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Revolution at the Dinner Table: Fresh Feminisms, Open for Discussion
May 24
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Australia's Own Gross National Cool
May 24
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Animals, Equality and Democracy
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Is Docklands an Eyesore? And can Artists and Developers be Friends?
May 26
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Religion and Art: Old Friends, New Discussions
May 27
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I Wanna be Close to You: Art, Intimacy and Our Obsession with Eating

Larissa Behrendt

Larissa Behrendt is a Professor of Law and Director of the Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning at the University of Technology Sydney, who completed a Master of Laws and a Doctorate at Harvard Law School in 1994 and 1998.

She is a member of the Eualeyai/Kamilaroi nations of north-west New South Wales. Her first novel, Home, was the winner of the 2002 David Unaipon Award and also won the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best First Book (South-East Asia/Pacific region). In 2009, Larissa was named NAIDOC Person of the Year.

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Larissa Behrendt: Why is overcoming Indigenous disadvantage so hard?

Larissa Behrendt addresses key flaws in Australia's attempts to tackle Indigenous disadvantage.

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