Following efforts by UQ Law researchers, The Conversation has made changes to ensure authors who are contributing Indigenous knowledge are acknowledged.
Dr Rebecca Ananian-Welsh discusses the impact of national security and espionage laws on freedom of the press in Australia with Sarah Kendall for the first episode in the New Frontiers of Research series.
The Queensland government has reformed law governing “biodiscovery” - the taking, analysing and using of native biological material. It should serve as a model for other states to follow.
A team from The University of Queensland, Queensland University of Technology and University College London is examining how domestic and sexual violence survivors are being impacted by Internet of Things (IoT) technology.
Video and wrap-up - On Monday 24 August 2020 the ALRC and UQ hosted a webinar with a panel of experts discussing the potential for a future ALRC inquiry into press freedom.
Australia was once the model for press freedom in the Asia-Pacific. In 2019, Australia dropped five places in the World Press Freedom Index and widespread calls for law reform prompted two parliamentary inquiries into press freedom; the first of those inquiries has now reported.
Carbon farming could be encouraged in coastal wetlands, with restoration and improved management providing the possibility of benefits for biodiversity, fisheries, coastal protection and recreation.