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Dr Susan Bird is a Senior Lecturer in law. She is an interdisciplinary research scholar. Her interests lie broadly in law and legal philosophy, in particular legal geographies, and making spaces more inclusive. She has worked to support diversity at university through scholarship of teaching and learning, and her teaching practice. Susan is interested in the way law can be employed to address food waste, with a focus on food rescue.
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Melbourne's Wildscapes: A Critical Ethnography
Award Date: 31 Jan 2014
External positions
Adjunct , CQUniversity
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure -
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities -
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities -
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production -
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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A Northern Territory Dilemma; how effective are General Restricted Areas as a tool for Alcohol Policy, and what role does Government have in managing them?
Bird, S. (Principal Investigator/Chief Investigator A) & Ganzer, M. (Student Investigator)
20/03/23 → …
Project: HDR Project › PhD
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CSFP Justice Too Far Away? Community Based Sentencing, and the Impacts of Remoteness on Aboriginal Communities
Brady, M. (Principal Investigator/Chief Investigator A), Radavoi, C. N. (Principal Investigator/Chief Investigator A) & Bird, S. (Co Investigator/Chief Investigator B)
4/01/22 → 3/01/24
Project: Research
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Federalism and Responsible Government in Australia and Queensland – North Queensland impacted
Bird, S. (Principal Investigator/Chief Investigator A) & Raffles, P. (Student Investigator)
26/08/25 → …
Project: HDR Project › PhD
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“Caught in the Act: 147 Ordinances and Acts of racially discriminatory legislative injustice promulgated against the Northern Territory Aboriginal peoples by the Commonwealth and Northern Territory Legislative Council Governments from 1910 to 1975.”
Bird, S. (Principal Investigator/Chief Investigator A) & Stavrou, K. (Student Investigator)
28/03/24 → …
Project: HDR Project › PhD
Research output
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Crossing a Bridge at Ground Zero: Teaching a First Nations Pre-Law Enabling Program
Bird, S. & Parfitt, J., Feb 2026, In: Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice. 23, 1, p. 1-17 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Ground Zero- Our Voice, Our Way - Justice in the NT
Parfitt, J. & Bird, S., 3 Jun 2025, p. 1-1. 1 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract
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Law, Race, Country and the Outsider: Films about the Australian Top End
Bird, S., Oct 2025, In: Pandora's Box. 31, p. 101-118 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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ALIEN NATION: Redefining the Alien in Law and Science Fiction
Bird, S. & Bird, J., 1 Jan 2024, The Routledge Handbook of Cultural Legal Studies. Sweden: Taylor and Francis AS, p. 238-252 15 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Beyond ‘Ignorance and Apathy’: Public Perceptions of the Australian Constitution During a Referendum
Deem, J. & Bird, S., 2024, In: University of Tasmania Law Review. 43, 1, p. 7-32 26 p., 1.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Crossing a Bridge at Ground Zero: Teaching CDU’s First Nations Pre-Law Enabling Program
Parfitt, J. & Bird, S., 2 Dec 2024, (Unpublished).Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference paper presented at Conference (not in Proceedings)
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Cyberspace Outlaws – Coding the Online World
Broman, M. M., Finckenberg-Broman, P. & Bird, S., Jul 2024, In: International Journal for the Semiotics of Law. 37, 4, p. 1153-1183 31 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Press/Media
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CDU, NAAJA Partner to Launch True Justice Program
19/06/24
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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CDU Partners With NAAJA To Deliver True Justice Program
19/06/24 → 20/06/24
3 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Why law students need to understand First Nations perspectives in Australia’s justice system
16/07/24
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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CDU EXPERT: Australia's regulation of food waste 'lagging'
4/04/24
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
Prizes
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Re Casting Terra Nullius Blindness
Jones, D. (Recipient), Choy, D. L. (Recipient), Revell, G. (Recipient), Heyes, S. (Recipient), Tucker, R. (Recipient) & Bird, S. (Recipient), 24 Sept 2020
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Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA) Research, Policy and Communications 2019 Award for Excellence
Jones, D. (Recipient), Low Choy, D. (Recipient), Tucker, R. (Recipient), Revell, G. (Recipient), Heyes, S. (Recipient) & Bird, S. (Recipient), 2019
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