The Law

Last Friday on The Wire you heard about amendments to Queensland’s abortion laws that were up for debate in parliament....

The Queensland Government is set to update the Criminal Code to give medical abortions the same legal protection as surgical...

The Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement has lashed out at the Federal Government’s rejection of the United Nation’s recommendation for compensation...

Queensland’s prostitution laws are failing to protect sex workers. A group of researchers from the University of Queensland has found...

Fancy discussing your sexual medical history with your bank manager? How about security at the air port? It’s a reality...

Mike Rann would like to see the media have greater access to the courts in South Australia, but would cameras...

When is it ok to torture someone? There’s a good chance you’re thinking ‘never’ but 40 per cent of Australians...

Queensland parliament is currently debating a new adoption bill that, among other things, explictly excludes gay adoption. There has been...

The Gladstone Observer in Queensland recently reported a number of teenage boys would face charges of possession, creation OR distribution...

Hiroshima Day is being used as a reminder about Australia’s own nuclear and radioactive legacy. The British bomb testing at...