Merrilees manuscript wins award

Flinders creative writing PhD Margaret Merrilees has received the 2012 Wakefield Press Unpublished Manuscript Award as part of the Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature.

Law missing good faith

Australia is one of the few countries in the world without a law to tackle disputes of fairness and honesty under the concept of good faith.

Music the right medicine for Cambodian orphans

Teaching Christmas carols to Cambodian orphans initially earned Pat Witcombe the nickname of “Jingle Bells”, but after he showed his prowess with a donated Dutch conjuring set, his name (in Khmer) became “Mr Magic”.

Global recognition for groundwater centre

The National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training at Flinders has established itself as a world leader in groundwater research, according to a panel of international experts in the field.

Azaria Revisited

Flinders Professorial Fellow, Dr Rob Morrison recalls his role as an expert witness at the third Azaria Chamberlain trial.

Moralism, the problem of evil and more

Moralism is a vice masquerading as a virtue, a Flinders philosopher says, while a colleague asserts both atheists and fundamentalists base their views on a misconceived idea of religion.