National affairs
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
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
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
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
3 June 2009
Government policy should confer rights rather than privileges, writes Klaus Neumann
National affairs
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
29 April 2009
The Zentai extradition case reveals much about the postwar history of two very different countries, writes Ruth Balint