October 22, 2019

UOW expert commentary this week (22 - 26 October)

UOW academics provide expert comment, opinion and analysis on a range of ongoing and breaking news stories.

PRESS FREEDOM – AUSTRALIA'S RIGHT TO KNOW COALITION

Dr Anthony Ashbolt can comment on press freedom and Australia’s Right To Know coalition. He says the current cross-media campaign is needed. Dr Ashbolt is an expert in media politics, political theory, culture and politics. He is a Senior Lecturer in Politics in the School of Humanities and Social Inquiry.

IS IT OK TO LISTEN TO MUSIC WHILE YOU'RE STUDYING?

Dr Timothy Byron has answered this question in an article for The Conversation. Dr Byron is from the School of Psychology and has devoted his career to exploring the relationship between music and memory.

ELECTRICITY PRICES

Prof David Johnstone is available for interviews about electricity prices. He says the privatisation of electricity networks in Australia is a flawed program and has not brought the tariff reductions that households and business consumers were promised. Prof Johnstone researches the regulation of energy prices and is from the School of Accounting, Economics and Finance.

EL CHAPO'S SON RELEASED BY MEXICAN AUTHORITIES

Dr Luis Gomez Romero can speak about Mexican authorities detaining and releasing (just a couple of hours later) Ovidio Guzmán, one of El Chapo’s sons, after the Sinaloa Cartel took over the Mexican city of Culiacán. Dr Gomez Romero is a Senior Lecturer in Human Rights, Constitutional Law and Legal Theory. He practiced law in Mexico, where he achieved several years of experience in litigation, consultancy and legal and policy research. 

MEDIA RESOURCES

The University of Wollongong has an in-house Globelynx camera for TV interviews. This means we can facilitate reliable, live and high-quality television interviews from our Wollongong campus.

MEDIA CONTACT
Kate Mayhew, UOW Media & Public Relations Coordinator
M: +61 475 388 887 | E: kmayhew@uow.edu.au 

UOW academics exercise academic freedom by providing expert commentary, opinion and analysis on a range of ongoing social issues and current affairs. This expert commentary reflects the views of those individual academics and does not necessarily reflect the views or policy positions of the University of Wollongong.