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6 Apr 2009, 2:55 pm
Lawyers Weekly is reporting that the UN has given Australia a year's deadline to fix outstanding human rights issues and live up to its international obligations on human rights with respect to with respect to the Northern Territory Intervention, mandatory immigration detention, anti-terrorism laws, and violence against women.The Australian judiciary also came under fire in the report for making [read post]
10 Nov 2011, 8:17 am
Australia is the first country in the world [BBC report] to pass a law such as this. [read post]
20 Aug 2012, 11:24 am
[JURIST] Spokespersons for the UN Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights (OHCHR) and the UN High Commissioner of Refugees (UNHCR) [official websites on Monday expressed concern [press release; statement] about a recently passed law in Australia that will reopen offshore detention centers used to process migrants and asylum-seekers who arrive in the country by sea. [read post]
7 Sep 2017, 8:54 am
The Australia High Court [official website] on Thursday unanimously dismissed [transcript, PDF] a legal challenge to a same-sex marriage postal survey, thereby allowing the general public to vote directly on whether same-sex marriage should be legalized. [read post]
21 Aug 2007, 9:37 am
[JURIST] The Federal Court of Australia ruled [text] Tuesday that Australian Immigration and Citizenship Minister Kevin Andrews improperly revoked the work visa of Mohammad Haneef [JURIST news archive], who was detained by Australian authorities last month in connection with the attempted UK car bomb terror attacks [JURIST report]. [read post]
26 Sep 2007, 3:41 am
Metal Management, unveiling a transaction it said will create “a global powerhouse” in the scrap-metal industry, disclosed Monday that it has agreed to be acquired by Australia’s Sims Group for stock valued at $1.48 billion. [read post]
9 Dec 2008, 10:15 pm
In the dumbest thing to come out of Australia since Mel Gibson, Justice Michael Adams of the New South Wales Supreme Court upheld a child pornography conviction of a man who possessed Simpsons look-alike images engaging in sexual activity. [read post]
21 Mar 2006, 2:05 am
Former federal court Judge Marcus Einfeld [Claxton Speakers profile] said the legislation eroded human rights in Australia [JURIST news archive] and questioned how much Australians should give [read post]
30 Mar 2010, 8:39 am
[JURIST] The High Court of Australia [official website] on Tuesday ordered that alleged Serbian war criminal Dragan Vasiljkovic [Trial Watch backgrounder; JURIST news archive] be extradited to Croatia to face prosecution. [read post]
10 Jul 2017, 10:09 am
In 2011 Australia, the UK and other countries replaced [Guardian report] logos and distinctive coloring on cigarette packages with graphic health warnings. [read post]
12 Sep 2017, 11:47 am
[JURIST] Australia's Coalition Party on Tuesday released a proposed bill to add extra protections to a same-sex marriage postal survey mailed out to the general public. [read post]
20 Jan 2007, 7:59 am
[JURIST] Australian MPs concerned about new US military commission rules [manual, PDF; JURIST report] plan to write to US Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi next week to ask them to ensure Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detainee David Hicks [JURIST news archive] gets a fair trial in the US or to return him to Australia to face trial there. [read post]
8 Feb 2018, 4:53 am
The report [text], titled, "I Needed Help, Instead I Was Punished": Abuse and Neglect of Prisoners with Disabilities in Australia, set forth findings from research conducted from June 2016 to January 2018, that show people with disabilities experience grave physical, emotional and sexual abuses in Australian prisons. [read post]
1 Apr 2008, 6:29 am
The USPTO and the Australian Patent Office (IP Australia) have agreed to a trial program allowing applicants to fast-track patent applications. [read post]
7 May 2008, 6:01 pm
The High Court of Australia has recently addressed the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction: MW v Director-General, Department of Community Services [2008] HCA 12. [read post]
10 May 2017, 9:07 am
David Cassuto Yet another reason to be in Australia this November… Please consider giving a paper (details for abstract submission below) or just come and enjoy. [read post]
12 Dec 2013, 9:14 am
[JURIST] The High Court of Australia [official website] on Thursday struck down [press release, PDF] The Marriage Equality (Same Sex) Act of 2013 [text, PDF], which allowed same-sex couples to marry within the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). [read post]
3 Dec 2013, 8:31 am
[JURIST] The High Court of Australia [official website] on Tuesday decided to rule next week on the law allowing gay marriage in Canberra [Marriage Equality Bill, materials]. [read post]
7 May 2008, 4:25 pm
James McComish, my Australian Conflict of Laws.net co-editor, has recently had published an article entitled “Pleading and Proving Foreign Law in Australia” in volume 31(2) of the Melbourne University Law Review. [read post]
24 May 2004, 10:06 am
Australia has also asked for a psychological assessment of a second detainee, Mamdouh Habib, whom a former [read post]
