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Introducing Emergency Exit

September 25, 2026

Episode Description

Coming October 1st – this special History Lab series explores the stories of European refugees who escaped Nazi persecution, only to confront new forms of exclusion through Australia’s legal and bureaucratic systems.

Hosted by lawyer Josh Bornstein, with UTS researchers Katherine Biber, Sara Dehm and Ana Filipa Vrdoljak.

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