Media Highlights - September

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Media Highlights - September

From the benefit of arts and humanities studies to facial-recognition and the far-right movement, see where academics made headlines this month.

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Lise Waldek, from the School of International Studies, provided comment to ABC News regarding the sovereign citizen movement. This segment was syndicated nationwide.


Dr Vincent Hurley, from the School of International Studies, was interviewed on 774 ABC Melbourne regarding the manhunt for accused police killer Dezi Freeman.


Lise Waldek, from the School of International Studies, was interviewed on ABC Goulburn Murray regarding the sovereign citizen movement.


Dr Vincent Hurley, from the School of International Studies, was interviewed on ABC Goulburn Murray regarding the manhunt for accused police killer Dezi Freeman.


Dr Vincent Hurley, from the School of International Studies, provided comment to The Daily Telegraph regarding the manhunt for accused police killer Dezi Freeman. This story was syndicated across the News Corp newspapers.


Dr Vincent Hurley, from the School of International Studies, provided comment to the Daily Mail regarding the manhunt for accused police killer Dezi Freeman. This story was originally published by AAP and was syndicated widely.


Dr Kurt Sengul, from the School of Communication, Society and Culture, co-wrote an article in The Conversation regarding the 'March for Australia' rallies.


Dr Vincent Hurley, from the School of International Studies, contributed an article to The Conversation regarding the manhunt for accused police killer Dezi Freeman.


Dr Vincent Hurley, from the School of International Studies, provided comment to the ABC regarding the police investigation into the death of Louisa Ioannidis.


Dr Vincent Hurley, from the School of International Studies, was interviewed on ABC NewsRadio regarding the manhunt for accused police killer Dezi Freeman. This program was syndicated nationally.


Distinguished Professor Wendy Rogers, from the School of Humanities, provided comment to ABC NewsRadio regarding Vladimir Putin's suggestion that we can achieve immortality.


Dr Vincent Hurley, from the School of International Studies, was interviewed on ABC South East NSW regarding the manhunt for accused police killer Dezi Freeman.


Professor Julian Droogan, from the School of International Studies, provided comment to ABC Online regarding the far-right movement.


Dr Vincent Hurley, from the School of International Studies, provided comment to The Guardian regarding the manhunt for accused police killer Dezi Freeman.


Dr Dalbir Ahlawat, from the School of International Studies, provided comment to South China Morning Post regarding India's position on US tariff talks.


Dr Vincent Hurley, from the School of International Studies, was interviewed on 3AW regarding the continued manhunt in Victoria for accused police killer Dezi Freeman.


Dr Vincent Hurley, from the School of International Studies, was interviewed on 1223 ABC Newcastle regarding the use of monetary rewards to encourage the public to provide information related to a crime.


Dr Vincent Hurley, from the School of International Studies, was interviewed on 702 ABC Sydney regarding the continued manhunt in Victoria for accused police killer Dezi Freeman.


Dr Vincent Hurley, from the School of International Studies, was interviewed on Nine Sydney regarding the manhunt in Victoria for accused police killer Dezi Freeman in relation to the conclusion of a four-year manhunt in New Zealand.


Dr Sarah Keith, from the School of Communication, Society and Culture, provided comment to 774 ABC Melbourne regarding the rise to mainstream prominence of Korean culture.


Dr Kurt Sengul, from the School of Communication, Society and Culture, provided comment to ABC Online regarding the 'March for Australia' rallies and right-wing culture in Australia.


Professor Michelle Arrow, from the School of Humanities, was interviewed on 2SER regarding the benefit of arts and humanities studies to the workforce.


Associate Professor Rita Matulionyte, from the Macquarie Law School, provided comment to 7News regarding the use of facial-recognition technology in retail stores.


Dr Vincent Hurley, from the School of International Studies, provided comment to ABC Goulburn Murray regarding the continued manhunt in Victoria for accused police killer Dezi Freeman.


Dr Mariam Farida, from the School of International Studies, was interviewed on 612 ABC Brisbane regarding how individuals come to be in possession of violent extremist material.


Dr Vincent Hurley, from the School of International Studies, provided comment to ABC NewsRadio regarding the continued manhunt in Victoria for accused police killer Dezi Freeman.


Dr Vincent Hurley, from the School of International Studies, provided comment to The Saturday Paper regarding the continued manhunt in Victoria for accused police killer Dezi Freeman.


Dr Vincent Hurley, from the School of International Studies, contributed an article to The Conversation regarding the continued manhunt in Victoria for accused police killer Dezi Freeman.


Professor Julian Droogan, from the School of International Studies, provided comment to SBS News regarding the media's influence on the far-right movement.


Dr Sung-Ae Lee, from the School of International Studies, contributed a book review to Australian Book Review titled “Snow, Blackout: A Novel about the Korean Psyche” (No. 479, September 2025). Her review analyses Han Kang’s We Do Not Part, a haunting and poetic exploration of buried trauma and spectral memory, intertwining personal suffering with Korea’s collective history of state violence and silenced atrocities.


Dr Geraldine Fela, from the School of Humanities, was mentioned in The Guardian for being awarded the 2025 Prime Minister’s Literary Award in the Australian History category for her book Critical Care, a documentation of nurses working the frontline of Australia’s AIDS crisis.


Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert, from the School of International Studies, contributed an article to The Sydney Morning Herald about the radicalisation and political violence.


Professor Peter Greste, from the School of Communication, Society and Culture, was interviewed on ABC – The Radio National Hour regarding British-Egyptian activist Abd el-Fatta, who was given a presidential pardon after serving six years for sharing a Facebook post.


Associate Professor Ben Spies-Butcher, from the School of Communication, Society and Culture, was interviewed in ABC News about universal basic income.


Professor Shawkat Alam, from the Macquarie Law School, contributed an article to The Daily Star about recent legal developments in combatting climate change.


Dr Vincent Hurley, from the School of International Studies, was interviewed on 7News regarding the manhunt for accused police killer Dezi Freeman.