Castan Centre for Human Rights Law

By Tania Penovic The federal government’s Joint Select Committee on Australia’s Immigration Detention Network handed down its long awaited final report last Friday. Its report has added 356 pages to the many thousands of pages already devoted to addressing the excesses of a regime which has for 20 years breached Australia’s international obligations and afflicted vulnerable [...]

By Tania Penovic Much has been written about the News Corp  fiasco.  Beyond the shock and titillation offered by the story lie serious ramifications for Australia’s media. The influence of News Corp is far reaching. The operation of one of its British tabloid newspapers has revealed the extent to which pursuit of commercial imperatives can [...]