Unfair treatment, discrimination or unsatisfactory results? Recent years have seen a Significant increase in complaints ofdiscrimination made to external bodies by students against Australian universities. Some complaints ...

Higher education institutions (HEIs) in the United Kingdom are in an era of change with an increasing focus on employer engagement. This article explores the employability issues and then specifically considers the creative ...

This article explores the powerlessness of Indigenous people when confronted with police on ceremonial land. It draws on a recent incident in Lajamanu (northern Tanami Desert, Northern Territory ('NT')) that highlights the ...

DNA profiling evidence presented in court should be accompanied by a reliable estimate of its evidential weight. In calculating such statistics, allele frequencies from commonly employed autosomal microsatellite loci are ...

A previously identified difficulty with the development of latent fingerprints on low-density polyethylene (LDPE) by vacuum metal deposition (VMD) is that excess gold deposition prevents effective zinc deposition and so ...

Increasingly, Australian corporations are publicly reporting their environmental performance. Australia's Minister for the Environment and Heritage, Senator Robert Hill states that "the Government sees considerable ...

The definition of what is a "religion" is of enormous importance, especially for local government authorities who are often called upon to decide whether a particular body is entitled to a rating exemption or concession ...

The financial turmoil and share market losses generated by the global financial crisis have provided ideal conditions for increased numbers of investor class actions. The numbers of firms involved in litigation funding and ...

Although the issue of electronic international commercial contracting has been discussed in the online world, the author of this paper believes that the current system lacks a workable basis for embracing the coming pervasive ...