Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp has been under fire from former prime minister Kevin Rudd for abusing its overwhelming monopoly in Australian print media to target centre-left political leaders and spread far-right ‘falsities’. The debate over whether News Corp should be allowed to continue such publication is largely split between conservative free-market advocates and those who…
Insurance contracts, among many others, are contracts under which the doctrine of freedom of contract is somewhat vexed. The doctrine of freedom of contract states that an individual or other entity has the right to legally bind themselves as they so choose. This concept is based in freedom of choice and mutual agreement. Under insurance…
As a result of the ACCC’s Digital Platforms Inquiry in 2017, it came to light that digital platforms such as Google and Facebook had substantial market power including over the choice and quality of our news and journalism. Due to this market power, some news businesses needed to maintain a difficult balance between search…
Nations are in the midst of re-examining their foreign investment laws in an effort to fuel economic recovery. Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, cross-border investment has fallen. But the world will emerge from Coronavirus in time. So any changes made to foreign investment laws right now will have consequences for the nation in the medium and…
Hi Naushin, can you tell us a bit about yourself? Where and what are you studying? I just graduated from UTS with a combined degree in Law and International studies (majoring in Japanese). I’ve always loved learning languages and when I started studying Japanese in high school I knew I would want to…
As it currently stands, Royal Commissions hold broad investigative powers such as the ability to compel witnesses, enter premises’, and recently, even the ability to tap phones, and yet, the entirety of this evidence accumulates into a series of non-binding recommendations. Whether Royal Commissions should be granted more coercive power has always been a strong…
While Australia has never implemented a wealth tax (albeit most of the globe has not), with Covid-19 support schemes increasing the Federal government’s debt burden, the implementation of a one-off, fixed wealth tax may have the potential to fuel recovery. In saying this, it is no surprise that the introduction of a wealth tax…
Trade marks are critical to a company’s visibility and identity and can have a tremendous impact on a company’s success.  The purpose of registering a trade mark is to grant the owner exclusive rights to use that trade mark and use it in all communications with the public as an intangible asset. …
Independent Price Comparison Sites could be a saving grace for post-recession travellers Price comparison websites and the savings they quote are frequently under the consumer law microsocope. In 2019, proceedings were brought by the ACCC against comparison website iSelect. Now in 2020, a Federal Court judgement involving the hotel comparison website Trivago, found that…
Why have recent applications under section 18 of the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972 (WA) attracted controversy? In May 2020, Rio Tinto, previously considered a leader in Indigenous relations by reconciliation groups, demolished a sacred cave in Juukan Gorge, Western Australia, in order to expand an iron ore mine. This cave contained evidence of…