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News • 6 Mar 2024
Professor Penny Jane Burke delivers University Accord Summit keynote address
The University of Newcastle’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.
News • 6 Mar 2024
ARC Fellowship to Advance Human Rights Research
$1.14m awarded to develop a national human rights index
News • 1 Mar 2024
The policing of LGBTQI+ people casts a long, dark shadow. Marching at Mardi Gras must be backed up with real change
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.
News • 28 Feb 2024
A lot of Hurt and Anger: How the Queer Community Feels Let Down by NSW Police
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
News • 27 Feb 2024
Bodies found in NSW Investigation
There's been a breakthrough in the investigation of the alleged murders of Sydney couple Luke Davies and Jesse Baird. Police have recovered two bodies from a property in rural New South Wales. Meanwhile, debate continues over whether NSW Police should be allowed to march in Mardi Gras.
News • 24 Feb 2024
It's here, it's Queer: Sydney's landmark new LGBTQIA+ history museum is now open
Qtopia Sydney has transformed a former police station in Darlinghurst for the world’s largest centre for Queer history and culture.
News • 7 Feb 2024
How International Recognition of Cultural Practices could be a new way to Protect Refugees
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.
News • 2 Jan 2024
Child Protection: Repairing a Badly Broken System
Progressive changes to the child protection system are taking place, driven in the Hunter by parents andleading academics.
News • 14 Nov 2023
Shining a light on injustice: how an inquiry fought for LGBTIQ recognition
The New South Wales Special Commission of Inquiry into LGBTIQ hate crimes has held its final public sitting in Sydney today.
News • 2 Nov 2023
Centre for Law and Social Justice hosts visiting scholar Professor Liz Campbell
On 2 November, several staff of the School of Law and Justice had the opportunity to engage with Liz Campbell, visiting Professor of Criminal Jurisprudence from the Faculty of Law at Monash University.
News • 20 Oct 2023
Israel War: Are war crimes being committed?
Associate Professor Amy Maguire was interviewed on The West Live on Friday 20 October 2023.
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