Academics in the news
National Times - Dr Thalia Anthony
explains the process of an independent review by NSW Ombudsman. 23 March, 2012.
3CR Community Radio - Dr Thalia Anthony
Dr Thalia Anthony will be broadcasted on 3CR Community Radio (855 AM) on May Day. 27 April, 2012.
SBS Ethnic Radio, Melbourne – Professor Michael Fraser
questions the claim by Rupert Murdoch that he did not know there was widespread phone hacking at the News of the World newspaper. 30 April, 2012.
SBS Sydney – Professor Michael Fraser
comments on the changes to Australian media ownership laws were overdue for review. 30 April, 2012.
ABC News 24, Sydney – Professor Michael Fraser
discusses the decision by the Federal court to overturn the ruling to allow Optus to broadcast near live vision of AFL and NRL matches through its mobile platform. 27 April, 2012.
ABC News 24, Sydney – Professor Michael Fraser
discusses illegal practice to download pirated content. 21 April, 2012.
2SER FM Sydney – Lecturer Maxine Evers
students should realise that when they enter the legal profession, they have to balance their privileges with responsibilities. 19 April, 2012.
ABC 702 Sydney – Professor Natalie Stoainoff
new laws proposed restrict how tobacco manufacturing firms can use registered trademarks on their packaging. 17 April, 2012.
Radio National, Canberra – Senior Lecturer Penny Crofts
comments on the right to plead not guilty due to insanity. 16 April, 2012.
Channel 7, Adelaide – Professor Michael Fraser
discusses the issue of access to private information of shoppers who use smart phone technology. 13 April, 2012.
The Australian – Associate Professor Jennifer Burn
Teachers are targeted to lead the fight against arranged and servile marriages in migrant communities. 12 April, 2012.
ABC 666 Canberra – Associate Professor Jennifer Burn
45 year old man has been found guilty and is facing 25 years in jail after being found guilty of possessing a Thai sex worker as a slave. 11 April, 2012.
ABC News 24, Sydney – Professor Michael Fraser
Government hands the Australia Network’s $223m contract tender to ABC despite the recommendation for Sky TV. 3 April, 2012.
Herald Sun, Melbourne – Professor Jenni Millbank
discussion about developing laws, policies and ethical approaches that could potentially discourage the donation of embryos. 2 April, 2012.
ZDNet Australia & Australian Labor Party - Professor Jill McKeough
Roxon appointed University of Technology Sydney (UTS) Dean of Law Professor Jill McKeough as the commissioner in charge of the inquiry. 30 March 2012
Yahoo! 7 News – Professor Michael Fraser
supports the Communications Alliance plan as an effective response to illegal downloading. 28 November, 2011.
ABC Online – Professor Jenni Millbank
discusses the Family Court decision on “shared care”. 24 November, 2011.
Yahoo! 7 News – Associate Professor Jennifer Burn
agrees the need for human rights and harm prevention approach to dealing with trafficking. 18 November, 2011.
SBS Ethnic Radio, Melbourne – Professor Michael Fraser
comments on the judicial system in Britain. 20 October, 2011.
Gizmodo Australia – Professor Michael Fraser
implies that if copyright holders had bothered to provide evidence, courts are willing to grant subpoenas. 09 October, 2011.
2SER FM, Sydney – Professor Ian Dobinson
clarifies it is not a criminal offence if someone decides to keep extra cash that is handed to them by mistake. 06 October, 2011.
Radio National, Canberra – Professor Michael Fraser
suggests that regional areas need better digital radio services in relation to the digital divide in regional and metropolitan audiences. 05 October, 2011.
SBS Ethnic Radio, Melbourne – Associate Professor Jennifer Burn
discusses the issue of forced marriages in Australia. 03 October, 2011.
Radio National, Canberra – Professor Michael Fraser
discusses the Racial Discrimination Act in response to the racist articles written by Herald Sun Columnist, Andrew Bolt. 29 September, 2011.
Tracker, Parramatta – Senior Lecturer Thalia Anthony
reviews the case of Lex Wotton and his appeal based on the breach of implied constitutional right to freedom of communication. 01 September, 2011.
AFTRS Centre for Screen Business, Sydney - Professor Michael Fraser
discusses the fundamental purpose of copyright, internet and piracy, creative content as a commodity and competing with the private economy. 7 September, 2011.
American Public Media – Professor Natalie Stoianoff
comments on Australia's plan for greenhouse gas emissions tax. 13 September, 2011.
Radio National, Canberra – Associate Professor Jennifer Burn
states there is no template for labour exploitation in regards to modern day slavery. 12 September, 2011.
New Matilda – Lecturer Jane Wangmann
comments on the severe impacts of domestic violence. 6 September, 2011.
Manly Lawyers – Associate Professor Jennifer Burn
discusses overseas adoption laws. 5 September, 2011.
Sydney Morning Herald – Associate Professor Jennifer Burn
comments on the legal and ethical issues about overseas adoptions. 30 August, 2011.
ABC1, Melbourne – Professor Michael Fraser
discusses the loss of privacy in the new online communications environment. 29 August, 2011.
ABC 702 – Professor Isabel Karpin
discusses the contemporary marketing practices regarding IVF services. 26 July, 2011.
Sunday Tasmanian – Professor Jenni Millbank
discusses the Tasmanian surrogacy inquiry. 28 August, 2011.
Port Augusta Transcontinental – Senior Lecturer Ian Dobinson
comments on fraud charges against Craig Thomson. 26 August, 2011.
Radio National Canberra – Director Michael Fraser
states that social media sites can be compelled to remove information. 17 August, 2011.
Channel 7, Sydney, Weekend Sunrise - Professor Natalie Stoianoff
comments on the proposed Carbon Tax. 10 July, 2011
The Courier-Mail – Professor Jenni Millbank
comment on the illegality of commercial surrogacy in Australia. 29 July, 2011.
ABC 702 Sydney – Professor Jenni Millbank
argues that criminalising commercial surrogacy conducted locally or overseas is unhelpful for the children that are born and the people involved. 28 July, 2011.
The Melbourne Age – Associate Professor Jennifer Burn
discussion on the illegality of organ trafficking. 28 July, 2011.
2CC Canberra – Lecturer Laurie Berg
Lecturer Laurie Berg identifies a large number of people hiding in Australia. 26 July, 2011.
Brisbane Times – Senior Lecturer Jamila Hussain
comment on the stereotypes given to Muslims relative to Sharia Law. 24 July, 2011.
SBS Ethnic Radio, Melbourne – Lecturer Geoff Holland
discussion about introducing a right to privacy in Australia. 22 July, 2011.
Penrith Star – Senior Lecturer Jamila Hussain
discussion on the implementation of Sharia Law in different countries. 19 July, 2011.
ABC Online – Senior Lecturer Jamila Hussain
comment on the new law which allows NSW Police to be able to require women to remove their veil. 5 July, 2011.
SBS Ethnic Radio, Melbourne – Senior Lecturer Jamila Hussain
comment on the implementation of Sharia law to the Australian legal system. 7 June, 2011.
ABC 720, Perth – Senior Lecturer Jamila Hussain
comments that cruel treatment of animals is contrary to Islamic law. 7 June, 2011.
SBS Ethnic Radio, Melbourne – Senior Lecturer Jamila Hussain
discussion about a woman in Saudia Arabia who has been arrested after posting a video of herself driving a car on Youtube. 7 June, 2011.
Radio National, Canberra – Professor Jenni Millbank
Professor Jenni Millbank discusses assisted reproductive technology after the Supreme Court of NSW granted access for a woman to access her dead husband’s sperm. 25 May, 2011.
Radio National, Canberra – Professor Michael Fraser
discussion on the challenges of balancing the public's right to know with individuals' right to privacy, in terms of new media. 24 May, 2011.
ABC Newcastle – Senior Lecturer Jamila Hussain
discussion on Sharia law in Australia with emphasis on criminal punishments, marriage and divorce, and financial transactions. 23 May, 2011.
ABC1, Sydney – Senior Lecturer Thalia Anthony
discussion on new NSW Govt laws for anyone convicted of killing a police officer to serve a life sentence in prison. 22 May, 2011.
ABC1, Sydney – Senior Lecturer Thalia Anthony
Senior Lecturer Thalia Anthony, a member of The Austn acting community, has mourned the loss of actor Bill Hunter to cancer. 22 May, 2011.
2UE, Sydney – Senior Lecturer Jamila Hussain
discussion on Sharia laws applied to Islamic family and marriage disputes. 18 May, 2011.
The Daily Telegraph – Senior Lecturer Jamila Hussain
discussion on Sharia law secretly used in Australia to resolve hundreds of divorces, business disputes and neighbourhood fights. 18 May, 2011.
Channel 10, Perth – Professor Michael Fraser
comment on copyright infrigement placed on the upload of 'Leyland Brothers Adventure' TV shows onto Youtube. 6 May, 2011.
SBS Ethnic Radio, Melbourne – Professor Michael Fraser
Professor Michael Fraser argues it is not illegal to arrive in Australia by boat if they are seeking asylum and to apply for a visa as a refugee. 3 May, 2011.
Weekend Australian – Professor Michael Fraser
comment on new law imposed on cyber stalking. 30 April, 2011.
ABC 702, Sydney – Associate Professor Katherine Biber
discussion on issues regarding the use of CCTV footage as legal evidence. 14 April, 2011.
ABC 702 Sydney – Senior Lecturer Jamila Hussain
comment on common misconceptions about the Islam religion. 9 April, 2011.
ABC 702, Sydney – Professor Michael Fraser
discussion on how the law applies in social networking spaces. 16 March, 2011.
Radio National, Canberra – Professor Jenni Millbank
comment on the new laws that will make it illegal for NSW residents to pay for an overseas surrogate. 1 March, 2011.
2UE, Sydney – Professor Michael Fraser
explains registering for trademark with Intellectual Property Australia for artworks. 20 February, 2011.
ABC Riverland SA, Renmark – Senior Lecturer Thalia Anthony
discussion on contract jobs in Indigenous communities. 8 February, 2011.
SBS Ethnic Radio, Melbourne – Lecturer Laurie Berg
discussion on 457 Visa Scheme. 31 January, 2011.
Radio National, Canberra – Professor Jenni Millbank
Professor Jenni Millbank discusses NSW surrogacy laws. 27 January, 2011.
The Daily Telegraph – Professor Jenni Millbank
comment on couples desperate to have a child would still illegally seek commercial surrogates overseas and lie about it. 22 January, 2011.
ABC 720 Perth – Professor Jenni Millbank
discussion on surrogacy laws different for every state in Australia. 19 January, 2011.
5AA, Adelaide – Professor of Law Anita Stuhmcke
Professor of Law Anita Stuhmcke supports surrogacy to be better regulated in Australia through laws. 19 January, 2011.
Brisbane Times – Professor Jenni Millbank
comment on laws about conducting surrogacy procedures overseas. 18 January, 2011.
Queensland Times – Professor Michael Fraser
comment on companies that breach privacy obligations should be penalised. 10 January, 2011.
ABC 891 Adelaide – Professor Michael Fraser
comment on UTS Law Centre chosen to support Federal Government request for a review of media content classification. 21 December, 2010.
Alternative Media Group – Professor Michael Fraser
comment on WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange found guilty. 16 December, 2011
ComputerWorld – Professor Michael Fraser
Professor Michael Fraser has been appointed as the new chairman for Telecom consumers’ group AACAN. 13 December, 2010.
ABC 702 Sydney – Professor Michael Fraser
discussion of issues arising from the lack of transparency about WikiLeaks. 8 December, 2010.
Radio National, Sydney – Professor Jenni Millbank
suggests prospective parents will persist with overseas surrogacy secretly. 4 December, 2010.
ABC 666 Canberra – Lecturer Laurie Berg
comment on reforms of the Rudd and Gillard Government will ensure a high quality of International education. 30 November, 2010
2UE Sydney – Associate Professor Jennifer Burn
Associate Professor Jennifer Burn explains the practice of human trafficking is akin to psychological slavery. 26 November, 2010.
WAtoday – Associate Professor Jennifer Burn
states that labour trafficking in Australia is under-reported and over-shadowed. 23 November, 2010.
ABC 702 Sydney – Professor Jenni Millbank
Professor Jenni Millbank states surrogacy is increasing in Australia. 23 November, 2010.
ABC Radio Australia – Associate Professor Jennifer Burn
discussion of the increase in people trafficked into other kinds of industries in Australia. 22 November, 2010.
Radio National Canberra – Professor Michael Fraser
discussion of implementing punishment under laws associated with the internet. 18 November, 2010.
WAtoday – Professor Jenni Millbank
Professor Jenni Millbank discusses the new state laws on surrogacy. 6 November, 2010
Radio Adelaide – Lecturer Jane Wangmann
discusses the improvement of police dealing with victims of domestic abuse. 26 October, 2010.
Public Good v Private Profit
As the international uproar over gene patenting grows louder, Natalie Stoianoff argues the solution lies not in changes to the law, but in rethinking Australia's medical system.
Reportage Online – Senior Lecturer Geoffrey Moore
comment on restaurants charging weekend and public holiday surcharges without incorporating them into menu prices. 16 September, 2010.
ABC 720 Perth, Perth – Associate Professor Jennifer Burn
discussion of forced marriage in Australia. 15 September, 2010.
ABC Newcastle, Newcastle – Associate Professor Jennifer Burn
comment on human trafficking in Australia. 8 September, 2010.
Computerworld – Professor Michael Fraser
discussion of the remaining gaps in cyber security including fraud, theft and trespass. 7 September, 2010.
Radio National, Canberra – Professor Jenni Millbank
discussion of both the changes that the same-sex adoption legislation poses and also the vehemence of the responses by some to the legislation. 2 September, 2010.
Radio Adelaide, Adelaide – Professor Jenni Millbank
comment that many people are missing the point in the debate about same-sex couples and adoption. 31 August 2010.
Channel 7, Sydney – Professor Michael Fraser
comment on the sexual harassment allegations against former David Jones Boss Mark McInnes. 31 August 2010.
ABC 936 Hobart, Hobart – Professor Michael Fraser
comment on online privacy and employers searching online for information about applicants. 25 August, 2010.
SBS Ethnic Radio Melbourne – Professor Jenni Millbank
discussion of same-sex adoption vis-à-vis children in existing relationships. 12 August, 2010.
Sydney City News – Professor Jenni Millbank
comment on anti-discrimination law and the meeting of a gay conversion group holding monthly meetings in the Surry Hills Neighborhood Centre. 12 August 2010.
Sydney Morning Herald – Lecturer Laurie Berg
comment on Tony Abbott’s campaign promise to impose an automatic jail sentence on Australians who “harbour illegal immigrants.” 10 August, 2010.
ABC Riverland SA, Renmark – Dr Thalia Anthony
comment on drink driving and public transport. 4 August, 2010.
Reportage Online – Lecturer David Thorpe
comment on longer-term contracts and the fitness industry. 20 July, 2010
Lawyers Weekly – Associate Professor Jennifer Burn
comment that that many Australians misunderstand human trafficking and slavery within Australia. 15 July, 2010.
World News Australia – Professor Jenni Millbank
discussion of law reform and the question of adoption by same-sex couples. 9 July, 2010.
Triple J, Melbourne – Associate Professor Jennifer Burn
comments on political correctness vis-à-vis Asylum Seekers. 5 July, 2010.
ABC Riverina, Wagga Wagga – Associate Professor Jennifer Burn
comments on the prospects for Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard to change the Federal Government's stance on asylum seekers. 5 July, 2010.
Radio National, Canberra – Dr Thalia Anthony
discussion of the powers awarded to the Police, and how much power the Police require to do their job. 5 July, 2010.
NITV, Sydney – Dr Thalia Anthony
comments on the Rudd Government’s plans to reinstate the Racial Discrimination Act. 22 June, 2010.
WA Today.com.au – Dr Thalia Anthony
comment that former NSW minister Graham West resigned in a rare act of political selflessness. 17 June, 2010.
Brisbane Times - Dr Yega Muthu
comments on the court taking domestic abuse into account when distributing domestic property. 15 June, 2010
ABC Online - Jennifer Burn
comments on the national peak body for sex workers urging the Victorian Government to reject the recommendations of a parliamentary report into sex trafficking. 9 June, 2010.
ABC Online - Michael Fraser
comments on the Government consideration into making internet providers retain their customers' web browsing history. 11 June, 2010.
ABC Southern Queensland, Toowoomba - Geoff Holland
comments on defamation implications on a Facebook Group that is threatening to publish photos of men who visited a Toowoomba Brothel. 9 June, 2010.
