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.
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