It’s not enough for Prime Minister Gillard to be silent on China’s treatment of Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo. On behalf of Australia, she should call publicly for Liu’s immediate release and for China to respect the rights and civil liberties of i…
Editor, Canberra Times: I would like to join with human rights organisations and notable people worldwide in applauding the granting of the 2010 Nobel Peace prize to Lui Xiaobo, the courageous Chinese campaigner for democratic rights in China.
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Behind claims of internet piracy, huge corporations are involved in big money battles, using laws, courts and international treaties to wage a fight to enforce their copyright. Here software engineer Arved von Brasch gives us the rundown on what it’s all…
There are signs throughout Australia, but particularly in Tasmania, that some long-standing laws need revisiting and reviewing, Jim Collier says. Overhauling the balance mechanism of the scales of justice is an important task for government, he says.
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How much is the internet altering the relationship between society and justice? The Chief Justices of Australia are grappling with this major dilemma as they strive to formulate a national basis for the reporting, recording and archiving of court decisio…
Apple is allegedly planning a 24/7 watch on its iPhone users worldwide to make sure they are ‘doing the right thing’…or else they get cut off. Read more »…