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24
May
2017
Australia’s High Commissioner to Pakistan,Margaret Adamson and Pakistan’s Attorney General, Ashtar Ausaf Ali congratulated ten Australia Awards Fellows on the completion of their research on criminal justice reform in Pakistan.
23
May
2017
ANU Legal Workshop has partnered with Beyond Law to provide exclusive job opportunities for students. Anthony Lieu, founder of Beyond Law, provides 4 tips on how to stay ahead with applications in the competitive law job market.
17
May
2017
A leading law academic from The Australian National University (ANU) has warned that Australia’s criminal justice system is addicted to incarceration, describing the rate of imprisonment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as a catastrophe.
16
May
2017
One of Australia’s leading anti-discrimination law experts believes it’s time for Australia to open up a potentially confronting discussion on race issues within the Australian legal system.
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.
05
May
2017
ANU Law Explains is a National Law Week 2017 event which will examine four highly political issues with a legal perspective for a layperson audience.
03
May
2017
Mary Spiers Williams, a former legal practitioner in criminal law and lecturer at ANU College of Law writes in Woroni about over-incarceration rates.
03
May
2017
At the beginning of her final semester, Juris Doctor graduate Rachael found out she had breast cancer. She would have been forgiven for putting her studies aside, however, finishing her degree turned out to be an essential distraction.
27
Apr
2017
Samoa is in the process of amending its Constitution to declare itself as a Christian country. Bal Kama examines the consequences of this blurring of church and state.
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26 Sep 2017
Review of K. Rubenstein, Australian Citizenship Law, Lawbook Company of Australia/Thomson Reuters, Sydney, 2017 (2nd edition)
Kim Rubenstein cited in Eudo Citizenship (European Union Democracy Observatory on Citizenship)
6 Sep 2017
Victoria police should record perceived ethnicity of everyone they stop, says legal rights group
Tamar Hopkins quoted in The Guardian
4 Sep 2017
Australia and Timor Leste strike deal to end maritime boundary dispute
Donald Rothwell speaks to ABC Radio National Breakfast
31 Aug 2017
Derryn Hinch wants Senate to refer his election to the High Court
Kim Rubenstein quoted in The Australian
30 Aug 2017
Change Agents: Darren Kindleysides and Don Rothwell on how Australia briefly stopped Japanese whaling
Donald Rothwell speaks to The Conversation
29 Aug 2017
ANU wins more than $1.24 million in New Colombo Plan grants
Vivien Holmes, Margie Rowe ANU Newsroom
15 Aug 2017
Barnaby Joyce's New Zealand citizenship puts Gov't majority in doubt
Kim Rubenstein quoted in ABC's AM
