Retail Restrictions Holding Australian Businesses Back?
​​The competition policy review draft report, released last month, has recommended deregulating retail trading hours as well as abolish...
New Anti-Terror Laws: Anti-Australian?
​​ Last month, the first tranche of tougher anti-terror bills was passed with overwhelming support from the majority of political...
Indigenous Constitutional Recognition: What's Taking So Long?
​​ Last month, Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced a referendum on Indigenous recognition in the constitution but said it might be years...
Self-Presentation In Public Life: Deputy Leader Of The Liberal Party and Minister For Foreign Affair
Introduction This report aims to objectively assess the media performance of Deputy Leader of the Opposition, Julie Bishop, from her...
Justifying Choice of Polemic Arguments: For and Against R18+ Game Classifications
Although the National Classification Code states that "adults should be able to read, hear and see what they want" (2005), the R18+...
Preventing Piracy: Controversial Crackdown on Illegal Downloading
​​ Would you steal a television? Would you steal a DVD or CD? The majority of Australians would answer ‘no’ to these questions; and yet...
Is 'Mr Big' Too Big Of A Risk?
A recent landmark ruling of the Supreme Court of Canada in R v Hart (2014 SCC 52) has raised several concerns over a controversial...
Strangulation: The Legal Response
​​ Although many Australian women and men will experience some type of physical or sexual assault in their lifetime, domestic violence...
