Law is different in Australia. The origins of the Australian state in a military-run British prison camp, the legal fictions of terra nullius that dispossessed, displaced and failed to see the sovereignty of First Nation people, and the efficiency currently witnessed in controlling the population and the economy…

Dr Michael Guihot (Senior Lecturer in the QUT Faculty of Law), in collaboration with Lyria Bennett Moses (Professor in the UNSW Sydney Faculty of Law), has published a new book which explores the legal and ethical issues arising from developments in artificial intelligence and robotics. Artificial Intelligence, Robots…

With the release of the Australian Government’s COVIDSafe App this week, Mark Burdon, Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law, has published a timely two-part blog for the Cambridge University Press on the use of COVID-19 contact tracing technologies. Part one examines recent developments in mobile phone contact…

A Queensland Parliamentary Committee recently handed down its Report on Voluntary Assisted Dying. Recommendation One of that report was that the Queensland Government should introduce legislation to legalise voluntary assisted dying based on draft legislation submitted to the Committee by Professors Lindy Willmott and Ben White. The Chair…

Almost a decade ago, Dr Lucy Cradduck (Senior Lecturer, QUT Faculty of Law) examined the legal challenges facing the then to be constructed Australian national broadband network (NBN). That dissertation, ‘The future of the Internet Economy: Addressing challenges facing the implementation of the Australian National Broadband Network’, served…

Law, Technology and Humans (ISSN 2652-4074) is an innovative open access, double blind reviewed journal that encourages research and scholarship on the human and humanity of law and technology. Law, Technology and Humans is advised by a leading International Editorial Board and is sponsored by the Faculty of…

Approximately 30% of adults in Australia die after a decision to stop or not start potentially life-sustaining treatments, including mechanical ventilation, artificial nutrition and hydration, and CPR. While these decisions are a common part of mainstream medical practice, they raise practical, legal and ethical challenges. A central justification…

The Queensland Health, Communities, Disability Services and Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Committee will shortly deliver its report about voluntary assisted dying. The key question is whether or not the law should be changed to permit voluntary assisted dying. If the Committee recommends reform, its report will be…

Ecological restoration has been a low priority of most countries’ environmental laws, but is essential for the health of the biosphere. Professor Afshin Akhtar-Khavari (QUT Faculty of Law) has contributed to and co-edited (with Professor Benjamin J. Richardson from the University of Tasmania) the 1st edition of Ecological…

Senior Lecturer Dr Alex Deagon, along with Dr Benjamin B Saunders (Senior Lecturer at Deakin University), has written an article for the forthcoming issue of the Melbourne University Law Review. The article, Principles, Pragmatism and Power: Another Look at the Historical Context of Section 116, examines the historical…