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Pull up a stool and savour a cool glass of science as some of The University of Western Australia’s brightest minds hit CBD bars for a series of free public talks on Tuesday 27 October.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Artificial Intelligence"},{"title":"Business School"},{"title":"Cyber security"},{"title":"Digital"},{"title":"Education"},{"title":"Environment"},{"title":"Geography and Planning"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Innovation"},{"title":"Law School"},{"title":"Nature and Science"},{"title":"Oceans Institute"},{"title":"Regional rural and remote"},{"title":"Frontier technologies"},{"title":"Health and biotechnology"},{"title":"Resilient environment and climate change"},{"title":"Our place culture and heritage"},{"title":"School of Biomedical Sciences"},{"title":"School of Human Sciences"},{"title":"School of Population and Global Health"},{"title":"School of Social Sciences"},{"title":"The UWA Institute of Agriculture"},{"title":"UWA Public Policy Institute"},{"title":"VaxPol"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Arts-and-Culture"},{"title":"Business-and-law"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Engineering and Technology"},{"title":"Learning-and-teaching"},{"title":"Our People"},{"title":"Science and Environment"},{"title":"Research"}]},{"title":"Six months into the US‑Iran war, will there be any accountability for potential war crimes?","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/iranwar_card.png","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/august/six-months-into-the-us-iran-war","publisheddate":"2026-08-28","summary":"
The Trump administration has consistently viewed itself as being above international law.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Law School"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"International relations"},{"title":"Policy-and-opinion"}]},{"title":"Trailblazers honoured during winter graduations","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2025/zoe-yujnovich-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/august/trailblazers-honoured-during-winter-graduations","publisheddate":"2026-08-21","summary":"
International business and community leaders, advocates for human rights and equity, and champions of education and public health will be honoured during next week’s winter graduation ceremonies at The University of Western Australia.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Business School"},{"title":"Development and Alumni Relations"},{"title":"Education"},{"title":"Industry"},{"title":"Medical School"},{"title":"Law School"},{"title":"Philanthropy"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Awards and Achievements"},{"title":"Business-and-law"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Learning-and-teaching"},{"title":"Our-community"},{"title":"Philanthropy"},{"title":"Our People"}]},{"title":"Australia's social media ban in the spotlight at free lecture","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/french-dialogues_card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/august/australias-social-media-ban-in-the-spotlight-at-free-lecture","publisheddate":"2026-08-19","summary":"
A panel of experts will discuss the legal and policy considerations around Australia’s world-first social media age restrictions at biennial event The French Dialogues next month.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Law School"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Business-and-law"},{"title":"Our-community"}]},{"title":"New negative gearing rules might accidentally favour some property investors","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/conversation-negative-gearing_card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/july/new-negative-gearing-rules-might-accidentally-favour-some-property-investors","publisheddate":"2026-07-10","summary":"
For the best part of a century, Australian property investors have enjoyed a generous tax arrangement found in few other countries: the infamous “negative gearing”. Now, sweeping reforms to limit negative gearing to new builds and also change the way capital gains are taxed have become law.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Law School"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Business-and-law"},{"title":"Policy-and-opinion"}]},{"title":"Ciara Glennon Law Scholarship awarded","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/lawson-obrien-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/may/ciara-glennon-law-scholarship-awarded","publisheddate":"2026-05-28","summary":"
A second-year law student who grew up in Tom Price and Geraldton and has a keen interest in giving back to his regional community has been awarded this year’s Ciara Glennon Memorial Law Scholarship at UWA.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Current students"},{"title":"Education"},{"title":"Law School"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Business-and-law"},{"title":"Awards and Achievements"},{"title":"Our People"},{"title":"Our-community"}]},{"title":"Elon Musk sued OpenAI and lost, but the core question of the case remains unanswered","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/conversation-open-ai_card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/may/elon-musk-sued-openai-and-lost-but-the-core-question-of-the-case-remains-unanswered","publisheddate":"2026-05-19","summary":"
On Monday, a nine-member federal jury in Oakland, California took less than two hours to dismiss Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI and its chief executive Sam Altman. Crucially, the jury did not rule on the core claims of the case.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Artificial Intelligence"},{"title":"Data Science"},{"title":"Computer Science"},{"title":"Digital"},{"title":"Industry"},{"title":"Law School"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Business-and-law"},{"title":"Policy-and-opinion"}]},{"title":"The Pryer family's lasting gift of law and learning","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/pryer-award-tiffany-green---card.png","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/may/the-pryer-familys-lasting-gift-of-law-and-learning","publisheddate":"2026-05-07","summary":" A generous bequest by Faye Pryer has established the Pryer Award, a perpetual Juris Doctor scholarship in honour of her lawyer husband, Barry. The award covers fees and allowance for the three-year degree, empowering students like inaugural recipient Tiffany Green to pursue justice and community impact.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Philanthropy"},{"title":"Development and Alumni Relations"},{"title":"Law School"},{"title":"Our People"}]},{"title":"Why was Ben Roberts-Smith granted bail?","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/bail-hearing-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/april/why-was-ben-roberts-smith-granted-bail","publisheddate":"2026-04-17","summary":"
A judge granted Ben Roberts-Smith bail based on “exceptional circumstances”.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Defence"},{"title":"Law School"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Business-and-law"},{"title":"Policy-and-opinion"}]},{"title":"Health-care workers risk their lives in warzones. Are we protecting them enough?","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/conversation-humanitarian-workers_card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/april/health-care-workers-risk-their-lives-in-warzones-but-are-we-protecting-them-enough","publisheddate":"2026-04-13","summary":"
Warzones are full of danger. But that’s never stopped humanitarian workers from living and working in such places, with the aim of keeping civilians safe.","sxaTags":[{"title":"International"},{"title":"Law School"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"International relations"},{"title":"Policy-and-opinion"}]}]}