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Common(wealth) Knowledge #118: UN experts pressure Queensland to repeal 'adult crime, adult crime' laws
Report from UN experts demonstrates difficulties in human rights enforceability in Australia.
May 24


Common(wealth) Knowledge #112: The Middle East and judicial impartiality
Avoiding political bias in judicial decision-making.
Jan 19


Diet Federalism: Papua New Guinea - Mandate or Assimilate?
Sometimes, a territory isn’t actually a territory.
Oct 16, 2024


Common(wealth) Knowledge #75: Can international law provide a solution to the Voice?
Debate over creating an Indigenous body to make representations to the government has led some to consider international treaties instead.
Oct 29, 2023


Common(wealth) Knowledge #72: The Voice, Treaties and the assumption of Sovereignty
Without the involvement of international law, the question of Australian sovereignty cannot be challenged.
Oct 7, 2023


Vietnam censors Barbie over international law dispute
Vietnam has banned Barbie over allegations it includes pro-China propaganda.
Jul 4, 2023


Common(wealth) Knowledge #49: Practical independence - The ANZUS Pact
AUKUS isn’t the first security alliance Australia has signed with the United States.
Apr 29, 2023


Common(wealth) Knowledge #48: China-Australian relations, 50 years in the making
A Labor leader’s other controversial trip to Beijing.
Apr 22, 2023


Common(wealth) Knowledge #47: The Statute of Westminster
The history of how Australia achieved true independence from the U.K.
Apr 15, 2023


Common(wealth) Knowledge #41: Calls for an Australian Human Rights Act renewed
What could this act look like?
Mar 11, 2023


Common(wealth) Knowledge #35: A public healthcare debate 80 years in the making
Today, Australians take government-subsidised healthcare for granted - but that was not always the case.
Jan 28, 2023


Common(wealth) Knowledge #33: Papua New Guinea and Australian federalism
A look at how Papua New Guinea has influenced the development of Australian law.
Jan 14, 2023


Common(wealth) Knowledge #18: Australia and international law - a nuclear history
Why international law means Australia doesn’t have nukes, but other countries do.
Oct 8, 2022


Common(wealth) Knowledge #7: The difficulty of picking a foreign affairs minister
Penny Wong currently serves as Australia's foreign minister.
Aug 20, 2022


Common(wealth) Knowledge #2: Austro-Pacific Relations and the Constitution
The PM this week meet with leaders of other nations at the Pacific Islands Forum.
Jul 16, 2022
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