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Happiness levels over a lifetime in Australia, Britain and Germany. People are at their happiest at retirement age and their most miserable in their geriatric years, a new study has found.

A report by the Education and Health Standing Committee of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly has identified Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) as the leading cause of non-genetic, intellectual disability in Australia and the Western World.

Online commerce is booming, but the evolving nature and application of new technologies presents numerous challenges for the courts, businesses and law makers. UQ Law academic Dr Alan Davidson is helping Australia to take the lead in adopting a law which will change the way the world does business.

Dr Jan Packer is on a mission to capture the elusive ‘visitor experience’, pioneering a new tool that will enable researchers to quantify experiences at cultural sites and events.

Banning biker gangs and criminalising membership of outlaw motorcycle groups will not be an effective way to combat organised crime says legal expert Dr Andreas Schloenhardt of UQ's TC Beirne School of Law.