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.Sohee Kwon is a student from the CAIDE subject AI, Ethics and the Law. This an excerpt from her second assignment on facial recognition as a weapon, a review of a media piece demonstrating AI Ethics principles.

Listen: Health halo: Is fake meat the real deal?

Many people switch to a meat-free diet on the basis that it’s a healthy lifestyle choice with a low carbon footprint. But can we really believe the hype when it comes to vegan meat products?Podcast on ethics and the implications of the vegan meat industry.

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The Competition Law and Economics Network (CLEN) is a network of people engaged in research, teaching and other activities in areas related to competition law and economics at the University of Melbourne. CLEN provides a platform for engagement between academics, lawyers, economists, and the government on issues of current interest.

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Who gets to vote? An inclusive electoral franchise for contemporary Australia: A Parliamentary Library Symposium

The franchise – the right to vote in Australian federal elections – is provided to Australian citizens who are 18 or older (subject to some disqualifiers). And through a quirk of legislative history, some non-citizens can indeed vote in federal elections. But for other non-citizen residents and minors who participate in Australian society and have an interest in the nation’s future, they do not have that right. In addition, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, who were not universally included in the franchise since federation, continue to be underrepresented on electoral rolls and in exercising their franchise.This seminar brings together leading Australian scholars to consider an expansion of the right to vote and the reasons why Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people continue to remain underrepresented. The seminar will be chaired by Dr Jill Sheppard, one of the Canberra Convenors of the Electoral Regulation Research Network and is presented in conjunction with the Parliamentary Library.

The Minimum Performance Rule in Contract Damages

Presented by Professor David McLauchlan, Victoria University of Wellington, New ZealandIn this seminar David McLauchlan discussed the long-standing rule concerning the assessment of damages for breach...
31 Jan 2019 1:00 pm - 31 Jan 2019 2:00 pm

Visiting Fellows

The Laureate Visiting Fellowships in Constitutional Law offers outstanding female doctoral and female early career researchers the opportunity to participate in an intensive mentoring program relative to the Laureate Program with Professor Adrienne Stone, ARC Kathleen Fitzpatrick Australian Laureate Fellow, for up to two months; and includes involvement in events, workshops, and conferences.

Equality and Discrimination Law (LAWS50068)

This JD subject examines the development, operation and future of anti-discrimination laws in Australia. In the absence of constitutional protection for equality in Australia, this is the major method of protecting people with specific attributes from discrimination.