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High Court challenge to Treasurer Josh Frydenberg under section 44

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

The citizenship provision of the Constitution’s section 44 has raised its head again, with the eligibility of Treasurer Josh Frydenberg being challenged by an elector in his Kooyong seat.

Michaal Staindl has filed a petition with the High Court, which sits as the Court of Disputed Returns, alleging Frydenberg is ineligible “because he...

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No, it's not OK for the government to use your prescription details to recruit you for a study

  • Written by: Bruce Baer Arnold, Assistant Professor, School of Law, University of Canberra
No, it's not OK for the government to use your prescription details to recruit you for a studyWhen pursuing information for big data projects, the risks to individual autonomy and privacy are easily overlooked.Shutterstock

The department of human services (DHS) is under scrutiny this week after the Nine papers revealed the department sent letters to 50,000 patients who were previously prescribed lithium. DHS was seeking to recruit the...

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After 119 years, NSW is set to decriminalise abortion. Why has reform taken so long?

  • Written by: Helen Pringle, Senior Lecturer, UNSW
After 119 years, NSW is set to decriminalise abortion. Why has reform taken so long?Hundreds of supporters of the bill to decriminalise abortion in NSW rallied outside parliament after conservative MPs delayed debate on the issue.Dean Lewins/AAP

A bill to decriminalise abortion in NSW has been delayed by conservative MPs who reportedly want more time to consider the legislation. Debate is now set to start in the lower house next...

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can Earth be affected by a black hole in the future?

  • Written by: Janie Hoormann, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Astrophysics, The University of Queensland
can Earth be affected by a black hole in the future?Another reason you don’t want to get too close to a black hole is because of something we call 'spaghettification'. If this happened to Earth it would be... unpleasant. Shutterstockcan Earth be affected by a black hole in the future?

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