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Welcoming Sarah Boddington
Sarah joins RegNet supporting the HDR portfolio, bringing both academic insight and a strong interest in how research connects to real-world impact.
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New publication: Memory and Institutional Amnesia in Government
A new book by Hridesh Gajurel and co-authors examines institutional amnesia in government and how it might be addressed.
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First Nations Water Rights in the spotlight
An exhibition opening and launch of a book promoting First Nations water rights took place in Melbourne, attended by First Nations contributors and supporters, including RegNet's Virginia Marshall.
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Cynthia Couette and Jean-Frédéric Morin recognised for research on space debris governance
Cynthia Couette and Jean-Frédéric Morin receive the Best Scientific Contribution for their paper, The Missing Ingredients for a Polycentric Governance System of Orbital Debris.
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Image credit: Kiya Hurley

Sharon Friel addresses planetary health inequity at Prevention Research 2026
Professor Sharon Friel delivered an opening keynote at Prevention Research 2026, contributing to global discussions on preventing non-communicable diseases and reducing health inequalities.
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RegNet HDR representatives Esther (left) and Emma (right).

Meet our new HDR representatives: Esther and Emma
RegNet’s HDR representatives, Esther and Emma are looking forward to fostering connections and supporting HDR students in their research journey.
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Semester begins at RegNet with Policy and Practice of Regulation
Last Friday marked the start of the semester at RegNet, with students coming together for the first session of The Policy and Practice of Regulation course.
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(L-R) Fran Haintz, Lorraine Coppin, Mandy Yap, Nicholas Drake, Kirsten Mann, Michael Woodley, Carly Davenport, Paula Czarnecka, Nick Bainton, Peter Yu, and Jenna Imad Harb. Photo credit: Noah Bedford

Engaging First Nations perspectives in mining agreements
RegNet researchers met with Yindjibarndi leaders to discuss collaborative research on mining agreements and community-led development.

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When the ocean is sacred: Pacific theology and the governance of deep-sea mining
People do not decide whether to be accountable to land or sea in the way one might adopt a policy position; accountability is a condition of their being, write Jaap Timmer, Emilka Skrzypek and Nick Bainton.

Simon Corden wrote the playbook on regulatory governance – now he’s asking whether anyone reads it
Simon Corden shares insights from a wide-ranging conversation about the craft of regulation, what makes reviews work, and why Australia's arrival card is a national embarrassment.

PNG's frontier judges: peace-building from the bench
In Papua New Guinea's most conflict-torn provinces, an unlikely group of actors is stepping into the peacebuilding breach: reisdent National Court judges, write Sinclair Dinnen and Miranda Forsyth.

Who’s monitoring the social impacts of PNG’s mining industry?
Monitoring is not simply about collecting data. It shapes how impacts are understood, measured and managed, writes Nick Bainton.

he US and Iran Holding Each Other Hostage in the Strait of Hormuz
Aristyo Darmawan talks to CNN Indonesia about the Strait of Hormuz, Malacca Strait and passage regime under international law.

Indonesia shouldn’t give blanket airspace access to the US
Giving blanket access to US military aircraft through Indonesian airspace risks compromising the country’s sovereignty and national security, writes Aristyo Darmawan.

What the Hormuz crisis reveals about Australia’s Indonesian sea lanes
Australia and Indonesia should strengthen their communication channels to better manage future crises and build a common understanding of how to regulate archipelagic sea lanes, writes Aristyo Darmawan.

Fake news on everything from whales to wind farms: Australia is flooded with climate misinformation
Australia is facing a growing wave of climate and energy misinformation and disinformation, fuelled by AI and amplified through social media, according to the findings of a Senate inquiry, writes Christian Downie.

Upcoming events
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Thu, 14 May 2026

Constructing Certainty: Judgment and Discretion in Australian Protection Assessment

This presentation outlines Kristian's progress and preliminary findings for the Mid-Term Review of his PhD candidature.
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Jon Altman
Tue, 19 May 2026

ASIC versus Urban Rampage’s use of Centrepay: Who benefits from ‘paternalistic regulation’ in remote Indigenous Australia?

How the financial regulation of a retailer Urban Rampage by ASIC can have unintended consequences for remote living Indigenous customers.
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NHMRC CRE Shaping Markets for Health
Tue, 19 May 2026

Launch of the NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence on Shaping Markets for Health

The new NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence on Shaping Markets for Health Equity will launch on 19th May.
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Science in Resistence
Fernando Racimo
Thu, 21 May 2026

Science in Resistance – book presentation and discussion

This book presentation discusses academia's complicity in the polycrisis, and its potential for transformation towards serving social and ecological well-being.
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Climate justice and unfair global air pollution impact tiny person concept. CO2 emissions footprint uneven distribution between poor and rich countries vector illustration. Emissions trading problem.
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Tue, 26 May 2026

Legal Statecraft and Climate Justice: How Small States Use International Courts for Strategic Leverage

This talk examines how small states use international law to mobilise legitimacy and reshape the normative environment, and asks whether these strategies retain force in a fragmented world.
Saving the World Webinars
Thu, 28 May 2026

Governing healthcare systems in the climate crisis: Lessons, visions and pathways for climate resilient development

Episode 29 of the Saving the World webinar series features Dr Sophie Robinson discussing her research on governance for climate resilient development in healthcare.
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Saving the World Webinars
Thu, 25 Jun 2026

Designing a wellbeing economy for Australia: the politics and the possibilities

Episode 30 of the Saving the World webinar series features Chelsea Hunnisett, Hothouse PhD Candidate and Senior Government Relations Specialist.
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Saving the World Webinars
Thu, 8 Oct 2026

Redesigning business and finance to unlock economic transformations

Episode 34 of the Saving the World webinar series features Erinch Sahan discussing how to transform businesses for planetary health equity.
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Past events
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Tue, 12 May 2026

The Persistence of the Burden Frame: How a Narrow Regulatory Concept Has Constrained Three Decades of Regulatory Reform in South Korea

This presentation shows how a single statutory definition has confined three decades of Korean regulatory reform to burden reduction, rendering compliance enhancement structurally invisible.
Tue, 5 May 2026

The law and political economy of stopping fossil fuel expansion: Insights from the UK

This talk explores how the UK came to change its policy on fossil fuel production, and how its approach compares with that of Australia.
Tue, 21 Apr 2026

Diasporic subjectivities and the limits of cross-border autocratic power: A comparative ethnography of Hungarian and Venezuelan migrants in London

This talk presents findings from my comparative ethnography of Hungarian and Venezuelan migrants in London.
Thu, 9 Apr 2026

Decoding green deception: What regulatory reforms are necessary to curb greenwashing in ultra-processed foods in ways that contribute to planetary health equity?

This presentation marks Roxana's Mid-Term Review, where she will present her ongoing research, including preliminary findings from her fieldwork across Europe.
Tue, 31 Mar 2026

Wellbeing and Indigenous Rights

                                                        

 
Thu, 26 Mar 2026

Sugar-coated sustainability: Deceit, disclosure, and regulation in ultra-processed foods

Episode 28 of the Saving the World webinar series features Roxana Claudia Tompea, Hothouse PhD Candidate.
Wed, 25 Mar 2026

The Treasury View: Development of a wellbeing economy in Australia

This presentation outlines Chelsea’s progress and preliminary findings for her Mid-Term Review.

 
Tue, 24 Mar 2026

Radical Reform of the International Investment Treaty Regime: An opportunity for Australian leadership in creating a new global order

Australia has an opportunity to help build a values-based global order through reform of the investment treaty regime.

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