This article by Robin Speed, President of the Rule of Law Institute of Australia, appeared in The Australian on 05/08/2016. Former NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption commissioner David Ipp, in his response to the review of that agency by its independent...
The recent Four Corners story on youth detention in the Northern Territory has sparked interest in and concern about the issue. This media mash-up will review relevant legislation and media articles about youth detention around Australia. The issue of youth detention...
In the third post in our series of collaborative posts with New South Wales Young Lawyers’ International Law Committee, Joshua Wood examines the Indian annexation of Goa in 1961. The annexation of Goa On 17-18 December 1961, after many years of diplomatic...
In the second post in our series of collaborative posts with New South Wales Young Lawyers’ International Law Committee, Halyna Danylak examines the rule of law implications of the Brexit referendum. Brexit and the rule of law On 23 June 2016, the people of the...
Last week, the Queensland Parliament’s Legal Affairs and Community Safety Committee tabled its report on some proposed amendments to Queensland terrorism legislation. The Committee was tasked with reviewing the Counter-Terrorism and Other Legislation Amendment...
