News
21
Aug
2017
August is a busy month for the Centre for Military and Security Law at ANU College of Law, hosting three international law experts.
21
Aug
2017
The Chief of the Royal Australian Navy, Vice Admiral Tim Barrett, and leading international law experts will speak at an ANU College of Law event this week.
17
Jul
2017
Michael Fortson knew he would study law sometime after he finished high school. When he did, he was in his forties, married with two children and living 15,000 kilometres from home.
06
Jul
2017
The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has released a new research report about how memory affects child sexual abuse prosecutions.
29
Jun
2017
A dedicated South China Sea commission could be based on a negotiated treaty framework that requires each state to give consent writes Professor Donald R. Rothwell
14
Jun
2017
In the wake of terrorist attacks in France and England, both France and Britain are expected to toughen counterterrorism measures to try to contain the threat.
09
Jun
2017
Islamic State has urged its supporters to conduct an all-out war against infidels in the West during Ramadan. The scale of Britain's problem is immense compared with Australia's writes Clive Williams.
12
May
2017
Alleged drug mule Cassie Sainsbury and others in her situation can't expect Australia to rescue them
The case of an Australian woman detained on drug-related charges in Colombia, bears similarities to that of Schapelle Corby. Both highlight expectations on the Australian government to come to the aid of Australians caught up in overseas legal processes.
09
May
2017
ASIO, ASIS and the AFP are all expected to receive substantial funding boosts in the federal budget to be handed down tonight. The additional funding for intelligence agencies - some of which will reportedly come from the foreign aid budget - is apparently intended to facilitate 'frontline' activities. It appears the efficiency dividends imposed by Labor on federal government organisations to force administrative savings will stay in place.
