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High Court recognises category of “non-specific” sex

3 April 2014 |

The High Court of Australia, as the highest appeal court, is a bulwark of the rule of law in...

The Lingering Failure of Mandatory Sentencing and Indefinite Detention 2014

2 April 2014 |

Nathan Rees MLA, 20/03/2014 The principle of the separation of powers exists for sound reasons....

RoLIA Submission on Search Warrant Powers of the AFP

31 March 2014 |

RoLIA has made a submission to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee in...

Around the world with rule of law

31 March 2014 |

The objective of RoLIA is to foster the rule of law in Australia. Elsewhere in the world, an...

RoLIA welcomes Red Tape Repeal Initiative

28 March 2014 |

The Rule of Law Institute of Australia (ROLIA) welcomes the statement by the Prime Minister, that...

Australia’s Ranking in the Rule of Law Index

19 March 2014 |

The World Justice Project’s 2014 Rule of Law Index has just been published. Based on data...

Education Resource on QLD Bikie Laws

10 March 2014 |

The Rule of Law Institute of Australia (RoLIA) has produced an education resource for secondary...

Sentencing is the Job of Judges 2014

3 March 2014 |

In the recent High Court decision Barbaro v The Queen; Zirilli v The Queen [2014] HCA 2 the High...

Welcome to the National Civics Curriculum

3 March 2014 |

The Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) has released the National...

Don’t attack the lawyers, Bills of Attainder and ASADA Investigations

10 February 2014 |

Why attacks on the legal profession are an attack on the rule of law, mandatory sentencing the legacy of bills of attainder and a new review of ASADA investigations.

Explainer: Assault causing death in NSW 2014

5 February 2014 |

The new assault causing death offence in NSW is an important piece of law reform for Legal Studies students to consider. It raises important questions about the rule of law and mandatory sentencing.

Beware the ripple effect on rule of law 2014

30 January 2014 |

Today in NSW new mandatory minimum jail terms of up to eight years to deal with drunken violence and so-called “coward’s punches” were introduced. These changes, which affect the role of intoxication in forming...

Law Reform: Mandatory Sentences in NSW 2014

30 January 2014 |

Law Reform to deal with violent assaults Introduction NSW Govt. Toughens Laws for Intoxicated Offenders The Rule of Law and Mandatory Sentences Do Mandatory Sentences Provide Just Outcomes? Questions and Activities See also our...

Harming Australians and Retrospectivity

29 January 2014 |

In the last days of the Parliament in 2013, Senator Nick Xenophon introduced a Private Members Bill to the Senate to make the “Harming Australians” offences in the Commonwealth Criminal Code retrospective. The...

“Political toughness” no excuse for dismal laws 2014

24 January 2014 |

RoLIA CEO, Kate Burns, wrote in the Australian today about the Queensland Government’s...

Introducing Tim Fuller

7 November 2013 |

Tim Fuller, former NRL player, now sports lawyer and sports law lecturer at the University of...

Wrap Up: Justice Fryberg v Premier Newman

6 November 2013 |

Comments by Queensland Premier Campbell Newman about the way in which the courts should implement laws relating to outlaw motorcycle gangs have been challenged by Justice George Fryberg in the Queensland Supreme Court during a...