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What’s happening with uni students’ exams?

29 April 2020 29 April 2020
Students Austalia-wide are questioning why they should have software surveillance forced into their homes and their lives – without consultation – by the universities they are paying huge amounts to for tuition. CLA Director Eloise McLean reports on what’s happening at ANU…and there’s a petition to sign.
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Law’s actors shape society’s character

21 January 2014 21 January 2014

A Federal Court judge John Dowsett, addressing graduating students, outlined how crucial lawyers are to setting society’s character and ethos…perhaps sending a message to some states?

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Students: to pee or not to pee…

24 September 2013 24 September 2013

A US court has just ruled American uni students can’t be forced to undertake mandatory drug tests. Are any Australian colleges trying this on? Let CLA know.

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Mandatory school drug tests get ‘fail’ grade

10 October 2012 3 September 2013

When schools introduce mandatory drug testing – mandatory anything – they send a message to students that the way to solve problems is by enforced bullying of a captive audience. Not a good look, one would think, in a system where bullying behaviour is…

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Student ID numbers or Big-Brother?

24 February 2010 2 September 2013

Who would have thought a Labor Government would introduce Big-Brother-like ID numbers for school students! With the rationale that parents could “be able to track the records of a child’s schooling” even if they move schools.
I have been/am a teacher.…

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Does the Pacific need special charter?

17 December 2009 2 September 2013

As Australia considers its own rights instrument, the question arises: should we encourage a Charter of Rights for Pacific Island nations? In a CLA-ANU internship paper which received high marks, Kelly Haines-Sutherland analyses whether such a document w…

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Will Fiji return to embracing its Bill of Rights?

28 March 2009 28 March 2009

Fiji stands at a crossroads: democracy lies invitingly ahead, with coups and turmoil behind. Will the power-broking military officers allow the people to walk forward, or will they sidetrack the nation’s future by further diverging from the Bill of Right…

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How student members can benefit

23 March 2009 23 March 2009

Students can learn and grow as members of CLA, taking up many opportunities that might not otherwise be available…or they can simply stay aware of what’s happening, and decide to get involved only occasionally. Here student member Rosh O’Meagher exp…

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A-G counsels students to get involved

23 March 2009 23 March 2009

Attorney-General Robert McClelland encouraged Law students to get involved with community groups like CLA, and to put their opinions in writing right from the start of their studies when he spoke to the University of Canberrra Isaacs Law Society. He a…

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Divided we stand…but where are we headed?

26 June 2008 26 June 2008

Should Australia drop a tier of government? Become a republic? In this lecture, CLA member Norman Abjorensen explores how Australia might adapt or evolve, based on where we have come from. He asks: What would our system look like today if it hadn’t happe…

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