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Sharing a momentous legal history – DLS Law students index donated Mabo archive 

Research | November 15, 2024 In October, two years after the donation of papers arising from one of Australia’s most historic legal cases – Mabo – Deakin Law School celebrated a milestone in preserving and making this collection accessible for researchers to explore.  
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Should you need a permit to protest? Here’s why that’s a bad idea (and might be unlawful)

Research | October 10, 2024 Recent media discussions about Australians' right to protest have sparked debate over the possibility of introducing a nationwide permit system. Deakin Law School Associate Professor Maria O'Sullivan, Lead of the Technology Stream at the Centre for Law as Protection, explored the human rights implications of protest laws in her article for The Conversation.
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Huge gas fields – under a coral reef. Will a rejection on environmental grounds stop Woodside’s Browse project?

News, Research | September 5, 2024 Woodside's proposed Browse gas project would have a profound environmental impact on the Burrup peninsula in Western Australia off the pristine Kimberley coast. Professor Samantha Hepburn, Director of Research at the Deakin Law School and looks at what the project would mean for marine life and who the main players are in the approval process.
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Sharing a momentous legal history – DLS Law students index donated Mabo archive 
Should you need a permit to protest? Here’s why that’s a bad idea (and might be unlawful)
Coral reef
Huge gas fields – under a coral reef. Will a rejection on environmental grounds stop Woodside’s Browse project?
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DLS represented at the Australian Legal Research Awards 2024
Report finds ‘clear need’ for an Australian Human Rights Act. What difference would it make?
Australia can have a future for the gas industry, or meet its climate commitments – but not both
New Law, Health and Society (LHS) research unit at Deakin Law School
DLS launches new toolkit to support threatened not-for-profits
Woman's face being scanned for facial recognition.
Your face for sale: anyone can legally gather and market your facial data without explicit consent
Professor Marilyn McMahon, Dean, Deakin Law School
Deakin Law School welcomes new Dean
Deakin Law Clinic provides vital help in hard times
Government needs a push to act on Robodebt: Deakin law academic