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Dec

Article by Jane McAdam published in Inside Story  
   
 Nicola McGarrity quoted in the Sydney Morning Herald about errors in the anti-Charter of Rights campaign  
   
 Nicola McGarrity publishes letter in The Australian on Charters of Rights  
   
 George Williams writes in the Hobart Mercury and Courier Mail on human rights  
   

Nov

Centre welcomes new staff member Christopher Michaelsen  
   
 The Charter of Human Rights Project website has recently been updated, with new information and online resources  
   
 George Wiliams writes in the Canberra Times on the ACT electoral system  
   
 Nicola McGarrity writes in Inside Story about detention in Guantanamo Bay and writs of habeas corpus  
   
 Nicola McGarrity and George Williams write in the Australian Journal of Labour Law on `The Investigatory Powers of the Australian Building and Construction Commission`  
   
 Nicola McGarrity interviewed on ABC’s ‘PM’ program about the right of Guantanamo Bay detainees to seek writs of habeas corpus  
   
 George Williams writes in the East Asia Forum on Fiji`s Constitution  
   
 Nicola McGarrity interviewed on the ABC’s ‘PM’ program on Guantanamo Bay  
   
 Nicola McGarrity interviewed on ABC News Radio about the AFP’s decision not to seek to extend David Hicks’ control order  
   
 Andrew Lynch writes for Inside Story on the significance of David Hicks breaking his silence on control orders  
   
 Andrew Lynch considers the relative importance of the respective inquiries into the Haneef and Ul-Haque affairs for The Australian  
   
 George Williams writes a piece on the death penalty in the Canberra Times  
   

Oct

Edward Santow interviewed by the Australian Financial Review on charters of human rights in Australia  
   
 Edward Santow speaks on ‘Agitating for Change, Getting Involved: New State and Federal Human Rights Initiatives’ at the Rights, Reconciliation, Respect and Responsibility Conference at UTS on 1 October 2008.  
   
 Edward Santow speaks on Australian developments outside Victoria and the ACT in human rights legislation, at the Protecting Human Rights Conference at Melbourne University (3 October 2008).  
   
 Centre Success in 2009 ARC Discovery Grants! Associate Professor Jane McAdam obtained three years funding for the Centre’s Climate Change ‘Refugees’ Project which she directs, as well as being a participant in another successful project with colleagues at the University of Sydney titled, ‘Immigration Restriction and the Racial State, c. 1880 to the present’. Associate Professor Andrew Lynch with Professors Greg Craven (ACU), Neil Warren (ATAX) and George Williams, were also awarded funding for the next three years for a new project for the Centre, ‘Federalism for the 21st Century ‑ A Framework for Achieving Reform and Change’  
   
 Nicola McGarrity interviewed on Radio National’s ‘Rear Vision’ programme on Australia`s counter-terrorism laws  
   
 Nicola McGarrity interviewed on ABC’s ‘AM’ programme on terror laws  
   
 George Williams writes in the Canberra Times on hung parliaments and the ACT election  
   
 George Williams writes in the Australian Financial Review on a Charter of Rights  
   

Sep

George Williams speaks on the retirement of Chief Justice Murray Gleeson on ABC`s Radio National`s Law Report  
   
 George Williams writes in the Canberra Times on workplace relations in Australia  
   
 Cassandra Goldie graduates from UNSW with a PhD on Living in Public Space (Homelessness) and Human Rights.  
   
 Andrew Lynch, Nicola McGarrity and George Williams make a submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee on Inquiry into the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Laws Bill 2008 [No 2]  
   
 Andrew Lynch delivers a paper on the case of an Australian Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Laws at the Federal Criminal Law Conference, Sydney 5 September 2008  
   
 George Williams writes in the Canberra Times on fixed four year terms and the prospects of an early NSW election  
   
 Andrew Lynch and George Williams publish ‘Beyond a Federal Structure: Is a Constitutional Commitment to a Federal Relationship Possible?’ in the UNSWLJ  
   
 Papers from the Centre’s Federalism roundtable are included in a special thematic issue of the UNSWLJ on `Australian Federalism`  
   
 Proposals for reform of Australia`s federal arrangements by Andrew Lynch and George Williams and other scholars who participated in the Centre’s Federalism roundtable are discussed in The Australian  
   
 Dr Jane McAdam cited in the Legal Opinion of the Advocate General in the European Court of Justice  
   
 Centre Project Director, Jane McAdam promoted to Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law, UNSW  
   
 Nicola McGarrity writes in the Sydney Morning Herald on defining terrorism  
   
 Andrew Lynch writes in the Australian Financial Review on terrorism laws  
   
 Nicola McGarrity appears on ABC’s Law Report program regarding the Benbrika terror trial  
   
 Nicola McGarrity and George Williams write in The Age on the constitutionality of increasing the age pension  
   
 Centre Associate Ben Golder publishes on ‘Foucault and the Incompletion of Law’ in Volume 21:3 of the Leiden Journal of International Law for 2008 [copyright in Cambridge University Press]  
   
 George Williams writes in the Canberra Times on the four rules for referendum success  
   
 Centre Associate Ben Golder reviews Margaret Davies`s `Asking the Law Question` in the Alternative Law Journal, vol 33.2 (June 2008).  
   
 Jane McAdam interviewed by ABC Radio National on immigration detention reforms  
   
 Andrew Lynch, Nicola McGarrity and George Williams make a supplementary submission to the Clarke Inquiry into the Case of Dr Mohamed Haneef  
   

Aug

George Williams writes in the Adelaide Sunday Mail on High Court judges  
   
 George Williams writes in the Canberra Times on the mandatory detention of asylum seekers  
   
 Andrew Lynch considers the arrival of Justice Robert French on the present High Court in The Australian  
   
 George Williams writes in the Canberra Times on privacy  
   
 Sean Brennan to co-teach new Contemporary Indigenous Issues course in the postgraduate program in December 2008 with Megan Davis, Director of the Indigenous Law Centre  
   
 George Williams speaks on the powers of the Australian Building and Construction Commission  
   
 George Williams writes in the Sydney Morning Herald on Australia`s system of government  
   
 Centre submission to the Northern Territory Emergency Response Review Board on NT Intervention measures dealing with alcohol, income management and compulsory five-year leases  
   

Jul

George Williams writes on the appointment of next Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia  
   
 Dr Katharine Gelber writes at Opinion Online about academic freedom and claims of academic bias  
   
 Nicola McGaritty and George Williams write in the Sydney Morning Herald on freedom of speech  
   
 Nicola McGaritty interviewed on Law Report on World Youth Day protest  
   
 George Williams writes in the Canberra Times on the appointment of High Court judges  
   
 George Williams writes a book review on `Dreaming Again` in the Australian  
   

Jun

George Williams writes in the Age on constitutional reform  
   
 George Williams writes in the Canberra Times on Australia`s involvement in the war in Iraq  
   
 George Williams writes a review on `Blasphemy` in the Australian  
   
 Andrew Lynch discusses the issues surrounding Queensland`s fuel subsidy for its residents under the Commonwealth Constitution in The Australian  
   
 Andrew Lynch and Nicola McGarrity write for Australian Policy Online on the need for a public inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the rendition of Mamdouh Habib  
   
 Andrew Lynch publishes ‘Exceptionalism, politics and liberty: a response to Professor Tushnet from the Antipodes’ (2008) 3 International Journal of Law in Context 305  
   
 George Williams a book review on `House of Suns` in the Australian  
   
 George Williams writes on the Howard government`s legacy of enacting 44 anti-terror laws since September 11 in the Canberra Times  
   

May

Edwina MacDonald writes for the Australian Indigenous Law Review on Regional Governance for Indigenous Peoples  
   
 Nicola McGarrity joins the Centre as its new Research Associate.  
   
 George Williams writes in the Canberra Times on civil unions  
   
 Jane McAdam interviewed by New Tang Dynasty Television about the launch of her book `New Land New Law`  
   
 Andrew Lynch, Nicola McGarrity and George Williams make a submission to the Clarke Inquiry into the case of Dr Mohamed Haneef  
   
 George Williams writes in the Canberra Times on torture  
   
 Sean Brennan talks about compulsory land acquisition in the Northern Territory on ABC Radio’s Law Report  
   

Apr

George writes a book review on Halting State  
   
 George Williams writes in the Canberra Times on self-government  
   
 George Williams writes in the Australian on a Charter of Rights  
   
 George Williams writes in the Griffith Review on constitutional reform  
   
 Edwina MacDonald and George Williams write in the Griffith Review on combating terrorism  
   
 George Williams writes in the Hobart Mercury on a Tasmanian Charter of Rights  
   
 `Forced Migration, Human Rights and Security` edited by Jane McAdam now available from Hart Publishing  
   
 George Williams writes in the Canberra Times on an Indigenous Treaty  
   
 The Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law makes a submission to the Australia 2020 Summit  
   
 George Williams writes in the Australian on a republic  
   
 Stephen Keim SC reviews ‘Law and Liberty in the War on Terror’ for Hearsay, the Journal of the Bar Association of Queensland  
   
 Andrew Lynch argues that charters of rights have relevance for everybody in the community, not just a few, in the Australian  
   
 Centre Intern Jemma Hollonds and Andrew Lynch make a submission to the inquiry into the legislative arrangements to outlaw serious and organised crime groups  
   
 George Williams speaks on ABC`s AM program on Bills of Rights  
   

Mar

Professor George Williams writes in the Canberra Times on academic freedom  
   
 George Williams writes in the Sydney Morning Herald on constitutional change  
   
 George Williams writes in the Canberra Times on federalism  
   
 Andrew Lynch and George Williams make a submission to the Inquiry into the Rights of the Terminally Ill (Euthanasia Law Repeal) Bill 2008  
   

Feb

Centre Director Professor George Williams writes in the Australian on a national system industrial relations law  
   
 Centre Director Professor George Williams writes in the Herald Sun on an Australian republic  
   
 Centre Director Professor George Williams writes in the Canberra Times on constitutional reform  
   
 Centre Director Professor George Williams to speak at a seminar on a National Industrial Relations System  
   
 Centre Director Professor George Williams writes in the Canberra Times on a treaty and racism-free law  
   
 Centre Director Professor George Williams speaks on ABC National Radio on constitutional reform  
   
 Professor George Williams steps down as Centre Director, with Dr Andrew Lynch assuming the role of Acting Centre Director until the post is filled on an ongoing basis.  
   
 Justice Susan Crennan speaks at 2008 Constitutional Law Conference Dinner  
   
 Sean Brennan and Peta MacGillivray write in the Indigenous Law Bulletin on High Court litigation over coastal fishing within the boundaries of Aboriginal land  
   
 Professor George Williams speaks on freedom to participate in public debate  
   
 George Williams to speak at Above Board Public Accountability Forum  
   

Jan

Nicola McGarrity interviewed on Sunrise about whether Queensland can buy the northern part of New South Wales.  
   
 Centre Associate Ben Golder publishes on Foucault for the Radical Philosophy Review  
   
 Andrew Lynch considers the need for compensation to accompany apologies when human rights are severely breached on Australian Policy Online  
   
 Andrew Lynch responds to reports of the new Commonwealth government`s new approach to national security in Australian Policy Online  
   
 Centre Director Professor George Williams writes for the Australian about reform of government in Australia  
   
 Centre Director Professor George Williams` report released into Options for a New National Industrial Relations System  
   



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