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University of Queensland research suggests that graphic media coverage of domestic violence cases could contribute to ‘copycat’ behaviour.

17 November 2022
Sarah Kendall, Professor Peter Greste, Richard Murray and Dr Rebecca Ananian-Welsh ... advocating for a “journalism-based exemption from criminality”. Photo: UQ.

Journalists must be protected from prosecution in a much-needed overhaul of Australia’s Espionage Act 2018, according to a group of academics pushing for reform.

1 March 2021
No credible evidence or data exists to suggest asylum seekers are a security risk to Australia. Getty image.

University of Queensland researchers have debunked the theory that asylum seekers pose a terrorism threat in Australia.

3 November 2020
Dr Kelly says the global sports industry is a $US1.5 trillion business

Match-fixing, doping, organised crime and player contracts are the kind of curve balls that will be pitched in a new course offered by The University of Queensland’s TC Beirne School of Law.

7 August 2017
Back (from left):  Professor Paul Mills; Monica Taylor, Jennifer Gibbons.  Front: Associate Professor Peter Billings, Dr Francesca Bartlett, Belinda Bern, Kate Swanson, Professor Heather Douglas, Associate Professor Tamara Walsh.

The University of Queensland has maintained its position in the Australian Awards for University Teaching (AAUT), with the 2016 presentation in Canberra this month confirming that UQ has garnered more national teaching awards than any other...

14 December 2016
Dr Ananian-Welsh.

Judicial independence expert Dr Rebecca Ananian-Welsh knew her time in Queensland wasn’t going to be boring when Chief Justice Tim Carmody was controversially sworn into office within a week of her moving to The University of Queensland from New...

6 October 2016
Artist's impression of the Forgan Smith refurbishment

Queensland judicial leaders tried their hands as graffiti artists at The University of Queensland’s landmark Forgan Smith building this morning to mark the beginning of a new chapter in the building’s history.

27 November 2015
John Story AO

University of Queensland Chancellor Mr John Story has become an Officer of the Order of Australia in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list.

8 June 2015
Research shows that Australia’s policy to turn-back boats does little to combat migrant smuggling.

Research by The University of Queensland’s Migrant Smuggling Working Group shows that Australia’s policy to turn-back boats does little to combat migrant smuggling, violates international obligations and jeopardises the fragile relationship with...

13 March 2015
An LNP billboard on the Captain Cook Highway, Cairns. Picture: Margo Kingston, via Twitter.

Driving back to Brisbane from my childhood home of Nambour, I saw the most extraordinary political billboard. In monumental black and white, it simply said: Hung Parliament. Chaos.

2 February 2015
Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ms Julie Bishop presents UQ Law student Zoe Brereton with her fellowship at the New Colombo Plan scholarship presentation dinner.

University of Queensland student Zoe Brereton was in the thick of studying for law exams when she learned she had been selected as Australia’s New Colombo Plan Fellow to India.

18 December 2014

Last Friday, the High Court handed down its decision in a constitutional challenge to Queensland’s controversial suite of anti-bikie laws. This decision is as interesting for what it does not decide as for what it does.

17 November 2014
Winners of the 2014 National AAT Moot competition Erin Gourlay, Nathan Lindsay and Eloise Gluer.

University of Queensland law students are proving a force to be reckoned with, winning their fourth major mooting title this year.

16 October 2014
Centre for International Minerals Energy Law Director Dr Tina Hunter says the new Centre will help industry improve sustainability.

The University of Queensland has strengthened its position as a world leader in minerals and energy research with the opening of its new Centre for International Minerals and Energy Law (CIMEL).

29 August 2013
Professor Sarah Derrington.

The University of Queensland’s new Dean of Law is set to strengthen industry links to help equip law students to address 21st century challenges.

2 July 2013

The University of Queensland Law Student Society (UQLS) will delve into the reasons for a high rate of depression, stress and anxiety among law students at a mental health forum this month.

6 September 2012
UQ Professor Jennifer Corrin in Solomon Islands.

Research from The University of Queensland aimed at promoting institutional reform in neighbouring countries, has received $902,000 in this year’s round of Future Fellowships.

30 July 2012

The Director of The University of Queensland Pro Bono Centre at the TC Beirne School of Law has expressed disappointment and regret at recent State Government funding cuts to the Environmental Defenders Offices in Brisbane and Cairns.

11 July 2012

Students at UQ’s TC Beirne School of Law have a place to call their own after the opening of a $1.06 million Student Learning Centre in the historic Forgan Smith Building at St Lucia.

1 March 2012

Senator George Brandis SC and Graham Perrett MP are among the distinguished panel of speakers appearing at the forthcoming Rule of Law: Contemporary Issues Conference taking place in Brisbane on 20 April at the Hilton Hotel.

1 March 2012