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October 13, 2021

Explainer: why did the High Court rule against Clive Palmer and what does the judgment mean?

Murray Wesson, The University of Western Australia and Ian Murray, The University of Western Australia

The court said WA’s new law to prevent Palmer from collecting damages against the state was not unconstitutional. Here’s why.

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September 2, 2020

How Clive Palmer could challenge the act designed to stop him getting $30 billion

Murray Wesson, The University of Western Australia; Ian Murray, The University of Western Australia; John Southalan, University of Dundee; Julie Falck, The University of Western Australia; Natalie Brown, The University of Western Australia, and Sarah Murray, The University of Western Australia

The legislation designed to stop Palmer claiming huge damages against WA raises a host of questions.

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February 23, 2020

Lecture recordings mean fewer students are turning up – does it matter?

Natalie Skead, The University of Western Australia; Fiona McGaughey, The University of Western Australia; Kate Offer, The University of Western Australia; Liam Elphick, The University of Western Australia, and Murray Wesson, The University of Western Australia

In our law school, lecture attendance averaged just 38% of total enrolments across the semester.

The Turnbull government’s objectives in seeking to change Section 18C are unclear. AAP/Lukas Coch

March 24, 2017

Proposed changes may confuse rather than clarify the meaning of Section 18C

Murray Wesson, The University of Western Australia

The government has not adequately explained what it is hoping to achieve by changing the wording of Section 18C.

Section 18C goes further than the laws of many other democracies by applying to ‘offensive’ and ‘insulting’ speech. AAP/Lukas Coch

December 12, 2016

We should follow other countries’ lead on hate speech by changing 18C