Law Report

How useful is AI in creating better legal outcomes and processes?

Can artificial intelligence reveal the assumptions judges make? Or help lawyers and litigants to identify appeal arguments? 

What's in Australia's new hate crime and gun control laws?

In the wake of the Bondi mass shooting, the federal government has passed two significant pieces of legislation that it says are aimed at preventing future attacks. 

When a natural disaster strikes, what are your legal rights?

In the aftermath of Victoria's catastrophic bushfires, we look at how communities attempt to rebuild their lives and homes. We also discuss navigating complex legal issues, including insurance, debts, tenancy rights, and fakes tradies or other scammers who prey on vulnerable people in the wake of natural disasters. 

Defining death: ALRC examines laws around human tissue and organs

In Australia, 'what is death' and other legal definitions, such as what constitutes human tissue, have not kept up with advances in medical science. The Australian Law Reform Commission is conducting the first review of human tissue laws in nearly 50 years.

Race, language and the Law

An emoji, a protest placard and a tweet by a soccer fan have all led to criminal charges in Britain. The Law Report explores how language and cultural expression are used in the prosecution of non-white people for race hate offences.