Academics in the News 2008
Triple J - Professor Jenni Millbank comments on sexuality as being one of the five grounds by which people can claim refugee status.
Triple J Radio (National Australia), Hack, 10 April 2008, 5.47pm
"Campaigner Puts Slavery in Focus" - Director of the UTS Anti-Slavery Project, Jennifer Burn, discusses the proliferance of trafficking in Australia.
The Age, 9 April 2008, pg 5
Opinion: "Uncertainty Regarding Civil Penalties and Priviledge against Penalties" - UTS:LAW lecturers, Jason Harris and Weng Nian Siow, discuss recent ammendments to the Corporations Act as a consequence of the Rich v ASIC 2004 case.
Keeping Good Companies, March 2008, pg 68
"Corporate Law Reform at Standstill" - Law Lecturer Jason Harris comments on the anticipated responses from the Government, and former government, on several corporate law reviews.
The Australian Financial Review, 25 March 2008, pg 6
"Down by Law" - UTS:LAW Dean and chair of the Council of Australian Law Deans (CALD) legal education committee, Professor Jill McKeough, comments on the funding model for law and its affects on teaching practices within law schools.
Campus Review, 18 March 2008, pg 8
"Student Fees Spark Rush of Grade Disputes" - Dr Sally Varnham of the UTS Faculty of Law comments on her research into student grievances and ways for universities to improve complaint procedures.
The Sydney Morning Herald, 15 March 2008, pg 11
Radio National - Senior Lecturer and Director of the UTS Anti-Slavery Project, Jennifer Burn, discusses the recent breakthrough case that saw five men being charged for forcing South Korean women into working in a brothel.
Radio National (National Australia), Life Matters, 10 March 2008, 9.05am
ABC Radio - Jennifer Burn, UTS Anti-Slavery Director, comments on the anecdotal evidence around trafficking abuse in Australia.
ABC Australia News, 7 March 2008, 6.31pm
"Teachers in the Dock" - Senior Lecturer, Dr Sally Varnham, discusses work from her co-authored book, Law for Educators: School and University Law in Australia, about universities and considerations of educational negligence.
Education Review, 20 February 2008, pg 8
"Net to Undermine Underbelly Ban" - PhD in Law student, Alex Malik, argues that Justice King's ban of Channel Nine's series, Underbelly, will be ineffectual as Victorians will be downloading the program from illegal file sharing websites.
The Sydney Morning Herald, 12 February 2008
ABC Radio - Law Lecturer, Jamila Hussain, discusses the demand for Sharia law in Australia.
ABC Radio, Current Affairs, 8 February 2008, 12.47pm
ABC 666 - Expert in Islamic law, Jamila Hussain comments on the leader of the Anglican Church's call to adopt some aspects of Sharia law into Australian law.
ABC 666 Canberra (National Australia), 8 February 2007, 8.11am
"Grievances Survey to Aid Students" - Dr Sally Varnham, UTS Senior Law Lecturer, discusses her Carrick Institute research project, which is expected to give the first national snapshot of student complaints and disciplinary action.
The Australian, High Education feature, 30 January 2008, pg 29
ABC Radio, Sports Law Lecturer, David Thorpe, comments on the issue of racial vilification in cricket.
ABC Radio, Grandstand, 13 January 2008
3AW Radio, Senior Lecturer, John Taggart, discusses the proliferation of fraud on the Internet.
3AW (Melbourne), Drive, 9 January 2008, 5.15pm
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