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Regulations needed for litigation funders who can't pay out when cases fail

  • Written by: Michael Legg, Associate Professor of Law, UNSW
imageThe lead claimant in an equine influenza class action managed to avoid incurring a substantial costs order being made against them.AAP/Sergio Dioniso

Access to funding for litigation has become a critical component of class action cases in Australia. This is because it provides the necessary financing for this form of expensive and complex...

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Closing the Gap is failing and needs a radical overhaul

  • Written by: Diana Perche, Lecturer in Politics and Public Policy, Macquarie University

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull presented the ninth annual Closing the Gap report to parliament this week. In keeping with previous reports, it outlined limited progress on key indicators of Indigenous disadvantage established by the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) in 2008.

These are measured in terms of a “gap” between...

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States drag feet on affordable housing, with Victoria the worst

  • Written by: Carolyn Whitzman, Professor of Urban Planning, University of Melbourne

Moral panic over recent increases in visibly homeless people in central Melbourne has brought to the fore the critical shortage of affordable housing across the metropolitan areas of Australia’s wealthiest cities. But living on the street is only the tip of the iceberg. Many more households are living in insecure and/or overpriced...

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That Lump of Coal

  • Written by: Clive Hamilton, Professor of Public Ethics, Centre For Applied Philosophy & Public Ethics (CAPPE), Charles Sturt University
imageAlpha Males and the Lump of Coal

“Don’t be afraid, don’t be scared, it won’t hurt you. It’s coal.” With these words Australia’s Treasurer Scott Morrison taunted the Opposition, attempting to ridicule its commitment to renewable energy.

He handed the lump of Hunter Valley coal to a delighted Deputy Prime...

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  12. FactCheck: it's true – Western Australia has the nation's highest rate of methamphetamine use
  13. Want electricity reform? Start by giving power back to the states
  14. Young women can budget in the short term but struggle with long-term investments: survey
  15. Why the Sydney Opera House is a little overcooked
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  17. The gap of Indigenous disadvantage is being closed too slowly: report
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  27. Why housing supply shouldn't be the only policy tool politicians cling to
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  33. FactCheck Q A: is violent crime getting worse in Victoria and do people feel less safe than ever?
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  36. The IMF is showing some hypocrisy on inequality
  37. Australia's looming e-cigarette ban robs smokers of a chance to quit
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