http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/section.asp?name=law Australia's e-journal of social and political debate en-au Copyright 2000-2009, National Forum susan@onlineopinion.com.au (Susan Prior) lachlan@onlineopinion.com.au (Lachlan Kuhn) 60 editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Cam Walker) It is important that the community ensures corporations, no matter how powerful, will be held to universal human rights standards. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=9114 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=9114 Thu, 2 Jul 2009 10:39:13 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=9114 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Walt Brasch) The life of a Mexican, who worked in the US, is worth no more than 23 months in a county jail for his attackers. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=9084 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=9084 Wed, 1 Jul 2009 08:13:20 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=9084 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Kees Bakhuyzen) France continues to place itself at the forefront in the fight against the rise of Islamism in the Western world. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=9100 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=9100 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 08:29:17 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=9100 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Richard Allsop) Meddling local councillors use their planning powers and ability to set rates to impose their personal world view on us. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=9068 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=9068 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:16:27 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=9068 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Robyn Seth-Purdie) Australia has a near-exemplary record of signing on to human rights treaties. It’s a shame the follow-through has let us down. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=9047 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=9047 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:06:08 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=9047 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Timothy Watson) Far away in the Australian political wilderness a policy issue with wide ranging implications has been simmering away. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=9036 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=9036 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 08:49:11 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=9036 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Mark Christensen) The truth of the matter is that the ACCC has an innate bias against those it regulates. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=9016 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=9016 Tue, 9 Jun 2009 08:34:37 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=9016 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Stephen Keim) Why is President Obama thinking of restoring the role of the Military Commissions in Guantanamo cases? http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=9007 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=9007 Fri, 5 Jun 2009 08:09:35 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=9007 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Chin Jin) Exactly 20 years have elapsed since the Tiananmen Square Massacre took place on June 4, 1989. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=8999 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=8999 Thu, 4 Jun 2009 08:24:29 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=8999 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Bruce Haigh and Kellie Tranter) Recent international criticism and local political shenanigans demonstrate that Australians need constitutionally enshrined human rights. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=8996 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=8996 Wed, 3 Jun 2009 08:27:08 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=8996 On Line Opinion