#auslaw — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #auslaw, aggregated by home.social.
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‘Global reckoning for big tech’: Australia to force social media platforms to allow users to opt out of algorithms https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/08/australia-social-media-algorithm-switch-off-opt-out-digital-duty-of-care
Draft legislation enforces digital duty of care including limiting children’s exposure to misogynistic and eating disorder content. #auspol #auslaw #dutyofcare #socialmedia #digitalplatforms -
‘Global reckoning for big tech’: Australia to force social media platforms to allow users to opt out of algorithms https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/08/australia-social-media-algorithm-switch-off-opt-out-digital-duty-of-care
Draft legislation enforces digital duty of care including limiting children’s exposure to misogynistic and eating disorder content. #auspol #auslaw #dutyofcare #socialmedia #digitalplatforms -
‘Global reckoning for big tech’: Australia to force social media platforms to allow users to opt out of algorithms https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/08/australia-social-media-algorithm-switch-off-opt-out-digital-duty-of-care
Draft legislation enforces digital duty of care including limiting children’s exposure to misogynistic and eating disorder content. #auspol #auslaw #dutyofcare #socialmedia #digitalplatforms -
‘Global reckoning for big tech’: Australia to force social media platforms to allow users to opt out of algorithms https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/08/australia-social-media-algorithm-switch-off-opt-out-digital-duty-of-care
Draft legislation enforces digital duty of care including limiting children’s exposure to misogynistic and eating disorder content. #auspol #auslaw #dutyofcare #socialmedia #digitalplatforms -
‘Global reckoning for big tech’: Australia to force social media platforms to allow users to opt out of algorithms https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/08/australia-social-media-algorithm-switch-off-opt-out-digital-duty-of-care
Draft legislation enforces digital duty of care including limiting children’s exposure to misogynistic and eating disorder content. #auspol #auslaw #dutyofcare #socialmedia #digitalplatforms -
Boodjamulla National Park handed back to Waanyi after decades-long wait https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-04/boodjamulla-national-park-lawn-hill-gorge-handover/107102104 #IndigenousIP #auslaw #auspol #rangers #biodiversity #nationalparks
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Looking back at the 60-year legacy left by Gurindji leader Vincent Lingiari's Wave Hill Walk-Off https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-21/wave-hill-walk-off-60th-anniversary-vincent-lingiari-land-rights/107058862 #auslaw #auspol #IndigenousIP
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Appeal puts climate duty of care back in the spotlight https://nit.com.au/28-07-2026/25588/appeal-puts-climate-duty-of-care-back-in-the-spotlight #auspol #auslaw #climate #litigation #IndigenousIP
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Traditional Owners continue fight for climate justice in Torres Strait https://nit.com.au/28-07-2026/25605/traditional-owners-continue-fight-for-climate-justice-in-torres-strait #auspol #auslaw #climate #litigation #IndigenousIP
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Has the government failed to protect Torres Strait culture from rising seas? The full Federal Court is about to decide https://theconversation.com/has-the-government-failed-to-protect-torres-strait-culture-from-rising-seas-the-full-federal-court-is-about-to-decide-287687 #climate #litigation #IndigenousIP #auslaw #auspol
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Torres Strait leaders return to court in landmark climate case appeal https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/torres-strait-leaders-return-to-court-in-landmark-climate-case-appeal/ia0wnr5ey
Torres Strait Islander community leaders Uncle Pabai Pabai and Uncle Paul Kabai have returned to court as they continue their landmark legal fight over the threat climate change poses to their islands, culture and way of life. #climate #litigation #IndigenousIP #auslaw #auspol -
Torres Strait Islander climate litigation appeal starts today - Pabai Pabai v Commonwealth. You can watch live on the Federal Court of Australia's YouTube stream https://www.youtube.com/live/3F7jO0paeKI?si=KnUel0b-sB6INhDG #auslaw #auspol #climate #litigation #dutyofcare #IndigenousIP
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Climate and rock art advocates take on Woodside’s ‘carbon bomb’ WA gas project in federal court https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/21/north-west-shelf-gas-project-woodside-wa-federal-court-challenge
Albanese government’s approval of North West Shelf gas extension being challenged by the Australian Conservation Foundation and Friends of Australian Rock Art. #auslaw #auspol #climate #IndigenousIP #rockart -
A Wadi Wadi traditional owner has successfully challenged the approvals of a flood plain engineering project in Victoria's north-west at the Supreme Court.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-17/nyah-vinifera-floodplain-restoration-project-water-first-nations/106917364
The Victorian government and Lower Murray Water accepted traditional owners were not properly consulted with during planning.
Mr Kirby has launched a second legal challenge against the Vinifera portion of the project, a few kilometres from Nyah.
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Aboriginal activist Ruth Langford/Tipruthanna has given evidence in a Hobart court to defend a trespass charge relating to a protest at a Tasmanian logging coupe in January 2025.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-09/aboriginal-activist-ruth-langford-logging-trespass-court-case/106892592
Ms Langford, who is representing herself, told the court she had a reasonable excuse to remain on the land due to her "cultural obligation". #auslaw #IndigenousIP #trespass #forests -
As part of my work on international intellectual property, I have just published an article on The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership: intellectual property and trade in the Asia-Pacific in the Asia Pacific Law Review https://lnkd.in/e2ME9G9p The work draws on my experience of engaging with the policy process over #RCEP in the #JSCOT committee in the Australian Parliament. #RCEP #trade #IP #Asia #Pacific #regionalism Cf #TPP #TPPA #CPTPP #BRI #openaccess #auslaw #auspol
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Former military lawyer David McBride sentenced to more than five years in jail for sharing classified information with journalists https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-14/military-whistleblower-david-mcbride-sentenced-classified-info/103843314 via @ABCaustralia #auslaw #auspol #journalism #whistleblowing #confidentiality #classifiedinformation
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Thatcher ‘utterly shattered’ by MI5 revelations in Spycatcher, files reveal https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/dec/29/thatcher-utterly-shattered-by-mi5-revelations-in-spycatcher-files-reveal #spycatcher #auslaw #confidentialinformation #uklaw
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Meet the suburban lawyer Dan Phuong Nguyen who helped democracy activist Chau Van Kham walk free from a Vietnamese prison https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-26/dan-phuong-nguyen-chau-van-kham-human-rights-vietnam-730/102646526 via @ABCaustralia #auslaw #auspol #Vietnam #humanrights (There has long been debate as to whether Vietnam should be a #TPP #TPPA member, given its record on human rights.)