GetUp! has scored an unexpected victory in the High Court, giving an extra 100,000 people a chance to vote on 21 August and opening up the debate about the right to vote, writes Graeme Orr
06 Aug 10 Comments (4)The copyright cops
When it comes to the prices they pay for copyrighted music, Australian consumers are being stung everywhere from the gym to the pub, writes Ben Eltham
15 Jul 10 Comments (10)Chartered waters
Victoria’s human rights charter has yielded a stunning victory for criminal suspects – and a blow for would-be Jack Bauers, reports Jeremy Gans.
11 Sep 09 Comments (0)Rights versus compassion
Government policy should confer rights rather than privileges, writes Klaus Neumann
03 Jun 09 Comments (0)This Charter applies too
The first successful Victorian human rights claim has implications for the debate about a federal rights charter, argues Jeremy Gans
21 May 09 Comments (4)Australia, Hungary and the case of Károly Zentai
The Zentai extradition case reveals much about the postwar history of two very different countries, writes Ruth Balint
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