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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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Call for contributions: Restorative horizons: Indigenous, plural and hybrid paths towards justice and peace
Restorative Horizons seeks contributions that examine Indigenous, customary, spiritual and community-based approaches to justice that reflect the lived realities of communities around the world.
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(L-R) Tola Beavis, Viona Wijaya, Richard Dening, Lucy Barrow and Kinley Gyeltshen.

Welcoming RegNet’s newest PhD scholars
We are delighted to welcome our new cohort of PhD scholars as they begin their academic journey here at RegNet.

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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.

Major retailers could pick up fuel bill
Christian Downie spoke on the ABC AM Program highlighting the need to ramp up policies to electrify Australia's transport sector as we face a liquid fuel crisis.

Information Wars: brave leaders, strong media needed to rein in tech giants and counter disinformation
There are things we can do as individuals to address disinformation, including making sure to verify sources and not sharing information that looks dodgy, says Christian Downie.

India is using AI to police identity and expel minorities
The Indian state of Maharashtra is developing an AI tool that uses “accent, tone and word choices” to identify and deport Bangladeshi Muslims and displaced Rohingyas from Myanmar, writes Suvradip Maitra.

The hard part of net zero: mobilising big emitters behind reforms
Backing from key firms on climate policy, while not unconditional, can help translate net-zero ambition into progress., writes Nikolai Drahos.

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Thu, 4 Jun 2026

Artificial Intelligence and the Unseen Burden on Australian Charities

    
Tue, 2 Jun 2026

The commercial determinants of planetary health equity

Corporate power and profits are killing people and the planet.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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