2019 Constitutional Law Conference and Dinner
The 2019 Constitutional Law Conference and Dinner was the eighteenth consecutive staging of this flagship event. It was held at the Art Gallery of New South Wales on Friday 15 February 2019. Participants at this event were updated on recent important developments in the High Court, Federal Court and State Courts and the surrounding issues that will emerge in 2019 and beyond. This event was organised by the Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law at the Faculty of Law, UNSW, with the support of the Australian Association of Constitutional Law.
The Conference Dinner was held at NSW Parliament House, where the dinner speaker was the Hon Justice Joe Williams.
Webcast
Session 1 - The Courts on Constitutional Law: The 2018 Term
Speakers:
Professor Gabrielle Appleby
The Hon Justice Mark Moshinsky
Chair: Associate Professor Sean Brennan
Session 2 - Recent Cases
Speakers:
Professor Anne Twomey
Ms Frances Gordon
Mr Joshua Thomson SC
Chair: Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher AM
Session 3 - Recent Cases
Speakers:
Ms Houda Younan
Associate Professor Sean Brennan
Associate Professor Julie Debeljak
Chair: The Hon Justice Lea Armstrong
Session 4 - Contemporary Challenges for the Constitutional Framework and the Rule of Law
Speakers:
Associate Professor Jason Bosland
Professor Lyria Bennett Moses
The Hon Fred Chaney
Chair: Professor Rosalind Dixon
Papers
Professor Andrew Lynch, UNSW
The High Court on Constitutional Law: The 2018 Statistics
Summary Analysis and Tables
The Hon Justice Mark Moshinsky, Federal Court of Australia
The Federal and State Courts on Constitutional Law: The 2018 Term
Paper
Professor Anne Twomey, University of Sydney
Spending Caps on Third Party Campaigners in State Elections: Unions NSW v NSW (No 2)
Powerpoint sildes
Ms Frances Gordon, NSW Bar
Safe Access Zones Around Abortion Clinics and the Implied Freedom of Political Communication: Clubb v Edwards; Preston v Avery
Powerpoint slides
Mr Joshua Thomson SC, Solicitor-General of Western Australia
Section 44, Reasonable Steps and Parliament’s Authority to Decide Qualification Issues: Re Gallagher; Alley v Gillespie
Speaking notes
Associate Professor Sean Brennan, UNSW
Just Terms for the Extinguishment and Impairment of Native Title: The Timber Creek Compensation Case
Powerpoint slides
Associate Professor Julie Debeljak, Monash University
Statutory Interpretation, the Victorian Charter and Parole: Minogue v Victoria
Powerpoint sides
Professor Lyria Bennett Moses, UNSW
Automated Decision-Making and the Rule of Law
Powerpoint slides