ProfessorSamantha Hepburn

Professor (Property Law)

Faculty of Business and Law/Deakin Law School

  • Professor (Property Law)
    Faculty of Business and Law/Deakin Law School
  • +61 3 924 46061 (Work)
  • Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

  • MEDIA APPEARANCE
    18 Jun 2025 - 18 Jun 2025
    Interview on ABC Australia Wide with Sinead Mangan
  • MEDIA APPEARANCE
    11 Jun 2020 - 11 Jun 2020
    I was interviewed by the New York Times regarding the destruction of sacred sites by Rio Tinto following an article I published in The Conversation
  • MEDIA APPEARANCE
    1 Sep 2012 - 30 Sep 2025
    The articles I have published with The Conversation have 1 million three hundred and sixty eight thousand reads to date
  • MEDIA APPEARANCE
    Australian Energy Week, Panel Discussion Examining Energy Security, 2017.
  • MEDIA APPEARANCE
    'The Conversation, Adani Gives itself the Greenlight But That Doesnt Change the Economics of Coal, The Huffington Post, Australia, 17 June 2017.
  • MEDIA APPEARANCE
    'The Implications of the Finkel Report for the Energy Landscape', Radio National Interview, Sunday Roundtable with Judith Sloan (Economist Columnist with The Australian) and Alison Rowe (CEO of The Moreland Energy Foundation), Australia, 18 June 2017.
  • MEDIA APPEARANCE
    'The Economics of Coal', Radio Adelaide 101.5 Breakfast Show, 8 June 2017.
  • MEDIA APPEARANCE
    Winchelsea Otway Tourism, Panel Member, Unconventional Gas in Victoria, Wednesday with Jon Faine Moderating, CSIRO, Australian Institute, Lakes Oil and Monash University Health, Australia, 28 May 2014.
  • MEDIA APPEARANCE
    'Coal Seam Gas Mining in Australia: An Adaptive Future', Vol 7 (1), Australian Resources and Investment 124-125, Australia, 2013.
  • MEDIA APPEARANCE
    'Environmental Assessment of Coal Seam Gas Lacks Scientific Back-Up', The Conversation', Australia, 17 April 2013.
  • MEDIA APPEARANCE
    'Federal Governments Control of Coal Seam Gas a Welcome Relief', The Conversation, Australia, 13 March 2013.
  • MEDIA APPEARANCE
    Background Research support for Connie Agius, Four Corners Program on Coal Seam Gas, Australia, 1 April 2013.
  • MEDIA APPEARANCE
    'Coal Seam Gas Expansion: Social and Environmental Consequences', RightNow Human Rights, Australia, 1 September 2012.
  • MEDIA APPEARANCE
    'Sustainable Development the Key to CGS', ATSE Focus 173, Australian Technology, Engineering and Science, Australia, August 2012.
  • MEDIA APPEARANCE
    'Australian Science Media Centre: Interactive Media Presentation for CSG Regulation', Australia, July 2012.
  • MEDIA APPEARANCE
    'States grappling with coal seam gas regulations', Radio Interview, Deakin Matters - 94.7 The Pulse, Australia, May 2012.
  • MEDIA APPEARANCE
    'CSG and the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Act 1999 (Cth)', Radio National Interview, Australia, April 2012.
  • MEDIA APPEARANCE
    'States grappling with coal seam gas regulations', Radio National's Bush Telegraph, Australia, 14 March 2012.
  • MEDIA APPEARANCE
    'Who Owns NSW CBM Gas', Natural Gas Daily, Australia, 8 May 2012.
  • MEDIA APPEARANCE
    'Who Owns Coal Seam Gas in New South Wales and Who Can Stop it Being Mined', Republished in the Northern Rivers Echo, Australia, 31 May 2012.
  • MEDIA APPEARANCE
    'National Coal Seam Gas Agreement: An Important Step in Protecting Water', Australia, March 2012.
  • CONFERENCE ORGANISING
    Organising Committee, Toshiba International Foundation (Funded by Japan-Australia Dialogue on Energy Policy and Regulation), Keio University Law School, Japan, August 2017.
  • CONFERENCE ORGANISING
    'What are the Most Critical Policy Shortfalls for the Energy Landscape and How can they be Addressed?', The Australian Energy Week, Energy Policy Forum, Australia, Panel Discussion, June 2017.
  • CONFERENCE ORGANISING
    Identifying Energy Legislation and Policies Across Jurisdiction and Identifying Opportunities to Create Efficiencies, The Australian Energy Week, Energy Policy Forum, Australia, Panel Discussion, June 2017.