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With sport so integrated into society, it would be strange if political or religious speech didn’t seep into elite sport. From national anthems to gestures like “taking a knee”, sporting events are suffused with sociopolitical expression.

After years of litigation, Australia’s highest court will today make a major decision on the fate of the controversial proposed expansion to the New Acland Coal mine in Queensland.

New research has called for an end to solitary confinement in Queensland prisons because of the impact on the mental and physical health of prisoners.

A ‘human‐centred' approach to the use of autonomous weapon systems in armed conflict has the potential to shape how these technologies interact with a range of international legal regimes.

Rebecca Ananian-Welsh explains the latest High Court ruling in The Conversation.

The ACCC has a new focus on evaluating and granting individual exceptions arising from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Graeme Orr writes about staging elections when voting in person cannot be assumed.

The University of Queensland’s Law subject area has jumped ahead by four places in the 2020 QS World University Rankings by Subject, improving its position to 39th in the world. 

A research project designed to develop a better understanding of the legal response to domestic violence has secured federal government funding for 2020.

For The Conversation: Dr David Jefferson explains the intellectual property law that gives courts more options to protect plant breeders' rights.

For The Conversation: Professor Tamara Walsh says many young people are being charged with criminal offences while in the child protection system.

Two Law School staff members were among those honoured at UQ's Faculty of Business, Economics and Law staff excellence awards.

For The Conversation: Professor Graeme Orr breaks down Scott Morrison's vow to outlaw boycott campaigns helmed by activists - and explains why the mining industry doesn't need protection.

For The Conversation: Dr Rebecca Ananian-Welsh explains what an Australian Media Freedom Act might look like and how it could work.

Inspiring tales of collaboration between researchers from UQ’s Faculty of Business, Economics and Law (BEL) and their non-profit and community partners are the focus of the 2019 BEL Research Profile.

Federal Government Wrong to Take the Moral High Ground on the Legal Claims of the Tamil Family: opinion piece featured in The Guardian, written by Associate Professor Peter Billings and Dr Joseph Lelliott on the Tamil family’s plight.

For The Conversation: Professor Graeme Orr explains the substance and process at play in the challenges to the results in the Victorian seats of Kooyong and Chisholm at the 2019 federal election.

The University of Queensland (UQ) and Harvard University researchers have been contracted by the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission to undertake research to help protect the rights of people living with a disability and decrease the likelihood they will experience abuse, neglect and exploitation.

Victoria’s commitment to a non-fatal strangulation offence will make a difference to vulnerable women. Heather Douglas writes for The Conversation.