A Paper for the Economics and Business Educators’ Legal Studies Conference in 2013 on High Court Cases and the state of the freedom of political communication. Freedom took a further hit with the decision of a Federal Circuit Court judge in Banerji v Bowles when...
The High Court has ruled that the Australian Crime Commission cannot require someone charged with an offence to answer questions before his or her trial on the subject matter of the charges, because that would interfere with the fundamental right to remain silent and...
RoLIA has made a submission to the Senate Inquiry into the Telecommunications Amendment (Get a Warrant) Bill 2013. The Bill is a private senator’s bill which is intended to require investigative agencies to obtain a warrant to access telecommunications data. RoLIA is...
The NSW government intends to completely overhaul the current planning laws. Although the rationale for the overhaul is to give the community a greater say at the strategic planning stage rather than the opportunity to object to particular developments, the draft ...
Last week I visited schools in Rockhampton in Central Queensland and spoke to students at The Cathedral College, Emmaus College, Rockhampton Grammar School and Rockhampton State High School. It was also my pleasure to present first prize in the Queensland Rule of Law...
