Queensland Deputy Premier Jeff Seeney’s decision, revealed this week, to order a Brisbane council to remove future sea-level rise from its planning regulations seems a rather short-sighted thing to do.
12 December 2014The law’s increasing reach into the private lives of individuals will be a focus of attention at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» of Queensland next month.
24 November 2014Last Friday, the High Court handed down its decision in a constitutional challenge to Queensland’s controversial suite of anti-bikie laws. This decision is as interesting for what it does not decide as for what it does.
17 November 2014A blind woman has made news by launching a claim of unlawful discrimination against Coles and its online website. For those of us who are totally blind and working in the disability law space this lawsuit is no surprise. Both the problem and the...
7 November 2014The government introduced its third set of national security laws last week. The Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment Bill (No 1) 2014 valuably empowers the Parliamentary Joint Committee of Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) to review changes to...
6 November 2014The human rights of corrupt politicians, terrorists and organised criminals are the topic of debate in a new book by University of Queensland academic Dr Radha Ivory.
30 October 2014Queensland tenants’ rights will be better protected thanks to a new specialist Tenancy Law Clinic, the first of its kind in Queensland.
27 October 2014University of Queensland law students are proving a force to be reckoned with, winning their fourth major mooting title this year.
16 October 2014About 40 per cent of Australians do not have a will, but what happens when people die without one, and what does this mean for your family?
11 June 2014Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» of Queensland is celebrating the addition of a world championship title to its growing list of mooting accolades after winning the 2014 Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition in Washington DC, USA.
16 April 2014A University of Queensland consumer law expert has urged businesses to review their customer contracts in the wake of a Federal Court decision about ‘extravagant’ late payment fees imposed by the ANZ Bank.
24 February 2014Queensland and European Union laws enacted to stamp out organised crime will be the focus of a University of Queensland Law School seminar on Friday 24 January.
15 January 2014A University of Queensland international humanitarian law expert has urged Australia to exercise caution before endorsing military intervention in Syria by the United States or its allies.
9 September 2013Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» of Queensland has strengthened its position as a world leader in minerals and energy research with the opening of its new Centre for International Minerals and Energy Law (CIMEL).
29 August 2013Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» of Queensland Pro Bono Centre acknowledged the work of community spirited law students at an awards ceremony on Wednesday 7 August.
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