Changing lanes in law
More practitioners switching practice areas or moving in-house as their priorities and perspectives evolve. What’s driving this shift – and what does it mean for…
By Angela Tufvesson - 21 min read
The Irreducible Imad
Magistrate Imad Abdul-Karim’s career is a journey of many firsts: a story of perseverance and of a judiciary at last reflecting the community it serves.
By Francisco Silva - 17 min read
Dog attacks inquest prompts debate over laws and public education
The goal of the inquest is to identify where laws can be modified to better protect people and animals from dangerous dogs.
By Cat Woods - 9 min read
Freelance isn’t ‘free’: a blueprint for Australia?
LSJ asks experts to determine whether the Freelance Isn’t Free Act could provide a potential blueprint for Australia’s freelance laws.
By Cat Woods - 8 min read
Aboriginal customary law, intestacy, and the challenges of justice
More than a decade after NSW amended intestacy legislation to allow Indigenous customary law to be used where the deceased died intestate, a grey zone…
By Cat Woods - 9 min read
The spotlight cast by Taylor Swift’s deepfake experience
The issue of deepfake pornographic material has been thrust into the spotlight as a result of the targeting of the mega star.
By Cat Woods - 8 min read
Australia’s nuclear future and the legal ramifications of ratifying TPNW
5 March marks the International Day for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Awareness, LSJ speaks to Melissa Parke, Executive Director of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear…
By Cat Woods - 10 min read
Māori Face a Reversal of Rights Under Coalition Government
On 20 January, Māori leaders and their families collected at Tūrangawaewae – the seat of the Māori King – in a show of 10,000 attendees…
By Cat Woods - 9 min read
Despite new laws empowering ATO, many Australians are owed super by employers
From January 1 2024, a change to the National Employment Standards makes superannuation an entitlement in addition to employers’ obligation to pay superannuation contributions for…
By Cat Woods - 10 min read
What next for Boeing? Aviation law experts weigh in
When a gaping hole appeared mid-air in Alaskan Airlines’ Boeing 737 MAX 9 plane on January 5, it reopened a legal can of worms for…
By Cat Woods - 10 min read
Law firms boost Indigenous talent with First Nations cadetships
More law firms are launching cadetships for Aboriginal law students, but experts caution such programs must be tailored to First Nations participants, writes Sam McKeith.
By Sam McKeith - 9 min read