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the law
National Affairs
Immunity in the dock
James Panichi
10 June 2021
Australia’s criminal cartel law has hit its first speed hump
Essays & Reportage
The insiders
Jeremy Gans
7 June 2021
A new podcast brilliantly tracks Australia’s “biggest insider trading case.” But does it let the authorities off too lightly?
Essays & Reportage
Friendless in the courtroom
Alecia Simmonds
14 May 2021
Women’s full right — and responsibility — to sit on juries came late to Australia
National Affairs
Fully, partly, in principle — or not at all?
Judith Ireland
8 April 2021
Has the government missed another opportunity to genuinely tackle sexual harassment?
Essays & Reportage
Christian Porter’s shadow
Jeremy Gans
19 March 2021
There’s only one good way to resolve decades-old allegations like the ones made against the attorney-general
National Affairs
A place of greater safety
Jane Goodall
16 March 2021
Does the media’s stress on “rage” really capture what’s driving the resurgent women’s movement?
Essays & Reportage
Status and consent
Rachel Doyle
15 March 2021
Extract
| Are deeply hierarchical professions especially prone to workplace harassment?
National Affairs
Winning the battle, still fighting the war
James Panichi
24 February 2021
Facebook’s problems with Australian regulators are far from over
National Affairs
Death, taxes and the strange history of rebel micronations
Harry Hobbs
18 February 2021
Former One Nation senator Rod Culleton’s attempt to unite “sovereign citizens” recalls earlier efforts to step outside Australian law
National Affairs
Weighing the costs of war
Paul Barratt
12 November 2020
With the federal government appointing a special war crimes prosecutor, it’s time to confront broader questions about armed interventions
Books & Arts
On the offensive
Susan Lever
5 November 2020
Books
| Are Australians unusually prone to bad language?
National Affairs
Follow the money
Helen Bird
5 November 2020
Business figures are taking advantage of ASIC’s internal troubles to undermine reforms recommended by the banking royal commission
National Affairs
Congratulations to our new judges, but let’s do it differently next time
Joe McIntyre
30 October 2020
Regardless of their many qualities, the latest High Court appointments raise thorny questions about how we choose judges
National Affairs
Private conduct, public interest
Jane Goodall
16 October 2020
I’ve done nothing wrong, says the NSW premier. But in the grey zone of conflicts of interest, is that enough?
National Affairs
Victoria, a fine state
Saul Eslake
30 September 2020
Why are fines so popular in a state that sees itself as progressive?
Books & Arts
Scales of justice
Rick Sarre
21 September 2020
Books
| Lawyer Andrew Boe’s heartfelt memoir of a life in the law
National Affairs
States of emergency
Mark Finnane
10 September 2020
Could the debate over states’ rights to close their borders have been resolved a century ago?
Correspondents
Hong Kong’s ever-adaptable dissenters
Antony Dapiran
14 August 2020
The city’s protesters are using unconventional methods to navigate a legal minefield
Essays & Reportage
On Possession Island
Bain Attwood
4 August 2020
Myth, history and Captain Cook
Books & Arts
Something somebody wants suppressed
Kieran Pender
21 July 2020
Books
| Journalist Annika Smethurst underscores the personal toll of declining press freedom in Australia
National Affairs
Policing the borders
Jane McAdam
8 July 2020
Checkpoints on the NSW–Victoria border recall more acrimonious moves one hundred years ago
National Affairs
Shift in numbers, shift in culture
Kim Rubenstein
1 July 2020
Could the Dyson Heydon investigation have happened without women at senior levels in the High Court?
Essays & Reportage
The enemy within
Jeremy Gans
26 June 2020
The alleged actions of former justice Dyson Heydon sit oddly with his judgement in a contentious High Court appeal
National Affairs
Speaking freely in special clothing
Graeme Orr
25 June 2020
What happens when sport moves from the back pages to the front?
Essays & Reportage
Double-edged sword
Mark Baker
23 June 2020
Recipients of the Victoria Cross are expected to lead exemplary lives. What happens when one of them doesn’t?
National Affairs
A friend on the outside
Robert Milliken
12 June 2020
Two major inquiries have recommended a simple measure to reduce Aboriginal deaths in custody. So why have most states taken so long to act?
Books & Arts
Literary censorship’s last gasp
Amanda Laugesen
2 June 2020
Books
| A compelling account of a significant cultural moment
Correspondents
Long march
Nicole Hemmer
1 June 2020
As a century’s experience shows, police violence won’t stop civil rights protesters from seeking justice
National Affairs
Keeping watch on Covid-19 laws
Sarah Moulds
14 May 2020
Are parliamentary committees up to the job?
Essays & Reportage
Collateral damage
Mark Finnane
2 May 2020
Like the epidemic itself, the policing of Spanish flu controls fell unevenly on the population
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