From the history of Sydney's Mardi Gras Parade to reasons not to be a Stoic and food insecurity in Australia, see where the Faculty of Arts has been making headlines this month.
Dr Henry Kha, Macquarie Law School, was interviewed on 2CC Talking Canberra regarding family law reforms that aim to reduce conflict between parents.
Professor Matt Bower, Interim Dean of the School of Education, provided comment to The Educator on the use of AI technologies in education. This story was originally published in The Lighthouse.
Emeritus Professor John Simons, Faculty of Arts, was featured on ABC Radio National regarding the history of aquariums.
Dr Coral Kemp, School of Education, was featured in The Weekly Times (Ryde) for receiving an OAM for service to special needs education.
Dr Sarah Keith, from the Department of Media, Communications, Creative Arts, Language and Literature, was interviewed on 612 ABC Brisbane about the K-Pop music phenomenon.
Dr Karin Sowada and Dr Jana Jones, both from the Department of History and Archaeology, and Professor Paul Haynes, School of Natural Sciences, were featured in ABC Online following the discovery of ancient Egyptian embalming recipes.
Emeritus Professor Richard Howitt AM, School of Social Sciences, was featured in The Weekly Times (Ryde) for his Australia Day honour for significant service to education and the Indigenous community.
Dr Doron Goldbarsht, Macquarie Law School, provided comment to ABC Online regarding the need for Australia to extend its anti-money laundering laws to meet global standards.
Dr Shireen Morris, Macquarie Law School, offered insight to ABC Radio National on how Australians can break through groupthink and achieve bold reforms to address inequality.
Dr Jeffrey Foster, Department of Security Studies and Criminology, was featured on ABC NewsRadio regarding cybersecurity and how we can protect our personal details online.
Dr Paul-Mikhail Catapang Podosky, Department of Philosophy, in conversation with Louise Richardson-Self, author of 'Hate Speech Against Women Online: Concepts and Countermeasures' on ABC Radio National.
Dr Vincent Hurley, Department of Security Studies and Criminology, was interviewed by ABC Upper Hunter on whether Newcastle is an easy target for drug cartels.
Associate Professor Dean Dudley, School of Education, provided comment to The Sun Herald about how the drop in school students walking or cycling to school can more likely be attributed to safety concerns rather than laziness.
Emeritus Professor Murray Goot, School of Social Sciences, provided comment to The Australian regarding a drop in support for embedding an Indigenous Voice to parliament.
Dr Jeffrey Foster, Department of Security Studies and Criminology, was featured on ABC Radio National regarding how we can protect our personal details online.
Professor Matthew Bailey, Department of History and Archaeology, provided comment to The Daily Telegraph about how the need for shopping centres grew out of urbanisation and, in particular, the growth of car ownership.
Lynda-June Coe, Department of Indigenous Studies, was featured in Central Western Daily regarding her run for the NSW Legislative Council as a candidate for the Greens.
Dr Neil Durrant, Faculty of Arts, contributed an article to The Conversation.
Dr Vincent Hurley, Department of Security Studies and Criminology, was featured on 702 ABC Sydney about Australian ports being targeted by international drug traffickers.
In this feature story on ABC Online on the autistic experience, Dr Jac Den Houting, School of Education, says the acknowledgement of the broad ways autism can present has only started to emerge in the past decade or so, which means many psychologists’ clinical training is outdated.
Dr Julien Cooper, Department of History and Archaeology, contributed a blog to the American Society of Overseas Research explaining how he has come to discover possibly the earliest attestation of the word 'Sinai' in ancient texts.
Associate Professor Jeffrey Foster, Department of Security Studies and Criminology, offered insight to 720 ABC Perth regarding major cybercrime such as the Medibank data breach.
Dr Alex Simpson, Department of Security Studies and Criminology, was interviewed on 891 ABC Adelaide regarding Australian casinos and money laundering.
Dr Jennifer Hunt, Department of Security Studies and Criminology, was featured on 702 ABC Sydney regarding US politics, including President Jo Biden's State of the Union address and George Santos's reputation.
Dr Alison Ziller, School of Social Sciences, provided comment to ABC Online regarding how Kings Plains residents who chose to stay in their homes and have not been offered an agreement with Regis Resources will suffer immensely if the company's proposed gold mine is approved.
Dr Peter Edwell, Department of History and Archaeology, was interviewed on 105.7 ABC Darwin about Rome and Persia at war.
Associate Professor Jeffrey Foster, Department of Security Studies and Criminology, discusses cyber security and the steps we can take to improve our safety online on 774 ABC Melbourne.
Professor Peter Greste, Department of Media, Communications, Creative Arts, Language and Literature, discusses the news headlines on ABC 24, including the politics of earthquake aid and the US military's shooting down of unidentified high-altitude objects.
Dr Rachael Gunn, Department of Media, Communications, Creative Arts, Language and Literature, was interviewed on 702 ABC Sydney about street dancing in Sydney and around the world.
Professor Jeffrey Foster, Department of Security Studies and Criminology, discussed scam text messages on 720 ABC Perth.
Professor Bronwyn Carlson, Head of the Department of Indigenous Studies, was interviewed on ABC Radio Hobart regarding then-Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's formal apology to Australia's Indigenous peoples.
Dr Holly Doel-Mackaway, Macquarie Law School, contributed an article to The Conversation.
Dr Rachael Gunn, Department of Media, Communications, Creative Arts, Language and Literature was mentioned in ABC Online regarding a research project produced by art development organisation Critical Path in collaboration with Macquarie University which aims to create more spaces for dance across Sydney.
Dr Janet Gibson, Department of Media, Communications, Creative Arts, Language, and Literature, contributed an article to The Conversation.
Dr Eve Vincent, Discipline Chair of Anthropology in the School of Social Sciences, contributed an article to The Conversation.
Professor Jean-Philippe Deranty, Department of Philosophy, provided comment to El Pais about whether we should think about how to build a society in which work is sustainable and democratic.
Dr Eve Vincent, Discipline Chair of Anthropology in the School of Social Sciences, explores the government's ParentsNext scheme in Women’s Agenda.
Dr Eve Vincent, School of Social Sciences, in conversation with ABC about the history of reforms to our welfare system.
Dr Shireen Morris, Macquarie Law School, in conversation with 702 ABC Sydney about Statements from the Soul: The Moral Case for the Uluru Statement from the Heart, a new book she co-edited. It comprises a collection of essays from multi-faith and multicultural Australians making a moral case for the Voice to Parliament.
Dr Leigh Boucher, Department of History and Archaeology, Faculty of Arts, in conversation with 612 ABC Brisbane about the history of Sydney's Mardi Gras Parade.
Dr Andrew Burridge, School of Social Sciences, in conversation with 666 ABC Canberra about the logistics of shifting the border between the ACT and NSW.
Dr Leigh Boucher, Department of History and Archaeology, in conversation with ABC regarding the history of Sydney's Mardi Gras Parade.
Dr Eve Vincent, School of Social Sciences, discusses the cashless debit card and its impact on users' lives on ABC Radio National.
Dr Miriam Williams, School of Social Sciences, was featured on Yahoo News Australia regarding an urgent call to action on food insecurity in Australia. This story was first published on The Lighthouse.
Dr Miriam Williams, School of Social Sciences, was featured on The New Daily regarding an urgent call to action on food insecurity in Australia. This story was first published on The Lighthouse.
Dr Miriam Williams, School of Social Sciences, was featured in The Illawarra Mercury regarding an urgent call to action on food insecurity in Australia. This story was first published on The Lighthouse.
Dr Miriam Williams, School of Social Sciences, was featured in Kalgoorlie Miner regarding food insecurity in Australia. This story was first published on The Lighthouse.
Dr Eve Vincent, School of Social Sciences, was featured in Eyre Peninsula Advocate as she offers perspectives of people affected by welfare measures.
Professor Bronwyn Carlson and Dr Terri Farrelly, Department of Indigenous Studies, contributed an article to The Conversation.
Dr Sung-Ae Lee, Department of Media, Communications, Creative Arts, Language and Literature, contributed an article to The Conversation.
Dr Narcyz Ghinea, Department of Philosophy, was featured in Medical Xpress as he calls for doctors to make their patients aware of cheaper online options for buying medicines to combat a growing affordability crisis.
First published in The Conversation, Professor Bronwyn Carlson and Dr Terri Farrelly, Department of Indigenous Studies, were featured in Yahoo! News Australia regarding various commemorations that are dedicated to white settlers who were “killed by Natives”.
With activist Noel Pearson, Dr Shireen Morris, Macquarie Law School, contributed an article to The Australian regarding the fickleness among those with the political power to change Indigenous lives.
First published on The Conversation, Dr Sung-Ae Lee, Department of Media, Communications, Creative Arts, Language and Literature, reviews South Korea’s latest Netflix sensation, the reality series Physical: 100 on EastMojo.
Three Ukrainian authors have chosen to withdraw from Adelaide Writers' Week following public statements from another guest about Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Dr Randa Abdel Fattah, School of Social Sciences, was featured in ABC Online and defended the right to express one's views.
Professor Peter Greste, Department of Media, Communications, Creative Arts, Language and Literature, was interviewed by ABC 24 regarding the need for a media freedom act in Australia.
Professor Jeffrey Foster, Department of Security Studies and Criminology, offers expert insight to ABC NewsRadio on the national cybersecurity strategy.
First published on The Conversation, Dr Sung-Ae Lee, Department of Media, Communications, Creative Arts, Language and Literature, was featured in Cyprus Mail regarding Netflix’s new reality program Physical: 100.
A podcast has alleged that some female students at Hillsong College, part of Hillsong Church, were taught to “submit” sexually to their husbands. Professor Marion Maddox, School of Social Sciences, was featured in The Guardian advising the churches presented themselves as modern, but when it came to gender and sexuality, they were anything but.
Experts identify that colonial violence is at the root of lateral violence. Professor Bronwyn Carlson, Head Department of Indigenous Studies, was featured on SBS TV regarding the need for Aboriginal people to remember who the actual oppressor is.