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Mr Morrison, please enshrine our climate targets in law

Nonetheless, such a law imposes a legal obligation on the government to follow it. ... The evidence is clear: well designed, binding climate laws do effectively tackle the climate crisis.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2021/02/12/mr-morrison--please-enshrine-our-climate-targets-in-law.html
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Home ownership: facts and fiction

29.3MB. Law & society. Additional resources. Listened to the podcast and keen to know more about housing affordability and Professor Gurran’s work?
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2016/07/28/home-ownership-facts-and-fiction.html
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Public space: a contested and changing area

33.2MB. Law & society. Transcript. (music plays). Chris Neff: Most of us live in cities or regional areas, but what is urban?
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2016/12/16/public-space--a-contested-and-changing-area0.html
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Ethical design guidelines for future technology released

It is the culmination of a year’s work by 250 world leaders in technology, law, social science, business and government spanning six continents.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2017/12/13/ethical-design-guidelines-for-future-technology-released.html
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Push for change to elder abuse laws to prevent false claims

Australian legislators should consider relaxing guardianship and power-of-attorney laws, argues Dr Ben Chen. ... How the law can fail. Recent reforms to state guardianship and power-of-attorney laws tend to prohibit guardians, administrators, and
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2021/02/01/push-for-change-to-elder-abuse-laws-to-prevent-false-claims.html
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Myanmar's young protesters are funny, brave and media-savvy

They are impressively disciplined. While their street performances may have levity, they are serious about the business of protesting, organising targeted campaigns, delivering food and water, distributing leaflets, and trying to ... New laws will make
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2021/02/19/myanmars-young-protestors-are-funny-brave-and-media-savvy.html
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Virtual and augmented realities: six thorny questions you need to ask

Considering Facebook’s history of questionable business practices, such as their privacy violations around facial recognition, this is troubling.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2020/06/23/virtual-and-augmented-realities--six-thorny-questions-you-need-t.html
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Media reform will reduce diversity and is just window dressing

The new media reform laws do nothing to address the underlying problem of an increasingly concentrated media landscape, argues Associate Professor Tim Dwyer from the Department of Media and Communications. ... His research focuses on the critical
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2017/09/14/media-reform-will-reduce-diversity-and-is-just-window-dressing-.html
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3 tips to being supermarket savvy

3 tips to being supermarket savvy. 16 October 2017. Food is big business. ... And that in a sense talks to what we call extra-territorial obligations in food law and governance.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2017/10/16/3-tips-to-being-supermarket-savvy.html
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Winners and losers of Australia and Indonesia’s trade deal

They give special rights to foreign corporations to bypass local courts and sue governments for millions of dollars in extra-national tribunals if they believe a change in law or policy ... packaging laws in the High Court.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2019/03/07/winners-and-losers-of-australia-and-indonesia-s-trade-deal.html