THE CONVERSATION | Low accuracy is just one issue with home DNA kits. Dr Andelka Phillips explores the issues with home testing and six questions you need to ask before engaging the personal genomics industry.
Two University of Queensland educators have combined their law and social work classes to break down professional stereotypes and better ready their students for working life.
Australia is now 39th in Reporters Sans Frontiers’ World Press Freedom Index, a staggering decline of 20 places since 2018. This reflects a fact acknowledged by both the Morrison and Albanese governments: Australia has a press freedom problem.
The Australian Human Rights Commission’s IncludeAbility initiative wrote about Associate Professor Paul Harpur for the latest instalment of their IncludeAbility Ambassador profile series
THE CONVERSATION | After a data breach that exposed 10 million current and former Optus customers, more substantive reform is needed to tighten Australia’s loose approach to data privacy and protection.
Research Fellows Renato S M Costa and Terefe Sahelu Gebreyesus from the Centre for Public, International and Comparative Law (CPICL) successfully competed in the 2022 Law School 3MT competition. Terefe went on to represent The Law School in the Faculty competition.
STUDENT REPORT | Transitioning to adulthood: An overview of the impact of the law when a young person with autism spectrum disorder transitions to adulthood
ARTICLE | Themes emerging from a workshop with the International Peace and Security Interest Group of the Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law and our Future of War research group
THE CONVERSATION | Hyper-collection represents a growing trend by large companies to collect, sort, analyse and use more information than they need, usually in covert or passive ways. In many cases, hyper-collection is not supported by a truly legitimate commercial or legal purpose.
Famin Ahmed (Bachelor of Laws (first class honours) and Arts '19) is the UQ alum behind a social enterprise that is raising funds for women facing domestic violence in Queensland – one fashionable hat at a time
THE CONVERSATION | Can courts ensure political parties' powerbrokers abide by the party rules that they, by and large, write? It’s a simple question, but the answer to it is a mess.
THE CONVERSATION | The higher education sector is susceptible to national security threats, but how do we guard against espionage without impinging on academic freedom?
The Law and Future of War Research Group at the University of Queensland is inviting abstracts on the topic of ‘Emerging Technologies and Domestic Military Law: Comparative Views on Principles, Policies and Practice’.
