Opinion

When Hollywood meets legal reality

Explaining the difference between imagined law and real law is not a failure of the profession. It is part of the work,...

05 February 2026

By Tony Taouk

Why ‘equal time’ doesn’t always mean equal parenting

One of the most common misconceptions in Australian family law, and a logical assumption for those outside of the legal...

03 February 2026

By Michael Tiyce

Would you make a good witness? Why memory deserves empathy, and the law demands restraint

Most people believe they would make a reliable witness. They were present. They paid attention. They remember it...

29 January 2026

By Rebecca Ward, MBA

Apprehended bias: Tribunal’s ‘hostile tirade’ against lawyers

The Federal Court of Australia ruled that a decision of a senior member of the (now abolished) Administrative Appeals...

28 January 2026

By Sergio Zanotti Stagliorio

Qld motorists going it alone in CTP claims are losing out

Injured motorists who don’t have legal representation continue to receive just a fraction of the rehabilitation and...

23 January 2026

By Travis Schultz

Social cohesion v social coercion

Australia’s current debate about hate speech feels both urgent and strangely familiar. Urgent because violence...

22 January 2026

By Andrew Boe

Law schools, legal education, and the future of the profession

In 2026, for the first time, Australian law schools will graduate students whose entire degrees were undertaken in the...

21 January 2026

By Professor Catherine Renshaw

Generational dynamics in law firms

You say “potato”, I say “potato”: The question for the profession is not who is right, but whether we are...

20 January 2026

By Lara Wentworth and Andrea Foot

The unspoken questions behind injury claims

In personal injury matters, the injury itself is rarely the only issue, writes Sepi Agahi.

16 January 2026

By Sepi Agahi

The need for a nationally coordinated approach to youth justice reform

In the absence of a holistic, evidence-led reset on youth justice, Australia risks staying stuck (or further...

12 January 2026

By Dr Jacqueline Rule