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Courts are complex institutions which must constantly adjust to ensure that they are fulfilling their responsibilities to defendants, victims, witnesses, society and others who enter court spaces either virtually or physically. Courts must also manage their relationships with other agencies (whether justice or community) on whom they rely. Courts face an array of challenges in contemporary Australia, including the COVID-19 pandemic which has necessitated courts to pivot from inherently complex systems which are primarily public facing to virtual spaces which must continue to maintain the rule of law and to be open, transparent and subject to scrutiny. This chapter considers other challenges, too, which various courts and those who work in, with or appear before are facing. It assesses a suite of potential micro and macro reforms, advocating for ongoing systemic and structural change.
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In this chapter, we investigate the ways in which academics’ identity factors can impact their work experiences and pedagogies in two Australian tertiary institutions. While there is a body of literature that interrogates the concept of diversity in higher education, most of the research focuses on diverse student populations rather than examining academic diversity. Current research does not explore in depth the ways in which intersections of identity factors such as gender, race, class, and able-bodiedness might impact academics’ experiences in the chiefly middle-class-institutions that comprise the Australian Higher Education landscape. The authors employed a mixed methods approach. To collect data for the project, we constructed an anonymous online Qualtrics survey and invited participation from academics working at one regional and one urban university. The survey consisted of a mixture of open and closed questions concerning the relationship between identity and teaching approaches within universities. Responses were coded, and common themes were examined by the researchers using an intersectional approach. The survey findings reveal that academics who identify as equity group members see these identities as a strength in teaching and interactions with students, however, these identities sometimes give rise to tensions with colleagues and can be seen as a barrier to career progression.
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The chapter offers a road map that charts the key issues raised in this edited collection that contributes to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) series. Throughout the book, questions are raised, tensions observed, and practices highlighted, often through passionate discussion, regarding the ways in which considerations of equity, inclusion, and social justice are configured, challenged, observed, or ignored in a range of educational settings. All chapters address the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 4: Quality Education which advocates for the provision of inclusive and equitable education and the promotion of lifelong learning for all. This chapter extends the focus of diversity, inclusion, and social justice to examine the inclusive approaches embedded in the production of the book. Rejecting potentially exclusionary publication processes, the editors mobilized inclusive approaches to selecting, reviewing, and editing chapters and the development of edited scholarship. Focusing on connections and capacity building, a diverse range of authors, reviewers, and editors worked together in a supportive, inclusive, and encouraging framework to produce an interwoven contemporary narrative about the state of diversity and inclusion in mainstream education settings.
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WED 1 MAR – FRI 17 MAR 2023 Please join the artist Kenneth Kronberger to celebrate an end of exhibition event at the Post Office Gallery, on Fri 17 March @ 5.30, for 6pm, until 8pm. All welcome! Through an investigation into the historically intriguing silent and static miniaturised world of the diorama and the contemporary art of animation, Kenneth Kronberger’s new work and PhD examination exhibition integrates these intriguing imagined formats, creating his own metamorphised ‘worlds’ and fantastical illusionistic spaces. This exhibition constitutes the visual outcomes emerging from a practice-led Doctoral research project at the Institute of Education, Arts and Community, Federation University, Australia. Kenneth Kronberger has been supported by an Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) Stipend and (RTP) Fee-Offset Scholarship through Federation University Australia. Image: Kenneth Kronberger The Penthouse, 2023 wood, paper, digital print, foam board, acrylic paint, found objects, digital video H31.8 x W31.8 x D32 cm (scale 1:10) Courtesy the artist
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WED 1 MAR – FRI 17 MAR 2023 Please join the artist Kenneth Kronberger to celebrate an end of exhibition event at the Post Office Gallery, on Fri 17 March @ 5.30, for 6pm, until 8pm. All welcome! Through an investigation into the historically intriguing silent and static miniaturised world of the diorama and the contemporary art of animation, Kenneth Kronberger’s new work and PhD examination exhibition integrates these intriguing imagined formats, creating his own metamorphised ‘worlds’ and fantastical illusionistic spaces. This exhibition constitutes the visual outcomes emerging from a practice-led Doctoral research project at the Institute of Education, Arts and Community, Federation University, Australia. Kenneth Kronberger has been supported by an Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) Stipend and (RTP) Fee-Offset Scholarship through Federation University Australia.
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WED 1 MAR – FRI 17 MAR 2023 Please join the artist Kenneth Kronberger to celebrate an end of exhibition event at the Post Office Gallery, on Fri 17 March @ 5.30, for 6pm, until 8pm. All welcome! Through an investigation into the historically intriguing silent and static miniaturised world of the diorama and the contemporary art of animation, Kenneth Kronberger’s new work and PhD examination exhibition integrates these intriguing imagined formats, creating his own metamorphised ‘worlds’ and fantastical illusionistic spaces. This exhibition constitutes the visual outcomes emerging from a practice-led Doctoral research project at the Institute of Education, Arts and Community, Federation University, Australia. Kenneth Kronberger has been supported by an Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) Stipend and (RTP) Fee-Offset Scholarship through Federation University Australia. Image: Kenneth Kronberger The Penthouse, 2023 wood, paper, digital print, foam board, acrylic paint, found objects, digital video H31.8 x W31.8 x D32 cm (scale 1:10) Courtesy the artist
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WED 1 MAR – FRI 17 MAR 2023 Please join the artist Kenneth Kronberger to celebrate an end of exhibition event at the Post Office Gallery, on Fri 17 March @ 5.30, for 6pm, until 8pm. All welcome! Through an investigation into the historically intriguing silent and static miniaturised world of the diorama and the contemporary art of animation, Kenneth Kronberger’s new work and PhD examination exhibition integrates these intriguing imagined formats, creating his own metamorphised ‘worlds’ and fantastical illusionistic spaces. This exhibition constitutes the visual outcomes emerging from a practice-led Doctoral research project at the Institute of Education, Arts and Community, Federation University, Australia. Kenneth Kronberger has been supported by an Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) Stipend and (RTP) Fee-Offset Scholarship through Federation University Australia.
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Recognising the oftentimes polarising nature of court decision-making—and the overt public interest and political sensitivities which exist—this chapter focuses on the public influence on legislative decision-making with regard to the courts and court processes. It considers the blurring of boundaries in regard to mandatory sentencing the parliamentary appetite for sentencing reform and the questioning of sentencing outcomes and other court practices. How to reconcile public attitudes (and thus parliamentary action) with magisterial, judicial, parole board and bail justice decision-making is a significant challenge. Various actors have a role to play in promoting accountability and positive change, including sentencing advisory councils, parliamentary law reform committees, legal services boards, community legal centres and other bodies—in advocating for positive change, fairness and equity based on sound evidence rather than potentially knee-jerk reactions to public conjecture.
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Police prosecutors play a critical role in the Victorian summary jurisdiction. While scarce, the available literature identifies concerns about the use of police prosecutors, including a lack of independence from investigative police the opaque police prosecutor decision-making the potential bias in favour of police informants the lack of uniformity in training requirements the high workloads and the lack of clear, uniform and public guidelines all which may have real or perceived impacts upon court outcomes for accused and victims alike and upon the public’s confidence in the administration of justice. This is particularly so in the context of increasing volume, complexity and seriousness of summary offences. This chapter supports the need for an evidence-based review of police-led prosecutions which includes the impacts on case outcomes, and whether certain reforms may be necessary.
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Victims of crime are key to holding perpetrators to account. Despite being instigators of reports, victim/survivors of sexual assault have long felt alienated from the court process and criminal justice system more broadly. This chapter draws on contemporary literature to consider the contested terrain of “participatory rights” for victim/survivors. Highlighted are a range of reforms implemented since 1994 which elevate the voices and acknowledge the experiences of victim/survivors. Despite the reforms, victim/survivors continue to feel alienated and, in particular, the voices of victim/survivors with cognitive impairment and complex communication needs are sometimes ignored at the point of first report. Considered here are the barriers to effective reform implementation and proposed reforms for continuous advocacy and legal representation. This chapter supports calls for legal representation to continue through to the conclusion of trial proceedings.
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In this chapter, we synthesise the interwoven narrative presented in this edited collection that interrogates discourses and policies of inclusive education, foregrounds the lived realities of diverse cohorts, and offers new ways of thinking and acting through a process of capacity building. Through thematic analysis, we analyse emergent themes pertaining to diversity and inclusion to illuminate the divergence between rhetoric and practice where the provision of quality education is concerned. Ultimately, we question whether the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 4 of quality education for all is being actualised in the twenty-first century and offer provocations on the possibilities of actualising a sustainable, responsive, inclusive, and diverse education future globally.
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This small-scale study examinesyoung people’s perspectives aboutenergy transition and climate change adaptation in regional Gippsland, Victoria,Australia. As the opinions and experiences of children and youth have been historically overlooked in contemporary sustainability climate discourse and policy, this research investigatespreviously unheard accounts.The studydrawsonfourfacilitated “Conversations for Change”discussions with a total of 14 young people (aged 9-17)that exploredtheir ideas and concerns about sustaining themselves and their communities during a time of climate change and energy transition. Theirideas and opinionsaboutliving in/with a climate-alteredlocaland global futurearereflected across four main themes: (a)young people’s values;(b) perceptions of energy, transition and adaptation;(c) the enabling role of climate literacy for young people; and (d) responding to a just energy transition through collective endeavors.
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Thermochemical ablation (TCA) is a thermal ablation therapy that utilises heat released from acid-base neutralisation reaction to destroy tumours. This procedure is a promising low-cost solution to existing thermal ablation treatments such as radiofrequency ablation (RFA) and microwave ablation (MWA). Studies have demonstrated that TCA can produce thermal damage that is on par with RFA and MWA when employed properly. Nevertheless, TCA remains a concept that is tested only in a few animal trials due to the risks involved as the result of uncontrolled infusion and incomplete acid-base reaction. In this study, a computational framework that simulates the thermochemical process of TCA is developed. The proposed framework consists of three physics, namely chemical flow, neutralisation reaction and heat transfer. An important parameter in the TCA framework is the neutralisation reaction rate constant, which has values in the order of 108 m3/(mol
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A thin set is defined to be an uncountable dense zero-dimensional subset of measure zero and Hausdorff measure zero of an Euclidean space. A fat set is defined to be an uncountable dense path-connected subset of an Euclidean space which has full measure, that is, its complement has measure zero. While there are well-known pathological maps of a set of measure zero, such as the Cantor set, onto an interval, we show that the standard addition on