01.11.09
2009 Richard Cooper Memorial Lecture - `The Rotterdam Rules 2009: Issues for Australia?` Presented by Professor Nick Gaskell Professor of Maritime and Commercial Law, TC Beirne School of Law and Barrister (Quandrant Chambers London) Abstract: The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods Wholly or Partly by Sea was adopted by the UN General Assembly on 11 December 2008. It will be open for signature on 23 September 2009 in a ceremony in Rotterdam, and the Convention will be known as the “Rotterdam Rules” 2009. The Rotterdam Rules represent a major attempt to achieve international uniformity in the terms under which the vast bulk of the world’s trade is carried by sea. They reflect over 10 years of international drafting, and will make significant changes to law and practice dating back to 1924. The Rotterdam Rules 2009 aim to replace not only the Hague Rules 1924 and the Hague-Visby Rules 1968, but also the Hamburg Rules 1978. Australia flirted with radical changes to its law in the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1991 (Cth) but, following an amendment in 1997, adopted a series of solutions and modifications that attempted to achieve modernisation without being in conflict with the prevailing international Rules. The Rotterdam Rules 2009 represent an opportunity for Australia to revisit the debates of the 1990s, in order to see whether the new instrument will meet the needs of its trading community in the current millennium. All the world’s major trading nations were involved in the negotiations for the 2009 Rules, but it remains to be seen whether key players such as the US and China will ratify. Date: Wednesday, 28 October 2009 , 5:30pm-7:30pm (Light refereshments served after lecture) RSVP: Essential, by Wednesday, 21 October 2009
29.08.10
Brisbane`s Best to Raise Funds for Struggling Hospitals Overseas. Some of Brisbane`s most creative talents in the fields of fashion design, music and graphics design will have their work showcased at a charity fashion show this August. To be held at The Zoo in the Valley, the show will profile Brisbane`s innovative and eclectic character; while raising funds for Towards International Medical Equality (TIME), a non-profit University of Queensland student organisation which aims to empower and support student initiatives that will make a sustainable difference to health in developing countries. Fashion designs to be showcased at this year`s show include those by the 2009 MSIT Billabong Swimwear Fashion Designer of the Year; Swarovski Young Designer of the Year nominee; Dubai International Fashion Show exhibitor; current and past QUT Fashion students and a wearable arts line. Headlining this year`s show will be local band, The Chutes. The band recently launched their debut EP. The launch at the Zoo was as sell out, with the EP being played on Triple J, Triple M, and other local stations state-wide. In addition, the EP has been featured on digital radio stations locally and internationally, and has been used on Foxtel`s Fuel TV. The band has recently completed a successful tour of the state, with commercial radio and television coverage. They will be supported by up and coming local band, Fiction. Also showcased will be the work of extremely talented Brisbane graphics artist, Joyce Ho. Joyce has been hand-picked to work with Museum of Brisbane on Brisbane Goes to the Pictures exhibition; her artist books have been acquired by State Library of Queensland and short-listed for Minister`s Award for Excellence in Art. She was the winner of the 2008 Winner of the QUT Award for Outstanding Animation and 2009 Judge`s Choice Finalist in iinet`s Get Animated competition. In 2010 the event will be held 25 August at The Zoo. All funds raised in this non-profit event will go towards supporting UQ TIME`s medical aid projects.TIME has evolved from humble beginnings to become a fully-fledged global humanitarian aid organisation. Our flagship project is the Medical Aid Project, which provides much needed medical equipment and supplies to struggling medical centres in developing countries around the world. Last year, TIME supplied essential equipment and medicine to countries including Papua New Guinea, Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, India and Peru.
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22.06.10
Attend this free information session to learn more about how you can develop your connection with UQ beyond graduation through the ICTE-UQ Skilled Migration Internship Program Accounting (SMIPA). This Australian Government endorsed program has been designed to assist international student graduates to kick start their accounting career in Australia and become eligible to gain points under DIAC’s Skilled Migration Assessment program. The SMIPA includes 20 weeks of part-time professional development workshop training and an 18-week full-time professional internship placement. It is delivered by ICTE-UQ as a partner of program providers The Institute of Chartered Accountants, Certified Practicing Accountants (CPA) Australia and the National Institute of Accountants. RSVP to professionalyear@icte.uq.edu.au by Wednesday 23 June.
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01.03.10
School of Biological Sciences: Social structure and parasite transmission in Australian skinks: why are stable social alliances so rare in lizards? Professor Michael Bull School of Biological Sciences Flinders University One of the costs of living in social groups is the enhanced transmission of pathogens among group members, but all vertebrate animal taxa, except reptiles, have commonly overcome this cost. The Egernia group of Australian skinks is unique in having many species with stable social associations. I will explore the nature of these associations (and the social networks they generate), the consequences for transmission of parasites and pathogens, and a model to explain how sociality has emerged in this one lizard lineage.
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