This survey has been undertaken in connection with a research project (The Cartel Project) that investigates various aspects of the criminalisation of cartel conduct in Australia. In section 1 of the Report we set out the background to cartel criminalisation in Australia (section 1.1) and...

This paper argues that the driving motivation for federalism reform in Australia should be to enhance Australian federal democracy. Federal democracy is a rich, compound, concept that supports responsive and accountable government, participation in public life, policy innovation and collective...

Australian law has no concept of absolute ownership of land. Instead, it recognizes a limited number of interests, public and private, in land. Many of these interests, or titles, are statutory in origin. During the colonial era, state legislatures won control of public land from the British...

From 1 January 2005, over eight years after the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (WPPT) was concluded, and not far shy of 10 years after performers obtained economic and moral rights in the UK, Australia was finally dragged kicking and screaming to the performers' rights party. Although...

The patent system has a 'one size' approach to duration of protection, in that all inventions are entitled to the same maximum period of grant: 20 years. This paper seeks to answer the question whether this 'one size' approach 'fits all' inventions. It does so by determining if the duration of...

Innovations in the use and application of technology are increasingly making Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) services and trainings available to ever wider audiences. For some disputants, online dispute resolution (ODR) makes sense due to the challenges posed by geographic distances, time...

In 2008, the Australian Labor government announced a review of Australia’s Future Tax System which reports at the end of 2009. The Review has a broad remit to examine Australia’s federal and state tax and transfer (welfare) systems. Gender issues are at play in some crucial parts of the...

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s Immunity Policy for Cartel Conduct is seen as a vital tool in detecting, stopping, prosecuting and deterring cartel conduct. In May 2013 the ACCC announced that it is conducting a review of the policy. The review is significant because,...

The establishment of the new Australian Parliamentary Budget Office in 2012 has created a body capable of increasing the transparency and accountability of public finance by providing independent policy costings, budget analysis, and forecasts to the Parliament. This working paper examines the...

The paper examines a specific aspect of regulation of voice and representation: that covering indirect participation at the workplace through employee committees. The purpose of these committees is to provide representative consultation or structured communication between employee...