Binoy Kampmark Dr. Binoy Kampmark was a Commonwealth Scholar at Selwyn College, Cambridge. He lectures at RMIT University, Melbourne. Email: bkampmark@gmail.com
Premium Columnists Clare O’Neil plans to circle Australia in data security October 6, 2023 By Binoy Kampmark Communications & Technology The home affairs minister’s latest data-security initiative involves six ‘cyber shields’ constructed around Australia.
Premium Columnists Breaking down the government’s employment white paper September 27, 2023 By Binoy Kampmark Economy & Industry The white paper’s release takes place at a curious time in Australian history. Rarely has the country ever seen a jobless rate of 3.7%.
Premium Columnists Mutable rights for children in Queensland’s police watch houses September 18, 2023 By Binoy Kampmark Editors' Picks The power of federal and state parliaments is supreme, even witheringly so, in the face of changeable human rights regarding child detention.
Premium Columnists The Vasta precedent pierces the veil of judicial immunity September 13, 2023 By Binoy Kampmark Editors' Picks In the rarest of rarities, there has been a successful legal action against a judge and their judging. Deep division about the decision.
Premium Columnists Climate change litigation exposes risks to investments and sovereign bond markets September 6, 2023 By Binoy Kampmark Editors' Picks A court settlement means a statement will be added to Treasury’s website acknowledging climate change is a systemic risk to bond value.
Premium Columnists Deathtrap: The ADF, the Osprey, and safety September 5, 2023 By Binoy Kampmark Defence To follow the Osprey’s deployment is an act akin to faith. In Australia, it’s clear that believers are in the ascendancy.
Premium Columnists An international perspective on whistleblower protections August 30, 2023 By Binoy Kampmark Editors' Picks The salient question for Australia is how strong a standalone office or whistleblowing agency will be in making disclosure safe.
Premium Insights and analysis Australia’s whistleblower protections are modest and inadequate August 28, 2023 By Binoy Kampmark Editors' Picks The onus is on whistleblowers to navigate the PID Act and manage their own risk on the slim hope that disclosure protections might apply.
Premium Columnists Focusing the misinformation bill on curation of news is risky business August 16, 2023 By Binoy Kampmark Communications & Technology The ‘combating misinformation’ bill’s focus should be on robust debate that drives out discredited ideas in favour of profound, richer ones.
Premium Columnists South Australian university merger shaping as another amalgamation disaster August 7, 2023 By Binoy Kampmark Editors' Picks Once again, the University of South Australia and the University of Adelaide are looking at a merger. Once again, it would be a mistake.
Premium Columnists US Congress shapes as major stumbling block for AUKUS submarines July 31, 2023 By Binoy Kampmark Federal Bureaucrats and politicians are nervous as Congress questions if US should supply nuclear-powered submarines to Australia as part of the AUKUS deal.
Premium Insights and analysis AUKUS and the government’s nuclear waste storage nightmare July 24, 2023 By Binoy Kampmark Community & Social While AUKUS committed Australia to storing nuclear waste arising from the reactors of its as yet non-existent submarine fleet, the storage site remains a point of conjecture.
Premium Columnists Russia’s embassy in Australia has a controversial history of sagas July 18, 2023 By Binoy Kampmark Editors' Picks By some accounts, attacks on the Russian embassy — from hedge burnings to bombings to dead possums — were done by the Russians themselves.
Premium Columnists Clouds over justice as the Lawyer X investigation ends July 7, 2023 By Binoy Kampmark Editors' Picks Administrative tenets of the Lawyer X saga have been left unaddressed, while a thick cloud still lingers over Victoria’s justice system.
Premium Columnists Taking the government to court over climate change management June 28, 2023 By Binoy Kampmark Editors' Picks Courts are set to become very important in assessing Australia’s conformity with domestic, international climate-change risk-management laws.