The Rule of Law Institute of Australia (RoLIA) is delighted to announce the appointment of Kate Burns as its new Chief Executive Officer. Kate will lead the Institute’s initiatives and educational programs and promote the importance of the rule of law in Australia....
This week RoLIA Vice President, Malcolm Stewart, was interviewed by senior writer for the Melbourne Age, John Watson, about the creep of coercive powers in Australia. Extracts from the article entitled ‘More Power, Fewer Rights’ and links to the full text...
RoLIA interviewed by LexisNexis: To understand the rule of law, one must understand it as the result of an ongoing historical process…Today, the concept has become synonymous with accountability and transparency, but there have been missteps along the way –...
RoLIA Vice President, Malcolm Stewart joined a panel which also included Professor Andreas Schloenhardt (of the TC Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland) and Wayne Baffsky (Barrister) in discussing this important topic. Mr Stewart identified that the...
RoLIA awarded three students from the University of Technology, Sydney, with prizes for their essays on the rule of law and regulation of the media. The Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Theo van Leeuwen, and RoLIA Vice President, Malcolm Stewart...