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Thursday 22 October 2026
Law student recognised for commitment to social justice
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Ian Henderson appointed Executive Dean of Science, Medicine and Health
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Law, Politics and Society
Papuans and Jokowi are hostage to Indonesian politics
Indonesian President Joko Widodo recently announced the end of the decades-long restriction on foreign journalists in the provinces of Papua and West Papua, Indonesia’s territories in the island of New Guinea. While the president, popularly called Jokowi, says he is committed to human rights in the Papua provinces, the military and police continue to murder Papuans with virtual impunity.
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Environment and Energy
Journey to the edge of the great white desert
PhD student Jess Holan is on a mission to protect the sub-Antarctic marine life of Macquarie Island.
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Business and Economy
Lecture and book launch focus on growing economic inequality
Federal politician delivers 2015 Economic and Social Policy Public Lecture.
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Education
Learning through play - Australia’s only children’s museum launches in °µÍø½ûÇø
Australia’s only dedicated ‘children’s museum’, and the first-of-its-kind in the world based on a university campus, has been launched at UOW.
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Environment and Energy
Six star sustainability success for world leading research centre
UOW’s Sustainable Buildings Research Centre is the first certified 6 Star Green Star building in the Illawarra.
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Law, Politics and Society
Why the world is wary of China's 'great wall of sand' in the sea
The leaders of Southeast Asian nations recently took the extraordinary step of warning China that its island-building activities in the contested South China Sea “may undermine peace, security and stability� in the region.