Katherine Biber – The Conversation

In 1948, as Cecil George Harris lay dying after a tractor accident, he scratched a final message into the vehicle’s fender. illustration supplied by: Impact Studios/Dinalie Dabarera.

February 12, 2020

An unsent SMS, a message on a tractor, a poem: the courts say a valid will can take many forms

Katherine Biber, University of Technology Sydney

Courts have had to consider whether an eggshell, a tractor fender, a petticoat hem, graffiti on a wall, and a poem might be valid wills. They’ve shown surprising flexibility in judgment.

How have we learned to adapt to constant surveillance? Paolo Cirio, Street Ghosts (2012-ongoing). Image courtesy of the artist

November 4, 2013

Surveillance is our new normal, so let’s take a closer look

Katherine Biber, University of Technology Sydney

Last week in the Supreme Court of New South Wales, jurors were shown surveillance footage in the trial of a Sydney man, Simon Gittany, who stands accused of murdering his girlfriend Lisa Harnum. It is…

Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton can finally close one of the most traumatic chapters in Australian history. AAP/Shane Eecen

June 12, 2012

Azaria Chamberlain inquest: forget the dingo jokes and recognise Lindy’s trauma

Deborah Staines, Monash University; Katherine Biber, University of Technology Sydney, and Michelle Arrow, Macquarie University

Imagine that your nine-week-old, longed-for daughter is taken by a wild animal in the night. Imagine you are suspected of killing her, and then convicted of this crime and imprisoned. Imagine that long…

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