What Katy Did

The power and necessity of silence

Giving people the space to come to their own views

Jul 10 • Katy Barnett

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June 2026

Specific delivery

A law academic’s quest for unique items

Jun 17 • Katy Barnett

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April 2026

Imbalance in academia

Thoughts on the current plight of the academy in Australia

Apr 9 • Katy Barnett

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January 2026

Australia Day: Rapscallions, Rum and Rebellion

Why that date and how did it start?

Jan 29 • Katy Barnett

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December 2025

Bondi

Thoughts on a massacre

Dec 21, 2025 • Katy Barnett

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November 2025

Suing inanimate objects

The ancient law of deodands

Nov 30, 2025 • Katy Barnett

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Hammered

Academic life and feeling flat

Nov 18, 2025 • Katy Barnett

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October 2025

Inducing people’s employers to fire them should be a civil wrong

A repost of a Quillette article I wrote seven years ago: more relevant than ever

Oct 15, 2025 • Katy Barnett

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September 2025

[REPOST] Lecturer’s duty of care

Representing all students

Sep 24, 2025 • Katy Barnett

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August 2025

AI, law and learning

Thoughts on a recent case from the UK

Aug 14, 2025 • Katy Barnett

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July 2025

Looking under the rock of institutional confidentiality

Sometimes the rock can hide dreadful problems

Jul 31, 2025 • Katy Barnett

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Going to America

My recent visit to the United States

Jul 17, 2025 • Katy Barnett

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