News

Tuesday 10 May 2005
Submission made to Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters on Conduct of the 2004 Federal Election
Monday 2 May 2005
Devika Hovell writes on International Law, Terrorism and the Use of Force in the new special edition of the University of New South Wales Law Journal
Monday 2 May 2005
Bryan Mercurio and Centre Director write on Australian Electoral Law: Free and Fair?
Saturday 30 April 2005
Megan Davis writes on International Human Rights Law and the Recognition of Aboriginal Customary Law for the WA Law Reform Commission inquiry into Aboriginal Customary Law)
Monday 25 April 2005
Centre Director appointed as chair of the Victorian Human Rights Consultation committee, as reported by Press Release by Attorney-General Rob Hulls and in the Herald Sun and The Age. Statement of Intent now available
Monday 25 April 2005
Centre Director to discuss Bills of Rights issues with Professor Larissa Behrendt at the Sydney Writers` Festival on Saturday 28 May
Wednesday 20 April 2005
Treaty forthcoming by Federation Press to be launched at the Sydney Writer`s Festival on 27 May 2005. Cover now available. Launch invite also available
Wednesday 20 April 2005
Submission made to Senate Legal and Constitutional Committee on Migration Litigation Reform Bill 2005
Friday 15 April 2005
Centre Director writes for the Courier Mail and the Sydney Morning Herald on the Flaws in Federalism
Friday 15 April 2005
Centre Director speaks on ABC Radio`s Perspective on the appointment of High Court judges
Sunday 10 April 2005
Submission made to Senate Legal and Constitutional Committee on National Security Information Legislation Amendment Bill 2005
Sunday 10 April 2005
Centre Director speaks on ABC Television`s 7.30 Report and ABC Radio`s PM program on limitations upon Parliamentary privilege
Tuesday 5 April 2005
Centre Director appears on ABC Television`s Stateline on Federalism and GST revenues
Wednesday 30 March 2005
Submission made to Parliamentary Joint Committee on ASIO, ASIS and DSD on Questioning and Detention Powers
Friday 25 March 2005
Centre Associate Ben Golder reviews Prue Vines`s Law and Justice in Australia in the Sydney Law Review`
Friday 25 March 2005
Bryan Mercurio publishes an article in Currents: International Trade Law Journal analysing Australia's contribution to the jurisprudence of the WTO Dispute Settlement Understanding
Sunday 20 March 2005
Centre Director talks on ABC Radio`s AM program about the corporations power and its use in the field of industrial relations
Tuesday 15 March 2005
Submission made to House of Representatives Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs on Harmonisation of Legal Systems
Saturday 12 March 2005
Ben Golder and Centre Director write for On Line Opinion on The Tricky Problem of Defining Terrorism
Friday 25 February 2005
Centre Director on ABC Television`s Lateline on a Bill of Rights for Australia