Castan Centre in the Media
The Castan Centre's academics are the first port of call for many journalists on pressing human rights issues. Centre staff speak to hundreds of print, radio and TV organisations every year. A small sample of recent media is below.
Media should contact the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law on +61 3 99053327 or email castan.centre@monash.edu, or click here to join the media email list.
Alternatively you can contact James Pattison the Law Faculty Media Communications Specialist:
Mobile (Australia): 0422 506 498
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2022
- Maria O'Sullivan quoted, The controversial 'god powers' that helped Australia's immigration minister deport Novak Djokovic, SBS News, 18 January 2022
- Maria O'Sullivan quoted, Novak Djokovic sweats it out as decision on his deportation order could be made as late as tomorrow morning - as lawyers argue the anti-vaxxer's presence in Australia 'poses an overwhelming risk', Daily Mail Australia, 18 January 2022
- Maria O'Sullivan quoted, Djokovic deported after losing bid to overturn visa cancellation, The Mandarin, 17 January 2022
- Maria O'Sullivan, Legal mind explains how Novak Djokovic lost deportation challenge, 3AW Interview, 17 January 2022
- Maria O'Sullivan, Interview with Virginia Trioli on Djokovic deportation, ABC Melbourne Radio, 17 January 2022
- Maria O'Sullivan quoted, Scott Morrison leaves door open for Novak Djokovic to return within three-year ban, ABC News, 17 January 2022
- Maria O'Sullivan, Why Novak Djokovic lost his fight to stay in Australia – and why it sets a concerning precedent, The Conversation (reprinted in Monash Lens), 16 January 2022
- Maria O'Sullivan, Djokovic case sets 'dangerous precedent, Channel 7 Australia Interview, 16 January 2022
- Maria O'Sullivan, Interview on Djokovic case, Channel 9 Australia, 16 January 2022
- Maria O'Sullivan, Interview on Djokovic case, 2GB Radio, 16 January 2022
- Maria O'Sullivan, Interview on Djokovic case, Channel 9 Australia, 16 January 2022
- Maria O'Sullivan, Interview on Djokovic case, Triple MMM, 16 January 2022
- Maria O'Sullivan, Interview on Djokovic case, CNN International, 14 January 2022
2021
- Liam Elphick quoted, What's the proposed religious discrimination law about?, The Sydney Morning Herald, 3 December 2021
- Maria O'Sullivan, Buying silence: we can't stop workplace sexual harassment without banning non-disclosure agreements, The Conversation (co-authored with Professor Judith Bessant), 2 December 2021
- Maria O'Sullivan, COVID vaccination mandates do not contravene Australia's human rights laws, AAP Fact Check, 1 December 2021
- Maria O'Sullivan, Opinion Piece with Catherine Williams, Gabrielle Appleby and William Partlett, Watchful optimism about Victoria's new pandemic bill, The Age, 30 November 2021
- Luke Beck, Why Australia is back in the Solomon Islands, Interview on ABC Radio, 27 November 2021
- Liam Elphick, Schools can still expel LGBTQ+ kids. The Religious Discrimination Bill only makes it worse, The Conversation, 25 November 2021
- Luke Beck quoted, The big problem for business in the religious freedom bill, Financial Review, 24 November 2021
- Maria O'Sullivan, Victoria Pandemic Bill, Interview with ABC News Breakfast, 20 November 2021
- Maria O'Sullivan, Protests continue as the Victorian Government debates proposed pandemic bill, Appearance on ABC 7.30 Report with Leigh Sales, 16 November 2021
- Maria O'Sullivan, Proposed changes to pandemic powers in Victoria, ABC News Radio interview, 16 November 2021
- Maria O'Sullivan quoted, Would Victoria's proposed pandemic laws give Daniel Andrews the power to declare a pandemic without justification?, ABC Fact Check, 12 November 2021
- Professor the Hon. Kevin H Bell AM QC, From dispossession to massacres, the Yoo-rrook Justice Commission sets a new standard for truth-telling, The Conversation, 5 November 2021
- Liam Elphick quoted, Australians fired for refusing Covid vaccine search social media for ‘welcoming’ employers, The Guardian, 2 November 2021
- Paula Gerber, Ending gender discrimination in construction, Interview with ABC News, 27 October 2021
- Luke Beck, ‘So many red flags’: Opposition Leader slams ‘extreme’ pandemic laws tabled in Parliament, 3AW Radio interview, 26 October 2021
- Maria O'Sullivan quoted, Here's how Victorian government's proposed pandemic laws will work and what experts say, ABC News, 26 October 2021
- Melissa Castan and Kate Galloway, Indigenous people cannot be aliens in their own land, Why challenging this fact (again) is so concerning, The Conversation, 21 October 2021
- Maria O'Sullivan, Are vaccine mandates working, and here to stay?, ABC News Radio interview, 21 October 2021
- Liam Elphick and Maria O'Sullivan quoted, Scott Morrison says business can refuse entry to unvaccinated patrons without falling foul of discrimination laws. Is that correct?, ABC Fact Check, 6 October 2021
- Liam Elphick, Are vaccine mandates discriminatory?, 2GB Radio, 23 September 2021
- Liam Elphick, Opinion Piece, Here’s why ‘no jab, no entry’ is not discrimination, The Age, 20 September 2021
- Yee-Fui Ng, Regulating lobbying in Australia: Three steps for reform, ANZSOG, 10 September 2021
- Maria O'Sullivan, How life might change for the unvaccinated, Interview with ABC Radio, The Signal, 6 August 2021
- Maria O'Sullivan quoted, Gladys Berejiklian hints returning to work in some industries could be tied to vaccination, The Guardian, 5 August 2021
- Maria O'Sullivan quoted, Vaccination requirement likely at Australian workplaces at high risk of COVID-19 transmission, experts say, ABC News, 1 August 2021
- Maria O'Sullivan, Can vaccine passports help us prevent spread of the delta variant?, ABC Radio National, 22 July 2021
- Maria O'Sullivan, Should freedoms increase for Australians who are full vaccinated against COVID-19, Interview with ABC Melbourne, The Conversation Hour, 7 July 2021
- Stephen Gray, Opinion piece, Should we revive an archaic law after the Eastern Freeway incident?, The Age, 7 July 2021
- Maria O'Sullivan, COVID-19 Vaccine Passports, Interview with ABC Radio, Afternoons with Jacinta Parsons, 14 June 2021
- Maria O'Sullivan, COVID-19 Vaccine Passports, Interview with ABC Radio Sydney, Saturday Afternoons with James Glenday, 12 June 2021
- Maria O'Sullivan, COVID-19 Vaccine Passports, Interview with Ultra 106.5 Tasmania, 11 June 2021
- Maria O'Sullivan, COVID-19 Vaccine Passports, Interview with ABC Radio WA, 10 June 2021
- Paula Gerber, Has the LGBTIQ Community Moved from Protesting to Partying?, Australian Institute of International Affairs, 10 June 2021
- Maria O'Sullivan, If you don't have a COVID vaccination certificate, could you be banned from restaurants, shops and theatres?, The Conversation, 10 June 2021. The Conversation's top read for 2021 in the Politics and Society section
- Paula Gerber, Global snapshot of LGBTQI discrimination, Interview on the ABC Law Report, 8 June 2021
- Paula Gerber, It's time to talk about gay reparations and how they can rectify past persecutions of LGBTQ people, The Conversation, 8 June 2021
- Paula Gerber, The swinging pendulum of rights protections for LGBTIQ people, Monash Lens, 1 June 2021
- Maria O'Sullivan quoted, Wicked Choice in Vax Divide, The Herald Sun, 2 June 2021
- Professor the Hon. Kevin H Bell AM QC, Victoria's Yoo-rrook Justice Commission, Interview with the Royal Commission Chair Professor Eleanor Burke on the ABC Law Report, 25 May 2021
- Liam Elphick, Victoria provides Australia the blueprint to protect queer people from hate, Star Observer, 17 May 2021
- Maria O'Sullivan, Ask a lawyer: do I have a right to protest?, The Guardian, 26 April 2021
- Professor the Hon. Kevin H Bell AM QC interview with Ticker News on George Floyd case, 21 April 2021
- Maria O'Sullivan, Open letter to Government to release refugees in hotel detention, Ultra 106.5fm, 9 March 2021
- Professor the Hon. Kevin H Bell AM QC, Opinion piece, Mental health system faces massive overhaul, The Age, 2 March 2021
- Castan Centre quoted , Vow to end 'ugly lottery' with $1.6b school disability reform, The Age, 8 February 2021
- Maria O'Sullivan quoted, COVID-19 vaccines not mandatory for aged care workers, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announces after National Cabinet, ABC News, 22 January 2021
- Luke Beck quoted, The Australian government says it won't make COVID-19 vaccines compulsory when they begin being rolled out next month, but that won't stop companies from denying service to those who refuse the jab, SBS News, 20 January 2021
- Maria O'Sullivan, Can an employer force you to have a COVID vaccination?, 2GB interview, 16 January 2021
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