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The effectiveness of the changes to the ADF’s role in counter-terrorism operations will depend heavily on the willingness of state police to accept military advice and assistance.
Responsible Service of Alcohol laws should be coupled with public discussion that encourages people to take responsible for their own drinking behaviour.
Research is revealing that both families who have experienced adolescent family violence and those working with them feel the criminal justice system is not an appropriate way to respond to it.
In this episode of Change Agents, Andrew Dodd speaks with Amee Meredith and Caterina Politi, who lost family members to random acts of violence, on their campaign to reform 'one-punch' laws.
Even though males represent around half the population, they account for about two-thirds of Australian homicide victims.
Whether such a verdict would be handed down in Australia remains to be seen, but there are a few things we do know about cases like this one.
Proposed new laws will restrict parole and bail to those merely associated in some way with terrorism, even when they have not be arrested for – or convicted of – a specific terrorism offence.
Laws against blasphemy privilege the feelings of Christians over other religious people, and have no place in a modern, inclusive society.
Any proposed solution to the problem of modern slavery must engage with the business community and government policies on migration and migrant labour.
Image-based abuse, more commonly known as ‘revenge porn’, affects many Australians from across diverse communities and in different types of relationships.
Change Agents: Ending the gay panic defence
In this episode of Change Agents we look at the abolition of the gay panic defence across Australia.
The pervasiveness of profanity in popular culture underscores the absurdity of punishing people for using words broadcast on our screens and heard in our music.
A year since its royal commission reported, Victoria continues to lead the nation in how to respond to, and prevent, family violence.
A proposed tweak to the copyright laws should make it easier to reversion protected works for people with disabilities.
The failure to regulate litigation funders is becoming more problematic. This is because more funders, particularly from overseas, are entering the Australian market.
In many cases, a reference will contain negative things about its subject. This is part of a reference’s design: the referee should give a full and frank assessment.
Australia needs to be very careful not to allow the bail system to become a political scapegoat at the hands of commentators exercising 20/20 hindsight.
Victoria stands a chance of becoming the first Australian jurisdiction in 20 years, and the first ever Australian state, to have an assisted dying law.
Using intellectual property laws to try to shut down Mark Rogers’ ‘Save Medicare’ website shows how these laws serve to restrict free speech and advance government privatisation agendas.
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Professor (Practice), Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University
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Professor of Family and Sexual Violence, RMIT University
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Associate Professor, Griffith Criminology Institute, Griffith University
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Emeritus Professor in Law and Criminal Justice, Adelaide University
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Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Canberra
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Professor of Law; Kim Santow Chair of Law and Social Justice, University of Sydney
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Emeritus Professor Monash University, Monash University
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Arie Freiberg is a Friend of The Conversation.
Emeritus Professor of Law, Monash University
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CEO, Sentencing Advisory Council
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Eleanor Rathbone Chair of Sociology, University of Liverpool
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Lecturer in Law, Adelaide University
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Professor, Centre for Women's Studies & Gender Research, Sociology, Monash University
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Associate Professor of Leadership, Swinburne University of Technology
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Dean, School of Law, Deakin University
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Professor of Evidence Law, University of Sydney