News and events

Neil Foster was interviewed by Paul Turton on ABC Newcastle, to discuss significant law cases. The interview provides a comparison between legal systems in Australia and the United States.

University of Newcastle Legal Centre director Shaun McCarthy, who has formerly acted as Ms Folbigg's instructing solicitor, said he had heard from many of the students who helped him work on her case between 2013 and 2017.

The inaugural winners of the University of Newcastle’s ‘Reconciliation Awards’ have been crowned, signifying the achievement and glamour of the 2023 Reconciliation Ball.

Associate Professor Xanthe Mallett interviewed regarding the independent Criminal Case Commission in Australia.

On Monday 5 June 2023, Associate Professor Amy Maguire represented the University of Newcastle, at the Minister's Roundtable on Transforming Lives through a Refugee Education Migration Pathway, in Melbourne.

The Newcastle Migration Research Network, with the support of the Centre for Law and Social Justice, hosted its first event on the 30th of May.

The Centre for Law and Social Justice welcomed a diverse audience to view a screening of the film Scattered People.

The huge blaze that struck Randle Street in central Sydney last week is now the subject of an arson investigation, authorities have confirmed.

Neil Foster was interviewed by Paul Turton on ABC Newcastle, to discuss pivotal cases in consumer protection.

Anti-LGBTQ+ hate from religious conservatives and far-right extremists in the United States, and now in Australia, is a worrying trend.

As part of an ongoing program of research into LGBTQIA+ experiences in the Hunter, researchers at the University of Newcastle (Dr Justin Ellis, Dr David Betts, Professor Jane Goodman-Delahunty and Associate Professor Karen Blackmore) are looking for members of the LGBTQIA+ community aged 18 and over who speak English to share their experiences of engagement with ‘hybrid spaces’ – such as the use of devices like mobile phones, tablets or gaming in public space.

Malka Leifer, former principal of the Orthodox Jewish Adass Israel school in Melbourne, has been found guilty of sexually abusing two former students.