Faculty of Law, University of Technology Sydney
Derek works across the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Technology Sydney.
Before moving to UTS in late 2014, Derek was the Executive Director of the independent, industry-based Australian Press Council. Derek joined the Press Council after five years with the government regulator, the Australian Communications and Media Authority. At the ACMA he managed the implementation of the federal government’s 2006 media ownership reform package and resulting commercial transactions. Derek has also worked as a Principal Policy Officer with the Office of Film and Literature Classification and was the Director of the Communications Law Centre at UNSW. He has worked for the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance and Queensland University of Technology. He has a law degree from the University of Queensland and a PhD in media studies from QUT.
Derek works across the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Technology Sydney.
Before moving to UTS in late 2014, Derek was the Executive Director of the independent, industry-based Australian Press Council. Derek joined the Press Council after five years with the government regulator, the Australian Communications and Media Authority. At the ACMA he managed the implementation of the federal government’s 2006 media ownership reform package and resulting commercial transactions. Derek has also worked as a Principal Policy Officer with the Office of Film and Literature Classification and was the Director of the Communications Law Centre at UNSW. He has worked for the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance and Queensland University of Technology. He has a law degree from the University of Queensland and a PhD in media studies from QUT.