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March 10, 2025

UOW expert commentary (10 March)

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

US President Donald Trump

Professor Markus Wagner can talk about US President Donald Trump, US politics, constitutional law and trade tariffs.  is an internationally recognised expert in international economic law and governance, international peace and security, as well as US and Australian constitutional law. He is the Director of the Transnational Law and Policy Centre at UOW.

Welfare payment increases

Dr Mona Nikidehaghani can provide expert commentary on indexation changes later this month that will see millions of Australians have their welfare payments increased.  is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Business. Her research expertise lies at the intersection of accounting information and public accountability, with a particular focus on how the digitisation of public service delivery shapes accountability.

World Kidney Day – Thursday 13 March

Associate Professor Kelly Lambert can discuss World Kidney Day (Thursday 13 March). is the Co-Director of UOW’s Kidney Lifestyle Research Group and has more than 20 years of clinical experience as a specialist kidney dietitian. Her ongoing research has helped test the implementation of a new model of care in renal dietetic clinics and has helped improve the lives of people living with kidney disease.

Should writers help AI learn how to do their job?

Professor Dilan Thampapillai can discuss Melbourne-based publisher Black Inc Books asking its authors to permit the publisher to use their work in the training, testing, validation and subsequent deployment of AI systems. In an article for The Conversation Professor Thampapillai said non-fiction authors should be worried.

Publishers are trying to partner with AI companies the way the music industry and other content industries did with Spotify, Apple Music, Vevo, Facebook, TikTok, Google, YouTube and the like.

Authors and publishers are depending on copyright law to protect them. Unfortunately, copyright law works in relation to copying, not on the development of capabilities in probability-driven language outputs.

is an expert on artificial intelligence, copyright and contract law. He is the Dean of Law at UOW.

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