by Kerryn Pholi | Apr 27, 2014
Matching Rights With Responsibilities in the Gay Marriage Debate Featuring “Skeptic Lawyer” Helen Dale from the UK and Freedom Commissioner Tim Wilson Thursday 1 May 2014 The Macquarie Hotel, 40-44 Wentworth Avenue, Surry Hills 6:30 for 7pm start $66 includes dinner...
by Matthew Shaw | Mar 31, 2014
Associate Professor Nicole Vincentin conversation Tuesday, 29 April 2014 Traditionally criminal law has punished some behaviours on retributive grounds, but as neuroscience increasingly reveals, behaviour is produced by brains which are shaped by genes and the...
by Erin Clare | Jan 23, 2014
The Hon Alan Tudge MP in conversation with Kerryn Pholi Tuesday 1 April 2014 Indigenous affairs in Australia has been divided by two orthodoxies – culture vs economic development. The culture camp views indigenous culture as something which must be preserved and...
by Erin Clare | Nov 13, 2013
Every few years, popular opinion flings us into the embrace of another economic theory. In 1971 we were all apparently Keynesians, and again in 2008 we were re-born as Stiglitzians. In more prosperous times we love Friedman and when totalitarianism rears its ugly head...
by Erin Clare | Nov 13, 2013
For those with a social conscience and cash to spare, socially responsible investing is all the rage. The environmentally aware can avoid coal, humanitarians favor fair trade, and wowsers can ensure their coffers aren’t swollen by the proceeds of porn, cigarettes,...
by Erin Clare | Nov 13, 2013
Soft skills degrees without clear vocational path, or which lead into over-serviced areas, are currently in vogue. Media Studies departments agonise over intertextuality and honours degrees culminate in unpaid internships while successful graduates earn big money...
