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Australia must lead the world on nature restoration

Published on: 25 March 2024

THE CONVERSATION | Associate Professor Justine Bell-James believes we have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to halt and reverse biodiversity loss through ambitious law and policy reform.
Explainer: what is sabotage and why is the ASIO chief worried about it?

Published on: 29 February 2024

THE CONVERSATION | In response to the Annual Threat Assessment delivered by Mike Burgess, Brendan Walker-Munro and Sarah Kendall explain the legal definition of sabotage and how ASIO is meeting these dangers.
‘Red tape’ hampering coastal restoration

Published on: 1 December 2023

‘Red tape’ is hindering marine and coastal restoration projects across Australia, according to University of Queensland research led by Associate Professor Justine Bell-James
With war raging in Gaza, how much do we know about Australia’s weapons exports? The answer: very little

Published on: 24 November 2023

Australia’s defence export program has recently come under scrutiny for its lack of transparency – particularly in relation to whether approved export permits are providing material support to Israel’s war against Hamas.
UQ Law School researcher elected as Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia

Published on: 15 November 2023

The University of Queensland (UQ) Law School researcher Professor Nicholas Aroney has received a prestigious Fellowship in the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia.
Is a terrorist’s win in the High Court bad for national security? Not necessarily

Published on: 2 November 2023

Abdul Nacer Benbrika, perhaps Australia’s most notorious convicted terrorist, won in the High Court.
After the Voice referendum: how far along are First Nations treaty negotiations across the country?

Published on: 26 October 2023

On October 14, Australians said “no” to the Voice to the Parliament, choosing not to enshrine an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander advisory body in the Constitution.
Access to justice for people with a disability: UQ law students take on NDIS pro bono project

Published on: 12 September 2023

Thanks to a team of 9 students from The University of Queensland Law School, Australians who need help with understanding or requesting NDIS funding will soon have access to a publicly available database to guide their appeals.
Legal scholar explores future of Hong Kong’s rule of law under ‘One Country, Two Systems’

Published on: 24 August 2023

On Wednesday 23 August 2023, Associate Professor Shucheng (Peter) Wang from City University of Hong Kong gave a CPICL public seminar on the Constitutional Dialogism and ‘One Country, Two Systems’: Common Law vs Chinese Law?
Foreign interference through social media is an active threat. Here’s what Australia can do

Published on: 7 August 2023

Brendan Walker-Munro and Sarah Kendall respond to the special Senate committee report on foreign interference through social media by electing on current laws and what still needs to be done.

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Rights of Action in Private Law: Paradigms, Exceptions and Justifications?

10 July 2024 1:00pm–2:00pm

in Australian Centre for Private Law Events

UQ's Professor Kit Barker begins exploring the configuration of rights of action in private law by clarifying this paradigm, identifying exceptions and examining the normative relationship between primary rights and rights of action.

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Using Translators and Interpreters in the Law

18 July 2024 9:00am–1:30pm

in UQ Pro Bono Centre Events

The UQ Pro Bono Centre is hosting a workshop on using interpreters with the generous assistance of NAATI (the National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters), AUSIT (the Australian Institute of Interpreters and Translators Inc.), ASLIA, the Australian Sign Language Interpreters and Translators’ Association and the UQ School of Languages and Culture.

Equity: Filling Much-Needed Gaps?

25 July 2024 1:00pm–2:00pm

in Australian Centre for Private Law Events

Justices of the UK Supreme Court have given renewed prominence to the role of Equity to 'put right injustice to which the law is otherwise blind'. Professor Ben McFarlane discusses the benefits and dangers of these views.

Re-engineering the Concept of Damage

31 July 2024 1:00pm–2:00pm

in Australian Centre for Private Law Events

What should “damage” mean in tort law? Tony Zhou examines two different goals recently articulated in some pockets of the jurisprudential literature.

Women in Law 2024

8 August 2024 5:30pm–9 August 2024 7:30pm

Navigating the path of career progression is the ultimate challenge for women who aspire to senior roles in the legal profession.

Two models of the person in law

14 August 2024 1:00pm–2:00pm

in Australian Centre for Private Law Events

Professor Eric Descheemaeker, University of Melbourne, explores 2 models of the concept of person-at-law, and the implications these have for corporations, animals, and elements of nature.

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