2019 Constitutional Law Conference and Dinner

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Professor Gabrielle Appleby and Justice Mark Moshinsky delivered the morning keynotes on the year in constitutional law in the High Court, and in the Federal and State Courts, respectively. The cases covered in Sessions 2 and 3 were Unions NSW No 2 and the abortion clinic safe access zone cases from Tasmania and Victoria (implied freedom of political communication); the section 44 cases of Re Gallagher and Alley v Gillespie; two cases about alleged inconsistency between Federal and Territory laws; the Timber Creek native title compensation case; and Minogue v Victoria (statutory interpretation, the Victorian Charter and parole). The Session 2 and 3 speakers were Joshua Thomson SC (newly appointed WA Solicitor-General), Professor Anne Twomey, Associate Professor Julie Debeljak, Associate Professor Sean Brennan and barristers Frances Gordon and Houda Younan. Session 4 featured Associate Professor Jason Bosland (open justice and suppression orders), Professor Lyria Bennett Moses (automated decision-making and the rule of law) and Fred Chaney AO (Uluru Statement from the Heart).