It is for George Brandis to decide whether and how to audit Commonwealth laws for justifiable encroachments on common law rights.AAP/Mick TsikasWhen the Australian Law Reform Commission published its interim report on its “freedoms” inquiry, I wrote that the government was on the back foot. Attorney-General George Brandis had asked to...
University-industry collaboration should be a vital policy goal for Australia, says Barney Glover.Dan Himbrechts/AAPThis piece is based on a speech made by Barney Glover to the National Press Club at the Universities Australia conference on March 9, 2016.
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A still from Mirrors of Bergman, a profoundly moving audio-visual essay.Vimeo.During March, the renowned film scholar Adrian Martin and the film critic Cristina Álvarez López are conducting a series of public workshops and lectures on a new and exciting phenomenon of digital film culture: the audio-visual essay.
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