The government is returning to some unfinished business: strengthening its social media age restrictions.
- Professor of Law, The University of Melbourne
Current online safety rules are focused on removing harmful content, not on supporting health promotion.
Online ads targeting parents in Australia prey on anxieties about their babies’ nutrition and wellbeing.
The government wants all of Australia to benefit from the global AI boom – but the plan lacks specificity.
New data shows how groups with benign-sounding names like ‘Mums for Nuclear’ are running political ad campaigns online. But they don’t even have to be truthful.
If left unchecked, artificial intelligence will harm animals. Experts in law, ethics and animal welfare call for AI to be included in the revised Australian Animal Welfare Strategy, coming soon.
Australia’s live export trade is controversial. Have you ever wondered how it perpetuates? New research shows it comes down to corporate power dynamics. Similar forces operate in Brazil and the US.
Children, busy parents and young people can be more easily swayed by unhealthy food ads. We found campaigns aimed at all of them.
Many ‘green’ claims on social media ads are claims only. We need legislation to ensure green terms are clearly defined and based on the truth.
Egg production standards are about more than just a happy compromise. Hens are sentient, intelligent beings. Like us, they deserve a good life.
The royal commission made welcome and necessary recommendations around helping wildlife after hazards. But it’s not enough to focus only on response.
Free range, sow stall free - you’ll find a number of different types of ham on the market this Christmas. But what do they mean?
New standards for free-range eggs will limit stocking densities and mean hens must have access to outdoors.
Queensland will create a new statutory body to oversee the integrity of the racing industry, but it will only work with enough resources.
Revelations of live baiting in greyhound racing have sent shockwaves through the industry. Baiting is prohibited, but laws lack teeth to stamp out the practice.
Prime minister Tony Abbott said his government would create “the biggest bonfire of regulations in our country’s history” as it moved to cut A$700 million from business compliance costs. Abbott was outlining…
“With one of the most concentrated food retail sectors in the world dominated by the supermarket duopoly, the barriers to making it easy to buy local food in Australia are significant. It is time for Australia…
Queensland recently changed its regulation of free range eggs, lifting the number of hens allowed per hectare from 1,500 to 10,000. This is more than a six-fold increase. Choice and animal welfare and…
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) announced last week that it is investigating claims that Coles and Woolworths are bullying suppliers. The issue is serious, but the ACCC investigation…
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