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9 Jun 2006, 4:27 am
[JURIST] Australian Attorney General Philip Ruddock [official website] said Friday that there is no evidence for allegations made in an Australian magazine that accused Taliban member David Hicks [JURIST news archive] has been tortured during his four-year detention at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba [JURIST news archive]. [read post]
3 Mar 2008, 9:09 am
Some encouraging news from the land down under...Voiceless/The Fund for Animals is reporting that "the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) has devoted the latest edition of its half yearly journal, Reform to the subject of Animal Law. [read post]
8 Jul 2017, 1:15 am
From Buzzfeed News: State governments are being forced to grapple with a law that requires transgender people to divorce before changing their birth certificates, following a landmark UN ruling revealed by BuzzFeed News last week. [read post]
17 Nov 2020, 3:42 pm
Via Going to Maine – “In addition to being a “duck-billed, beaver-tailed, otter-footed, egg-laying aquatic [venomous mammal]”, platypii are also bioluminescent! [read post]
23 Feb 2007, 7:37 am
Last fall, Coles Myer spurned offers to take the Australian supermarket chain private. [read post]
6 Feb 2009, 5:15 pm
The Australian and New Zealand Law and History Society has issued a call for papers for its annual meeting, "Lands and Peoples in History and Law," to be held in Wellington, New Zealand, 11-13 December 2009. [read post]
1 Jul 2010, 4:50 am
Study Group, an international education company, said on Thursday that it has been sold to private equity firm Providence Equity Partners for 660 million Australian dollars, or $570 million, in cash. [read post]
2 Jun 2008, 7:20 pm
UK-based compliance resource Complinet is expanding its Asia-Pacific focus and asked me to write an analysis that would assist their foreign customers as well as Australian-based companies. [read post]
9 Nov 2005, 5:21 am
[JURIST] The Australian government is pushing forward with controversial anti-terror proposals [JURIST report] despite criticism that arrests [JURIST report] made earlier this week during a counter-terrorism swoop [BBC report] indicate the legislation is unnecessary. [read post]
6 Jan 2023, 9:03 pm
Two Salmonella outbreaks have been found to be associated with kebab shops in an Australian state with people falling sick in 2021 and 2022, according to recent reports. [read post]
17 Jun 2005, 5:44 am
[JURIST] To head off a revolt among members of his government over what are increasingly seen as unduly-harsh immigration laws, Australian Prime Minister John Howard [official website] has loosened rules for mandatory detention of immigrants who enter the country without visas. [read post]
29 Aug 2006, 2:02 pm
[JURIST] Australian legal and political observers appeared split Tuesday in the wake of the Australian government's first control order under new anti-terror laws limiting the activities of an uncharged terror suspect. [read post]
17 Jul 2007, 6:32 am
Well what a busy couple of month's it has been! [read post]
21 Sep 2005, 3:26 am
[JURIST] The Australian government said Wednesday it was pleased with the US decision [JURIST report] to resume military commission proceedings against Australian Guantanamo detainee David Hicks [Wikipedia profile; advocacy website] in light of a US federal appeals court ruling in Hamdan v. [read post]
10 Jul 2018, 3:52 pm
The Long Service Leave Act 2018 (Vic) (New Act) has received the Royal Assent and will commence on 1 November 2018 (or earlier). [read post]
23 Jan 2010, 3:49 pm
Businesses across New South Wales are being urged to prioritize the safety of young workers in the new year according to WorkCover New South Wales (NSW). [read post]
2 Dec 2009, 10:43 pm
[JURIST] The Australian Senate [official website] on Wednesday voted against [daily summary, PDF] legislation aimed at reducing carbon pollution. [read post]
25 Nov 2008, 6:30 am
Supporting South Australian children and families November 20, 2008 Speaking on Universal Children's Day, the Health Minister, John Hill, has announced that the SA Government's Family Home Visiting program will be extended across the state in 2009. [read post]
3 Dec 2015, 7:33 am
” This island off the south coast of mainland Australia was home to some of Australia’s major penal settlements, with more than 70,000 convicts sent there between 1803 and 1853; about 40% of the approximately 165,000 convicts transported to Australia between 1788 and 1868. [read post]
16 Feb 2012, 8:48 pm
Indian officials visited Australia to inspect Australian mining technology. [read post]
