This article is about the interpretation of legal texts. Its immediate aim is to defend, against a certain sort of originalist objection, the well-known cases that hold that the Australian Constitution, by implication, guarantees certain political freedoms and entitlements. That is not to say...

We examine bargaining strategies by parties in Australian jurisdictions where there is a choice of settlement offer type. Parties in a civil litigation dispute can choose to make offers with adverse costs shifting consequences for the offeree upon rejection (statutory offers) or without...

This paper questions the common legal assumption that Internet protocol television (IPTV) in its typical form is necessarily a service delivered using or over the Internet. It uses two aspects of Australian law – one in broadcasting and the other in copyright – to examine whether the...

The first Neighbourhood Justice Centre has recently been set up in Australia and forms part of a worldwide neighbourhood justice movement which focuses upon local justice solutions. These models are based around community courts operating as part of broader justice initiatives which reposition...

In the middle third of the 19th century Upper Canada (now Ontario) followed by South Australia passed statutes for the legal recognition of religious bodies. The latter statute has already been the subject of a brief history. This article considers the background to the enactment of Upper...

This paper first briefly introduces the reader to nanotechnology and the potential health risks it raises. It then reviews how nanotechnology is or may be used by the food industry so that challenges that must be addressed by food regulations can be better understood. The application of current...

In 2006, the Australian Association of National Advertisers implemented the self-regulatory Food and Beverages Advertising and Marketing Communications Code in response to public concern about the influence of 'junk food' advertising on children's obesity levels and pressure for more restrictive...

In recent decades, the employment and welfare conditions of players in top level sport in Australia and New Zealand have progressed from below to well above community standards in many instances. This paper provides information about employment and welfare conditions across 12 sports and...

Easteal describes the extra pressure women from a non English speaking background may face when they find themselves imprisoned. These women experience difficulties with the prison culture which may cause shock and distress; language difficulties; an inability to adapt to food offered in prison;...

This survey has been undertaken in connection with a research project (The Cartel Project) that investigates various aspects of the criminalisation of cartel conduct in Australia. In section 1 of the Report we set out the background to cartel criminalisation in Australia (section 1.1) and...