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National affairs James Panichi 23 April 2019 A century after the one-time attorney-general’s legislation was shot down by the Privy Council, Australia’s new criminal cartel law is up and running
National affairs Kate Griffiths and Danielle Wood 29 March 2019 With one scandal following another, the obvious reforms are long overdue National affairs Jeremy Gans 19 March 2019 The Pell sentencing raises challenging questions about cases involving authority figures National affairs Jeremy Gans 27 February 2019 In this case, above all, justice needed to be seen to be done International Jessie Blackbourn 26 February 2019 The controversy over Shamima Begum’s bid to return to Britain from Syria has parallels in Australia
National affairs Jennifer Martin & Matthew Ricketson 26 February 2019 With the child sexual abuse royal commission handing down its report, what have we learned so far about the dynamics of abusive institutions?
National affairs Gabrielle Appleby 22 January 2019 The Uluru Statement’s plan for an Indigenous Voice should be put to a vote as soon as possible Podcasts Margaret Simons & Peter Clarke 31 December 2018 A decade after her first interview with Inside Story, writer and media analyst Margaret Simons talks to Peter Clarke about ten years of change, and… National affairs Jeremy Gans 10 December 2018 If judges don’t have a clear idea of how police should behave, where does that leave everyone else? National affairs Joo-Cheong Tham & Keith Ewing 23 November 2018 Will promised protections in Australia’s trade agreements really safeguard employees’ rights?
International Erin Handley 19 November 2018 After two years observing the genocide hearings, an Australian journalist gauges the local response to last week’s verdict
National affairs John Rickard 16 October 2018 This time in 2017, Australians were voting on marriage equality. What happened next? National affairs Sophie Black 24 September 2018 With the ACCC’s inquiry into the Nine–Fairfax deal continuing, has the NZ High Court given it a lead? National affairs Jeremy Gans 27 August 2018 We’ll never know whether people like Peter Dutton are eligible to sit in parliament unless the High Court hears his case   National affairs Rick Sarre 8 August 2018 Australian and international research can help us distinguish between successful and unsuccessful initiatives
National affairs Gabrielle Appleby 1 August 2018 The Uluru Statement from the Heart is beginning to have an impact in Canberra
Books & arts Megan Richardson 4 July 2018 Books | Badly designed technologies can trap users and thwart their understanding, argues lawyer–scientist Woodrow Hartzog. Good design can do the opposite From the archive Drusilla Modjeska 2 July 2018 Two compelling works of hybrid non-fiction explore how the past lives on in the present National affairs Jennifer Martin & Matthew Ricketson 28 June 2018 The royal commission has shown how institutions can rebuild their relationships with the children in their care National affairs Francesca Dominello, Sonya Willis and Sandra Hanna 11 June 2018 People want decisions not delays, argues the attorney-general. But do they want the wrong decision?
National affairs H.K. Colebatch 29 May 2018 How do we chart a better way through the Constitution’s cross-currents?
National affairs Joo-Cheong Tham 23 May 2018 Much-anticipated changes to Victoria’s political finance laws favour the big parties and fall short of full transparency National affairs Grant Hoole 23 May 2018 South Australia’s decision to expand ICAC’s powers raises thorny questions about the balance between fairness and openness National affairs Jeremy Gans 11 May 2018 The High Court has set a new citizenship test for parliamentarians of uncertain status, but who on earth could pass it? National affairs Michael Gill 11 May 2018 The banking royal commission has exposed senior management, boards and regulators to unprecedented scrutiny — and the problems don’t end with the finance sector
National affairs Jeremy Gans 1 May 2018 Are we all the losers in the High Court’s quest for consensus?
National affairs Rick Sarre 29 April 2018 Burgeoning numbers of untried prisoners are fuelling an unsustainable rise in Australia’s prison population. Only a shift in resources will bring the figure down National affairs Milind Sathye 23 April 2018 The government is toughening penalties at last, but the regulators can do much more, says a former central banker Books & arts Jeremy Gans 9 April 2018 The memoirs of one of Australia’s best-known judges raise important questions about sentencing, politics and the media Correspondents Lesley Russell 15 March 2018 As US gun-control efforts continue, there are signs of a shift in opinion and resolve