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NEWCASTLE-based researchers, parents, government, and child protection workers have come together in what's believed to be a national first to find solutions to a broken system.

The Centre for Law and Social Justice in association with Australian Lawyers for Human Rights and the Human Rights for New South Wales Alliance launched the School Students' Statement on the Right to a Healthy Environment. The Statement was launched by Trisha Doyle MP, Parliamentary Secretary for Environment, Heritage, Climate Change, and Energy.

The Mid-Career Industry Fellowship Program aims to drive research collaboration, translation and commercialisation outcomes across a range of industry settings.

UON's Professor Penny Jane Burke, Director of the Centre of Excellence for Equity in Higher Education and UNESCO Chair in Equity, Social Justice and Higher Education, delivered a powerful keynote address titled "Transformative Reimagining: Sustainable Higher Education for Equity and Social Justice" at this year's University Accord Summit.

Public trust and confidence in NSW Police has been sorely tested in the past two weeks. The charging of a police officer with the murders of a Sydney gay couple, Jesse Baird and Luke Davies, has seen shock turn to grief and then anger.

Despite a 26-year tradition of officers marching at Mardi Gras, the Paddington alleged murders have brought growing discontent with the force to a head.

There's been a breakthrough in the investigation of the alleged murders of Sydney couple Luke Davies and Jesse Baird.

Qtopia Sydney has transformed a former police station in Darlinghurst for the world’s largest centre for Queer history and culture.

More than 6.6 million refugees live in camps located largely in Africa, Asia and the Middle East. In these camp communities, unique cultural practices can arise. In our new research, we found the oral histories and healing practices of the Bhutanese refugees in Nepal changed over the decades they spent in camps.

The History Council of South Australia (HCSA) proudly announced Dr. Alice Neikirk (School of Law and Justice) as the recipient of the 2024 HCSA Fellowship. The fellowship serves as a catalyst for Australian researchers delving into the captivating realm of South Australian history.

Progressive changes to the child protection system are taking place, driven in the Hunter by parents and leading academics.

More time, money and effort must be made to keep children at home, or in appropriate forms of foster care if they must be removed from their families, with a focus on restoration, says leading Hunter academic, Nicola Ross.