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'You'll need my fingerprint': are police allowed to search your phone?

  • Written by: Matthew Raj, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, Bond University
imageIn just four swipes on the interface of your phone, another person can access a wealth of your personal information.shutterstock

Consider the following scenarios:

  1. A police officer stops you on the street and asks you to empty your pockets.

  2. A police officer stops you in your car and asks to search you and the vehicle.

Regardless of nearly all factors,...

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Wealth inequality shows superannuation changes are overdue

  • Written by: Helen Hodgson, Associate Professor, Curtin Law School and Curtin Business School, Curtin University

The government is still consulting on superannuation after concerns raised by backbenchers over changes made in the budget. However these changes are more important than ever, as evidenced by the 2016 HILDA statistics on wealth and superannuation.

The statistics highlighted changes in the distribution of wealth of Australians since the survey...

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Five ways the Coalition can get innovation back on track

  • Written by: Mark Dodgson, Director, Technology and Innovation Management Centre, The University of Queensland
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Malcolm Turnbull’s innovation agenda failed to resonate with the Australian electorate, but it is too important to be abandoned. The agenda can be recast in several ways.

Our quality of life and standard of living ultimately depends on how well we innovate, and this has to be the key message. Here are five changes that Turnbull needs to make.

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