Surveillance creep worry in schools
School CCTV may proliferate as a new academic year begins…but are there dangers? Dr Emmeline Taylor, author of a new book on the subject, explores the issue.
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ATO employs incompetent ACC, again
The Tax Office is again employing the Australian Crime Commission. Last time, it cost Australia a fortune. When will the ATO learn…or do due diligence inquiries before contracting?
Do magic rabbits need disaster plan?
One magic rabbit in the US has been freed from the need for a disaster plan. Regulation writers appear to be…well…breeding like rabbits. Animals are under siege: we need a Civil Liberties Action Plan for Animals (CLAPA). Do you have a tale of rules gone rabid? Please let us have your story…
Picking on the powerless: bullies rule, OK
Pro athletes are at the bottom of the pecking order in sport, and get picked on by everyone above them, and by the media, even though they alone carry the responsibility of being drug-free. It’s time we developed a way of giving athletes more say and co…
40 days: still no sports/drugs charge
Forty days and 40 nights after a drama-filled, alarmist media conference staged by the Australian Crime Commission and two federal government ministers, the saga of threats and bullying – by the government, abetted by the sports media – continues. Here’…
Major Mori fights for his own rights
Remember Major Mori, the charismatic, smooth-talking US military defence lawyer who was allocated to David Hicks’ Guantanamo Bay case? While fighting for Hicks, Mori was dudded by his own side…and he is fighting back. Here’s the latest minor win i…