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Monday 23 December 2024

Update on UOW’s Workplace Change Proposal

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Friday 20 December 2024

What will you be reading this summer? We asked 6 avid readers

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UOW congratulates its Queen’s Birthday Award recipients

51²è¹Ý (UOW) Vice-Chancellor, Professor Paul Wellings CBE, today congratulated four associates whose service was recognised in the 2016 Queen’s Birthday Honours List in Australia and the United Kingdom.

Unclear about fairness, Australia’s major parties focus on expediency

Scott Morrison said the government’s changes to superannuation were done in the name of fairness, writes UOW's Associate Professor Gregory Melleuish.

Buskers enrich our streets and laws don’t have to hinder – they can help

Street performers have been part of cityscapes for centuries, yet buskers have often had an ambiguous relationship with the law.

Greater police powers and penalties threaten civil liberties in NSW for ‘public safety'

The Knitting Nannas Against Gas could be caught up in a push by the NSW government to criminalise legitimate protest, writes Associate Professor Julia Quilter.

Three tax alternatives to restore sovereignty to Australia’s states

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull faced off with state premiers, writes Professor Gregory Melleuish. 

New laws for the high seas: four key issues the UN talks need to tackle

The oceans are teeming with life and potential – but the high seas are still largely ungoverned. 

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