Dr Mark Deng has travelled a long road – from his childhood home in war-torn South Sudan, through refugee camps, and finally, to Australia – to arrive at his current position at the TC Beirne School of Law.
Professor Tamara Walsh finds that for some children, the basic comforts available in youth detention facilities make their incarceration far more appealing than life in the sometimes disadvantaged homes they were fleeing.
South Sudan’s Chief Justice, Chan Reec Madut, has been implicated in serious corruption allegations since independence. As a consequence, the constitutional lines of power have become blurred as his overreach interferes with the separation of powers.
A parliamentary inquiry has endorsed Professor Patrick Parkinson’s proposal for a multidisciplinary tribunal to manage parenting disputes for those unable to afford legal representation.
Employees and journalists who expose organisational corruption are in danger of criminal charges under severe and complex national security laws, according to University of Queensland academics.
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Like dogs and cats, snakes and rats, journalists and the government are not supposed to be friends. But can they at least talk to each other? Peter Greste writes for The Conversation.
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