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Many wrongs can make a right: how mass redress schemes can replace court action

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imageClass actions are often expensive and long-running.Image sourced from www.shutterstock.com

Modern society is characterised by mass manufacturing, mass investment and mass consumption which give rise to “mass wrongs” - and the need for a system of mass redress.

Reports of harm to underpaid employees, users of pay-day lending and financial...

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Crowded house: how to keep festivals relevant in an oversaturated market

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imageFestivals can no longer focus solely on their recurring, physical events. AAP Image/Bella Ann Townes

Ah, festivals. We love ‘em. Around Australia, festivals spring up like mushrooms after rain. But as the cultural sector faces a serious budget squeeze, how can they survive?

Tomorrow, on November 25, this question will be, if not answered, then...

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Solidarity after Paris means being more attentive to suffering elsewhere

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imageIn Egypt, the Great Pyramid was illuminated with the French, Russian and Lebanese flags in solidarity with victims of terrorist attacks, but most of the focus in the West has been on the victims in Paris.EPA/Khaled Elfiqi

The outpouring of global sympathy for the French victims of Islamic State (IS) terrorism is welcome – even if our...

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