Australian patent law is grounded in the Patents Act 1990, which provides the statutory regime for granting, enforcing, and limiting patent rights. Under section 18 (1), an invention must be a manner ...

ONE OF THE FEW good things to come out of the chaos that used to be known as the rules-based international order is that Australia is not alone in attempting to ingratiate itself with the Trump ...

Neither the state nor federal governments have acted in response to his warning, nor have they responded to mountains of research and evidence demonstrating the current and approaching disasters.

Australia needs a Financial Statecraft Command, a unit embedded in national security architecture, focused squarely on protecting and projecting Australia’s interests in the financial and economic ...

Despite hyped rhetoric about the “big, beautiful bill,” the legislation has stalled. Its deficit‑blowing ambitions have alarmed fiscal hawks across the aisle. With Musk and others highlighting its ...

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In the dying days of the failed Morrison Government, workers were allocated less than 50% of the nation’s total income. That was down from above 60% in earlier periods. That percentage has increased ...

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Youth exclusion compounds the problem The recent decision to ban children under 16 from social media has undoubtedly contributed to the demise of mainstream current affairs. Young people, who were ...

Where might we end up? In many ways, policies to improve the economic foundations of Australia are well known. A simpler and fairer tax system. A paring back of regulations and so-called “red tape” ...