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News

19 Sep 2019

Why Manus leaves Australia compromised in the Middle East coalition

States can’t pick and choose when to invoke international law for protection on a particular issue and then ignore, contravene or decry it on other matters.
12 Sep 2019

Worried about agents of foreign influence? Just look at who owns Australia's biggest companies

Most of Australia's biggest companies are majority-owned by US investors. This concentration of overt foreign influence should concern us.
11 Sep 2019

Coalition continues to press its case for drug testing welfare recipients

The Federal Government is continuing to press its case for drug testing welfare recipients, despite objections from key senate cross-bencher, Jacqui Lambie.

Drug Policy Modelling Program

Social Policy Research Centre

Arts & Social Sciences
11 Sep 2019

Alison Ritter: Australian Social Policy Conference 2019 keynote address

Listen to Professor Alison Ritter, director of the Drug Policy Modelling Program at the UNSW Social Policy Research Centre, give the keynote address, 'Of good character' - the policy dialogue on drug testing welfare recipients in Australia

Drug Policy Modelling Program

Social Policy Research Centre

Arts & Social Sciences
11 Sep 2019

Actress and author Magda Szubanski awarded honorary doctorate from UNSW

The outspoken comedian and human rights activist was honoured for her service to the performing arts and the social sciences.
11 Sep 2019

Expert says drug testing welfare recipients is poor policy

The Social Policy Research Centre’s Professor Alison Ritter believes around 500 people will be placed on income management during the Coalition’s proposed trial.

Social Policy Research Centre

Arts & Social Sciences

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Events

Fri 20 September, 2019
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3 - 5pm

Forces in Music with Ros Dunlop // Open Masterclass

‘Weapons of Mass Distortion:' Ros Dunlop & the Composition & Audio-Visual Work of Martin Wesley Smith A clarinet and multi-media performance, and masterclass by/with one of Australia’s leading clarinettists.

School of the Arts & Media
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Forces in Music // Music Masterclasses 2019

An opportunity to hear from and listen to some of the most experienced local and international music practitioners and thinkers.

School of the Arts & Media
Tuesday 24 September 2019
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12:30pm - 2:00pm

Dr Petiot, the reputation of the Racing club de France, and the dangers and opportunities of cohabitating with Germans during wartime

How did the reputation of Racing Club de France, one of France's most esteemed sporting associations, fall so far that a serial murderer could use it to sully a witness against him?

School of Humanities & Languages
Tue 24 September, 2019
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3.30 - 5pm

SAM Seminar: Refugees in the Media: access and control

This panel explores these entry points for refugees in the media through presentations on three different forms of access.

School of the Arts & Media
Tuesday, 24 September
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4pm – 6pm

Australian Academy of the Humanities presents: Gender-based Violence

The Gender-based Violence roundtable discussion will draw on the expertise of leading experts in the field of gender-based violence to explore the latest findings in scholarship in the humanities and social sciences on this pressing global problem

School of Humanities & Languages

School of Social Sciences
24/09/2019 - 24/09/2019
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6:00pm - 9:00pm

New College Lectures: Faith, Hope & Love | Lecture 1

The New College Lectures Trust has invited the Anglican and Catholic Archbishops of Sydney, Glenn Davies and Anthony Fisher, to participate in a landmark lecture series. This will be the first set of public lectures jointly delivered by Catholic &am

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