Not criminals or passive victims: media need to reframe their representation of Aboriginal deaths in custody
By Amanda Porter, Senior Fellow (Indigenous Programs), and Eddie Cubillo, Associate Dean (Indigenous Programs).
Published 22 Apr 2021
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30th Anniversary of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody report
Published 20 Apr 2021
Privacy erosion by design: why the Federal Court should throw the book at Google over location data tracking
Co-Director, Professor Jeannie Paterson and Professor Elise Bant discuss the possible penalties needed to deter googling following a Federal court ruling that the company misled some users.
Published 19 Apr 2021
Briefing Note - Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019 and International Law
A Legal Brief prepared by the Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness, the Asian Law Centre, and the Institute for International Law and the Humanities.
Published 19 Apr 2021
Black Mirror’s “Hated in the Nation”: Facial recognition is a weapon
Sohee Kwon is a student from the CAIDE subject AI, Ethics and the Law. This an excerpt from her second assignment, a review of a media piece demonstrating AI Ethics principles.
Published 12 Apr 2021
Facebook Agrees to Pay for Murdoch’s Australia News Content
Dr Marc Cheong, Senior Research Fellow in Digital Ethics, speaks with the New York Times about Facebook's agreement to pay for news in Australia.
Published 12 Apr 2021
Damming Northern Australia: we need to learn hard lessons from the south.
Authors Erin O'Donnell and Barry Hart, discuss the lessons which can be learned from the south of Australia when harnessing water resources in the north. See this story in The Conversation,
Published 08 Apr 2021
Will giving the Himalayas the same rights as people protect them in the future?
In an intersection between the sacred and the legal, a court in India recognised the Himalayas as a legal person, but what does it mean for their preservation?By Erin O’Donnell, University of Melbourne and Julia Talbot-Jones, Australian National University
Published 08 Apr 2021
Shining a light on the global human rights challenge of statelessness
The Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness at Melbourne Law School is making a big impact on the global effort to reduce statelessness and protect the rights of stateless people in Australia and around the world.
Published 01 Apr 2021
We need to do more to help stateless children realise their right to Australian citizenship
An unknown number of children are being born in Australia to parents who have no nationality. They have a right to apply for citizenship but their families don’t know about it.
Published 31 Mar 2021
CALL FOR PAPERS - "Life Imprisonment in Asia: Law and Practice" Online International Conference
Published 24 Mar 2021
‘Crime and Punishment in Indonesia’ Workshop and Book Launch Video Recording
This webinar provides an assessment of the state of criminal law, law enforcement and penal policy in Indonesia. Covering a wide range of areas of criminal law, expert speakers (including Professor Topo Santoso, University of Indonesia) discusses recent efforts at reform and their prospects for success.Hosted by:LIPI, the Indonesian Institute of Sciencesthe Jentera School of LawLeIP, the Center for Court Research and AdvocacyThe Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society (CILIS) of the University of MelbourneHukumonline
Published 23 Mar 2021
Autonomous Weapon Systems: Friend or Foe?
Samuel Roussos is a student from the CAIDE subject AI, Ethics and the Law. This is an excerpt from his final assignment.
Published 19 Mar 2021
Melbourne Climate Futures initiative to lead in building a resilient future
A new initiative showcasing the University’s depth and breadth of expertise and leadership in climate research will be launched next week, led by Professor Jacqueline Peel from Melbourne Law School.
Published 18 Mar 2021
What is Animal Computer Interaction?
By Dr Sarah Webber, Doreen Thomas Postdoctoral Fellow,School of Computing and Information Systems,CAIDE Summer Research Academy
Published 08 Mar 2021
Machines, Artificial Intelligence and rising global transphobia
How does facial recognition technology and surveillance capitalism put trans people in danger?
Published 01 Mar 2021
New PhD scholarship opportunity to investigate disability, technology and society
This MDI and CAIDE partnership invite proposals from applicants interested in undertaking research into the role of new and emerging technologies in the lives of people with disabilities, and particularly people with intellectual and cognitive disabilities.
Published 22 Feb 2021
Australia vs. Facebook: Regulating the market of attention
Facebook’s move to block Australian users and publishers from viewing or sharing news may look like it’s about content – but it all comes back to advertising revenue by Mariam Nadeem, Jeannie Paterson, Dana McKay and Gabby Bush
Published 19 Feb 2021
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