Join Dr Dylan Lino from UQ School of Law, who will discuss how Australia’s constitutional practices and traditions can support indigenous rights rather than create friction. You will be welcomed by special guest UQ’s Vice-Chancellor Deborah Terry AO and invited to network with Dylan and guests over canapés and drinks following the lecture.
Presented by The Hon Margaret McMurdo AC, President, Queensland Court of Appeal, with Professor Heather Douglas, University of Melbourne, commenting and The Hon Justice Soraya Ryan, Supreme Court of Queensland chairing.
Presented by The Honourable Anthony North QC, Chair, Victorian Law Reform Commission, with Associate Professor Julia Quilter, University of Woolongong, commenting and Her Honour Judge Deborah Richards, District Court of Queensland, chairing.
The threat of foreign donations and disinformation was addressed in the new Electoral Amendment Bill, but Professor Graeme Orr argues these issues are largely being ignored when the problematic influences are domestic in origin.
PhD candidate Sarah Kendall questions if Australia's anti-spy laws are strong enough, with espionage set to overtake terrorism as Australia’s top security concern.
Boeing announced it would design and build a new military aircraft, the Loyal Wingman, in Queensland. Dr Eve Massingham asks whether our laws are adequate to protect us from potential health, safety and data concerns when autonomous aircraft are in the skies.
The Common Article 1 obligation to “ensure respect” for international humanitarian law (IHL) has become a topic of considerable reflection and debate.
This presentation, by John Story AO, will address the dominant approaches under Australian law to fiduciary classification generally and to that specific to the duties of directors.
The Australian Defence Department has identified “trusted autonomous systems” as a priority area of work for strategic research, but Dr Eve Massingham says there are many international and domestic legal questions yet unanswered.
This post attempts to survey the legal standards relevant to the development, acquisition, and use of an AWS in armed conflict and highlights some of the particular challenges that autonomy in weapon systems can pose to States and to those who set the standards and are responsible for compliance.
