UNSW Law & Justice

India’s minister of commerce Piyush Goyal and WTO director-general Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Meeting for the first time since 2017, the WTO’s highest decision-making body managed to agree on some things – including its first treaty with environmental protection as the objective.

A mobile phone with circles coming off it signifying data about finances, health and driving records

There’s little transparency surrounding how insurance firms collect, analyse and use our personal data when they establish insurance costs.

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Younger people aged 18 to 28 were more likely to be negatively impacted by manipulative designs on websites and apps.

A blurred image of someone walking past the frosted glass windows outside the injecting room at Kings Cross

Violence is no stranger in the world of illicit drugs. But Sydney’s injection room gives its users a much-needed respite from it.

anthony albanese and women labor ministers

For many years Australian cabinets lagged behind the rest of the world on gender equality. Now women make up almost half of cabinet and hold a string of key portfolios.

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The day is coming – some say has already arrived – when artificial intelligence starts to invent things that its human creators could not. But our laws are lagging behind this technology, UNSW experts say.

Silhouettes of a rock band with text from the Uluru Statement of The Heart in the background

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced Labor’s commitment to the Uluru Statement from the Heart. This means there may soon be a First Nations Voice to Parliament. However, there is a journey ahead.

Uluru Statement from the Heart

Architects of the Uluru Statement from the Heart say they look forward to working alongside the new Government to confirm a timeline for a referendum on a Voice to Parliament.

Anthony Albanese and Scott Morrison in front of the Australian Aboriginal Flag

Five experts grade the major parties’ policies and past actions on pursuing a First Nations Voice to Parliament.

hospitality workers clean tables

Exploitation flourishes because regulators do not routinely detect or punish labour law noncompliance.

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