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  1. 21 December 2021 - Legal Affairs

    Ensuring justice is done and seen to be done

    To promote public confidence, University of Melbourne research suggests courts need to reassess their test for determining potential judicial bias

  2. 15 November 2021 - Legal Affairs

    The need for more parliament in Victoria’s Pandemic Bill

    Victoria’s proposed Pandemic Management Bill gives too much power to government and not enough to parliament, say University of Melbourne experts

  3. 2 November 2021 - Legal Affairs

    Can Crown’s old habits die?

    Casino operator Crown Melbourne has been told it must reform itself – University of Melbourne expert looks at how will we be able to judge whether it has or not

  4. 25 October 2021 - Legal Affairs

    Data protection is a mental health issue for young people

    Australia’s leading use of digital technologies in youth mental health services could help inform our Privacy Act review, say University of Melbourne experts.

  5. 18 October 2021 - Legal Affairs

    Australia’s rivers are ancestral beings

    Rivers are recognised as legal persons and living entities. Experts, including University of Melbourne, say Australia's rivers are Indigenous ‘ancestral beings’

  6. 14 July 2021 - Animals, Food & You

    I’m an animal … get me out of here!

    Australia needs national legislation to better protect the welfare of animals that work in film and television, says a University of Melbourne expert

  7. 6 April 2021 - Legal Affairs

    Returning water rights to Aboriginal people

    Water justice is a critical issue for Indigenous Peoples; University of Melbourne experts say there are legal and policy opportunities to hand back water rights

  8. Podcast17 March 2021 - Eavesdrop on Experts

    What does our constitution say about freedom of speech?

    University of Melbourne's Professor Adrienne Stone discusses the differences between Australian and US constitutions on freedom of speech

  9. 21 October 2020 - Legal Affairs

    Regulating medical devices in the ‘Internet of things’

    New research led by University of Melbourne is exploring the gap between regulation and practice in diabetes devices that are part of the Internet of Things.

  10. 15 September 2020 - Engineering & Technology

    Data isn’t neutral and neither are decision algorithms

    The UK's attempt to use algorithms to estimate school scores is a reminder of the need to keep humans in automated decisions say University of Melbourne experts