“Pedestrians are five times more likely to die on the roads in the NT than in other states and territories, and 87% of pedestrians killed in the NT since 2012 were Indigenous.” QUT Centre for Justice member Professor Kieran Tranter, provided media commentary around these statistics last week.  Professor Tranter’s research has focused on how to reduce the NT’s high rate of Indigenous pedestrian deaths. “Issues of speed, intoxication and not stopping are particularly prevalent, and clearly we need…

QUT Centre for Justice member, Dr Katie Woolaston (pictured) provided media commentary following the recent dingo attack on K’gari (Fraser Island). Dr Woolaston, who studied the K’gari dingo problem for her PhD on human-wildlife conflict, said current dingo management actions were not working and dangerous attacks were increasing.…

(Image:  A/Prof Laurianne Sitbon (QUT Centre for Robotics and QUT Centre for Justice), Professor Melissa Bull (QUT Centre for Justice) and A/Prof Janice Rieger (QUT Centre for Robotics and QUT Centre for Justice) QUT Centre for Justice and QUT Centre for Robotics recently hosted a Disability…

QUT Centre for Justice ran its annual HDR Winter School from 17-19 July 2023. The program attracted 35 HDR students from across QUT and other Australian and international universities.  The program included a keynote presentation from international Visiting Fellow A/Professor Kathleen Sitter from University of Calgary. A/Prof Sitter…

QUT Law and Creative Industries alumni and QUT Centre for Justice Adjunct Lecturer, Dr Fiona Crawford, has been involved in writing about the recent Homelessness World Cup which brings together more than 70 grassroot organisations that are using football to tackle homelessness and social isolation. Fiona has also…

QUT Centre for Justice was proud to support The Parley, a debate series presented by Sticks & Stones and spur: spur: is an organisation that aims to make it an easier option for people to take positive action than to suicide.  Their project, Sticks and Stones:  making the…

QUT Centre for Justice members, Professor Michael Flood and A/Professor Cassandra Cross, were represented across Australian media this week. Professor Michael Flood was interviewed for an article in the Sydney Morning Herald about norms of male dominance in relationships, in this case between NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian and…

QUT Centre for Justice members, Dr Claire Ferguson, and PhD student, Freya McLachlan, have recently published an article in Feminist Criminology.   Ferguson, C. & McLachlan, F. (2023) Continuing coercive control after intimate partner femicide: The role of detection avoidance and concealment. Feminist Criminology. DOI: 10.1177/15570851231189531 Read the media…

QUT Centre for Justice member, Dr Erin O’Brien, was invited to speak at the Australian Government’s Conference on Modern Slavery, alongside leading industry experts and representatives of civil society organisations. Erin spoke about how to engage…

QUT Centre for Justice member, Professor Michael Flood was interviewed for the Channel Nine podcast “Hannah’s Story”, focused on Rowan Baxter’s murder of Hannah Clarke and their three children. Michael features primarily in Episode 5 of the podcast. Professor Flood was interviewed for…