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‘When they slaughtered Congress, we didn't wake up. When they blamed terrorists, and suspended the Constitution, we didn't wake up then either. … Nothing changes instantaneously. In a gradually heating bathtub, you'd be boiled to death before you kne

A victory has just been achieved on Queensland’s Darling Downs by the last man in Acland, Glen Beutel, which, the Court remarked, exceeded the fiction of The Castle.1 ARTICLE BY: STEPHEN KEIM SC AND ALEX MCKEAN As well as a significant win for this c

Yet the ‘lawfare’ rhetoric being utilised by industry lobbyists is a dangerous attempt to erode public access to the courts, which further risks undermining public trust in government decisions. ARTICLE BY: SEAN RYAN Certainly, there is a risk that s

ARTICLE BY: ANDREW STAPLETON So we can hardly blame non-scientists for getting a little bit confused when this mountain of data is cherry-picked, misrepresented, or drips intermittently across their newsfeed. Science has the potential to provide solu

From ‘After Aleppo,’ Jehan Bseiso, 14.1.15 There is no greater nor more harrowing drama on our watch, than the slow death of the great city of Aleppo. Jan Egeland, Norwegian Refugee Council, 2015 ARTICLE BY: CAROLINE GRAHAM In the hills around Aleppo

ARTICLE BY: DR COLIN A. SCHOLES AND DR BRENDAN DUFFY Half of Fiji’s electricity supply is provided through diesel power stations spread across the three main islands, with Vanua Levu – the second largest island – entirely dependent on diesel. In Samo