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2 Aug 2007, 3:45 am
[JURIST] The High Court of Australia [official website] upheld an interim control order against Joseph Terrence Thomas [advocacy website] Thursday, accepting the government's argument [JURIST report] and ruling that the control order provision of a controversial anti-terror law [ANS backgrounder] is constitutional because it is supported by the government's "defense power" [judgment]. [read post]
27 May 2004, 10:41 am
The Australian Prime Minister John Howard has pushed forward legislation today that would ban same sex marriage in Australia and would stop gay couples from adopting foreign children. [read post]
3 Apr 2006, 4:11 am
[JURIST] Jim McGinty [official profile], attorney general of Western Australia [government website], has announced plans to introduce legislation that would allow for regular television broadcast of court proceedings in the state, which would make the state's courts [official list] the first in the country to broadcast proceedings regularly. [read post]
28 Jan 2017, 9:43 pm by Stephen Page
South Australia has a Bill before its Parliament to remove discrimination in its laws against LGBTI couples and single people, which will for the first time enable singles and LGBTI people access to surrogacy in that State- if passed. [read post]
16 Jun 2006, 3:03 am
[JURIST] The Australian Senate [official website] on Thursday narrowly voted down [official record] a motion to disallow a regulation approved by Australia Governor-General Michael Jeffrey [official website] allowing the federal government to effectively veto the Civil Unions Bill 2006 [text], recently passed by the legislature in the of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) [official website] [read post]
13 Jun 2006, 3:29 am
[JURIST] Australian Attorney General Philip Ruddock [official website] said on Tuesday that Australia's national government has overturned [press release] the recent Civil Unions Bill 2006 [legislative materials] enacted by the legislature in the Australian Capital Territory [official website], the federal district that includes the capital city Canberra. [read post]
7 Apr 2013, 2:31 pm by Peter Tillers
&&& I don't know if  "government" in the above article refers to the New South Wales government or to the Australia's Federal government. [read post]
21 Feb 2017, 9:04 am by Jeremy Malcolm
It has resulted in Australia's copyright laws being out of date and not fit for purpose in the digital economy. [read post]
23 Sep 2009, 6:42 am
Authorities in Queensland, Australia, intend to use spy-satellite photos to catch homeowners not in compliance with strict new safety rules on swimming pools, which include the mandatory clearing of trees near pool fences so that determined children cannot climb their way over. [read post]
23 Sep 2009, 6:42 am
Authorities in Queensland, Australia, intend to use spy-satellite photos to catch homeowners not in compliance with strict new safety rules on swimming pools, which include the mandatory clearing of trees near pool fences so that determined children cannot climb their way over. [read post]
6 Aug 2011, 5:38 pm by INFORRM
A law of privacy in Australia is a strong possibility following the News of the World phone hacking scandal. [read post]
24 Mar 2018, 7:52 am by Howard Bashman
In Bashman news from Australia: Of late, there has been a paucity of Bashman news from Australia, to the delight of Aussies concerned about their physical well-being. [read post]
2 Aug 2021, 8:52 am by Brian Leiter
We've noted some of the recent challenges to higher education in Australia, but I'd be curious, as I imagine other readers would be, to hear from Australian academics about the pros and cons of academic life in Australia these days:... [read post]
11 Apr 2017, 8:42 am
In Bashman news from Australia: PerthNow reported one week ago today that "Perth carjackers bash man, steal BMW. [read post]
12 Sep 2009, 8:44 am
From ABC Radio Australia: Refugee advocates in Australia have won an eight year battle to allow some of the most vulnerable people who arrive in the country refugee protection - people who face the threat of torture, inhuman treatment or... [read post]
30 Mar 2009, 1:46 am
Kim Weatherall notes that Australia has launched another intellectual property consultation, with comments due in early May. [read post]