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Cross-Border Catch-Up- Fair Work, Formal Process, and Proactive Duties—A Guide to Australian Employment Law [Podcast]

In this episode of our Cross-Border Catch-Up podcast series, Patty Shapiro (San Diego) and Kristyn Lambert (New Orleans) break down what U.S. employers need to know about Australia...

In 1906 Australia’s high court backed ethnic cleansing. That historical wrong and error of law must be put right | Peter...

A disturbing precedent that branded British subjects ‘aliens’ is made even more dangerous by the rise of populism todayIn Robtelmes v Brenan 120 years ago, Australia’s newly establ...

Regional Australia concerned about migration law changes

Regional Australia concerned about migration law changes

Regional Australia concerned about migration law changes

Regional Australia concerned about migration law changes

Australian Senate Committee Recommends Criminalising Match-Fixing in Australia

Backpacker ballot and detention centre for visa overstayers: what we know about Australia’s new migration plan

Immigration proposals laid out by Tony Burke include changes to working holidaymaker visas and restrictions on international students bringing familiesGet our new political email,...

Qld’s ‘strongest bail laws in the country’ could reverse onus of proof

A long-flagged “breach bail, go to jail” bill has been introduced to parliament, creating a new offence, bail regime, and mandatory 12-month jail term.

Australia unveils new rules to trim immigration, targeting backpackers, students’ families and visa overstayers

Most international students unable to bring dependants or family members to Australia under migration policy announced by Tony Burke at National Press ClubFollow our Australia news...

Reptiles, gold and money: How Australia is cracking down on wildlife trafficking

In Australia in May 2026, Yang Zeng, a 28-year-old Chinese national who was unlawfully in the country, was sentenced to two and a half years in prison. Zeng was convicted on nine c...

Cross-Border Catch-Up: Victoria, Australia’s Work From Home Law [Podcast]

Australia news live: Liberal MP proposes using super to secure mortgages; ingredient in cold and flu supplements banned...

Follow the day’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastJim Chalmers was also asked earlier if the government would support a national royal commission...

Australia Promotes “Digital Duty Of Care” Legislation

Things are different in Australia. Being south of the equator, people there walk on the ceiling and drive their cars upside down. But instead of relying on courts and litigation to...

Australia introduces digital safety bill allowing users to switch off social media algorithms

Proposed law to give users greater control over feeds, impose safety obligations on tech companies, introduce fines

The High Court of Australia

Welcome to SCOTUSblog’s recurring series in which we interview experts on different supreme courts around the world and how they compare with our own. Today’s column focuses on the...

As Australia faces an AI-generated future, a human rights act is needed more than ever

Without laws requiring transparency or a right of review, our human rights will be rationed away by algorithmic and automated decision-making toolsAs we hurtle towards a post-human...

There is a Duty of Care But No Duty to Act

Australian work health and safety (WHS) law rests on the deceptively simple proposition that those who create or control risks must eliminate them, or reduce them so far as is reas...

Australia considers algorithm opt-out laws

Following the country’s social media restrictions, The Guardian reported that the government was exploring ways to let people control what they see in apps.

Labor targets ‘visa hopping’ international students in crackdown on ‘permanently temporary’ migration

Migration agents and lawyers ‘selling false hope’ to people seeking to stay in Australia also in ministers’ sights as they seek to reduce overseas arrivalsFollow our Australia news...

Labor targets ‘visa hopping’ international students in crackdown on ‘permanently temporary’ migration

Migration agents and lawyers ‘selling false hope’ to people seeking to stay in Australia also in ministers’ sights as they seek to reduce overseas arrivalsFollow our Australia news...

Your photos, your words and your work: will Labor make it easier for AI companies to take them for free? | Holly Rankin

Every family photo you ever posted would be fair game for AI companies unless you choose to opt outLeaked documents from a government proposal show that the Albanese government is...

Australia's Enhanced Substantial Holding Disclosure and Beneficial Ownership Disclosure Regime Comes Into Effect From 4...

From 4 December 2026, entities listed on Australian financial markets will become subject to enhanced substantial holding disclosure and beneficial ownership disclosure obligations...

Australia weighs major new restrictions on international students, The Australian reports

A major Australian newspaper, The Australian, is reporting that the Albanese government is preparing a major immigration overhaul that would introduce tighter restrictions on inter...

Australia news live: Union leader says PM ‘vastly underpaid’; Shoebridge pledges members will ‘have a say’ in next leade...

Follow the day’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA Sydney man has been charged after allegedly restraining, choking and sexually assaulting a yo...

Queensland concedes law imposing mandatory jail on some offenders as young as 10 breaches human rights

State government says ‘breach bail, go to jail’ laws raise risk of overcrowding in jails, while one expert warns they may lead to ‘cruel outcomes’Get our breaking news email, free...