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(Updated) Trump’s Inauguration: UNSW Experts Available for Comment

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Several UNSW experts are available to comment on Trump’s Inauguration.   General  Professor Rosalind Dixon is a constitutional law and democracy expert, director of the Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law, and an ARC Future Fellow working on Constitutions and Democratic Resilience. Contact rosalind.dixon@unsw.edu.au or 0423 952 452 Professor Richard Holden is an economics expert, … Continued

BHP’s legal challenge to fair wages begins

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Hearings into BHP’s challenge to ‘Same Job Same Pay’ at its Queensland coal mines kick off in the Fair Work Commission this Monday.   The Mining and Energy Union has applied for orders that would lift pay of over 1600 labour hire mineworkers at Peak Downs, Saraji and Goonyella Riverside mines to match permanent employees.  BHP … Continued

Jay Weatherill, Leigh O’Neill join McKinnon alongside Mike Baird to empower better governments for a stronger Australia

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McKinnon has today announced former South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill will lead the Democracy strategy; a focus area McKinnon Chief Executive Officer Mike Baird has described as acutely important in the current moment.  McKinnon’s democracy focus area incorporates a range of programs aimed at addressing threats to Australia’s democracy, including misinformation, polarisation and declining trust … Continued

Trump’s Inauguration: UNSW Experts Available for Comment – Monday 20 January

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Several UNSW experts are available to comment on Trump’s Inauguration.   General  Professor Richard Holden is an economics expert, president of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia and a regular media commentator. He is available for general comment. Contact richard.holden@unsw.edu.au or 0409 446 296  Finance and Tax  Professor Peter Swan, School of Banking and … Continued

Media Alert – Latest edition of Deborah’s Diary published

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Australian Koala Foundation (AKF) Chair Deborah Tabart OAM has published her first ‘Deborah’s Diary’ for the year. In the introduction, Deborah touches on the fires in America and extends her deepest sympathies and support for the people and wildlife affected.  She goes on to talk about her enthusiasm for the new year and the prospect … Continued

MEDIA ALERT | Rally in support of renewable power outside Peter Dutton’s Mount Waverley Youth Centre appearance

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FILMING AND PHOTO OPPORTUNITY WHERE: Mount Waverley Youth Centre, 45 Miller Cres, Mount Waverley, Victoria WHEN: Sunday 12 January, 10:30am WHAT: Concerned local community members will assemble outside opposition leader Peter Dutton’s rally in the Chisholm electorate (Melbourne) this weekend. They will deliver a message from their community calling for action on climate change and … Continued

Monash expert: South Korea’s president rejects arrest warrant

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Monash expert: South Korea’s president rejects arrest warrant South Korean investigators have attempted to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his short-lived martial law decree last month, as hundreds of his supporters gathered near his residence in Seoul, vowing to protect him. Available for comment: Gil-Soo Han, Professor, Communications and Media Studies, Monash  School of … Continued

Health Workers Union placed into interim administration

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The Health Workers Union (HWU) has been placed into interim administration after the Health Services Union (HSU) secured a major Federal Court victory.   Former National Union of Workers General Secretary Charlie Donnelly has been appointed as the interim administrator.    The latest decision comes 10 days after the Federal Court restrained HWU Secretary Diana … Continued