Civics education, engagement, and participation in Australia Download PDF of the Submission Submission to Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters- Inquiry into civics education, engagement, and participation in Australia May 2024 Click here to read all the...
The lion’s den The strange phenomenon of self-defeating defamation cases Click Here to go to What Katy Did Substack Article by Professor Katy Barnett, Professor at Melbourne Law School First Published on Substack, What Katy Did. “Having escaped the lions’ den,...
Comparison of the Federation of Australia and the United States of America The United States of America and Australia share many of the same foundations. In particular, both have systems of Government that derive from the British system of law and government with...
Part II: Human Rights Breaches- Arbitrary Interference on Right to Privacy How does NSW ICAC measure up? NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption (“ICAC”) first principal function as set out in the Independent Commission Against Corruption Act 1988...
Anti-Corruption Bodies The Separation of Powers is designed to provide checks and balances on power. Recently there has been an emergence of statutory bodies that sit ‘outside’ of the Legislature, Executive and Judiciary, intended to act as an additional check...
First Nation’s Voice to Parliament: The Argument for Voting NO Why we cannot vote YES to the current referendum proposal Constitutional recognition of Indigenous people is desirable and can be achieved. However, this referendum on the Voice is the wrong way to...
