CCCL urges consumers to have their say

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Consumers and organisations are being encouraged to get involved in the Productivity Commission’s inquiry into Australia’s Consumer Policy framework. Griffith University’s Centre for Credit and Consumer Law (CCCL) Director Nicola Howell said it’s critical people get involved as there needs to be as much input as possible. The Federal Productivity Commission is seeking submissions on […]

Popular culture explores the law

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Deputy Head of the Griffith Law School Associate Professor William MacNeil said although people don’t realise, popular culture has something to say about legal philosophy. “Harry Potter and Buffy the Vampire Slayer may not seem like serious legal texts, but each explores an element of law,” Associate Professor MacNeil. Associate Professor MacNeil has explored this […]

Learning language in a globalised world

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Imagine learning a second language with the help of your mobile phone. How this and other innovative learning methods are made possible will be explored at the inaugural Peking University/Griffith University Applied Linguistics Symposium this week. Symposium convenor Associate Professor Greer Johnson said the conference would further research possibilities about language and learning in a […]

Baby bonus expensive and unneeded

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The Federal Government’s $4 000 baby bonus is an expensive way to lift the birth-rate and is unneeded according to Griffith University academic Professor Ross Guest. Professor Guest from the Griffith Business School has published his recent findings in a research paper, The Baby Bonus: A Dubious Policy Initiative. Professor Guest said the baby bonus […]

Consumer protection receives funding boost

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Consumer protection to combat issues like increasing household debt and providing a voice for consumer needs are just two of the benefits from increased support for Griffith University’s Centre for Credit and Consumer Law (CCCL). The CCCL has received a further $65,000 funding from the Queensland Government to continue its valuable work, announced by Fair […]

Student places second in international moot competition

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A Griffith Law student has received second place at an international moot competition in Hong Kong. Michael de Waard, was named runner up best oralist, debating a moot commercial arbitration case at the Vis East Moot Competition. Michael and team-mate Cameron Low also received an honourable mention for their claimant’s memorandum of argument and made […]

Tourism industry recruiters on display

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Renee, who graduated last year with a Bachelor of Business, is now working for Volunteering Gold Coast as the Youth and Events Coordinator and will be representing one of more than 35 organisations at the event, held today (April 3). Renee said when she attended the Careers Day as a student she got a lot […]