Michael Koziol - The Sydney Morning Herald - Sunday 02 August 2020 Academic freedom is one of the unshakeable pillars of a university. Professors and their colleagues must be protected in their ability to challenge norms, question orthodoxies and even attack sacred cows in pursuit of...
Latika Bourke - The Sydney Morning Herald - Monday 03 August London: The barrister who hired Malcolm Turnbull to act in the famous Spycatcher case says Australia's decision to copy parts of Britain's defamation law will reduce the country's "plaintiff bonanza," saying it halved libel cases in...
Eryk Bagshaw - Sydney Morning Herald - Saturday 1 August 2020 Australian MPs from across the political spectrum have labelled Hong Kong's decision to disqualify a dozen pro-democracy candidates from local elections and a delay in the local poll as an unacceptable obstruction to democracy. Hong Kong's...
Senator Paterson on the Bolt Report: Aged care, Dickensian conditions for Universities...
Senator Paterson questions University representatives in COVID-19 Committee hearing...
David Crowe - The Sydney Morning Herald - Thursday 23 July 2020 The economic slump has intensified a Liberal push to bring forward $143 billion in personal tax cuts as the Morrison government considers new measures to lift household income. Prime Minister Scott Morrison is also being...
John Kehoe - The Australian Financial Review - Wed 22 July 2020 The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has decided not to appeal to the High Court its case against Westpac for alleged responsible lending failures, after the heads of the Reserve Bank of Australia and...
Senator Paterson on Sky News: Victorian COVID outbreak, China, Wolverines, economy, Tony Abbott...
John Kehoe and James Ayres - The Australian Financial Review - Wednesday 15 July 2020 Political pressure is building on the corporate regulator to accept the "umpire's decision" and not appeal to the High Court its responsible lending case loss against Westpac. Members of the federal government...
Cliona O'Dowd - The Australian - Thursday 16 July 2020 ASIC will decide in the coming days if it will embark on a last-ditch attempt to secure a win in the Westpac “wagyu and shiraz” responsible lending case, chairman James Shipton has told a parliamentary committee,...