Select Publications
Conference Presentations
2018, 'Temporary Judicial Officers: Best Practice in Comparative Perspective', presented at Conference of the International Society of Public Law, University of Hong Kong, 25 June 2018 - 27 June 2018
,2018, 'Author Meets Reader: The 9/11 Effect', presented at International Conference on Law & Society, Honolulu, USA, 05 June 2018 - 08 June 2018
,2017, 'Cultural Diversity in the Law: The William Lee Address', presented at Asian-Australian Lawyers' Association Conference, Law Society of New South Wales, Sydney, 13 September 2017 - 13 September 2017
,2017, 'Keep Calm and Carry On: Why the Increasing Automation of Legal Services Should Deepen and Not Diminish Legal Education', presented at The Future of Legal Education Conference, Australian Academy of Law, Sydney, 11 August 2017 - 13 August 2017
,2017, 'Contemporary Challenges Facing the Australian Judiciary', presented at Courts, Power, Public Law: ICON-S Annual Meeting, Copenhagen, 05 July 2017 - 07 July 2017
,2016, 'Integrity in Judicial Ethics and Regulation: The Challenges of Judicial Incapacity', presented at International Legal Ethics Conference VII, Fordham Law School, New York, 14 July 2016 - 16 July 2016
,2016, 'With the Support of the Profession: The Role and Responsibilities of Lawyers' Professional Associations in Judicial Appointments', presented at International Legal Ethics Conference VII, Fordham Law School, New York, 14 July 2016 - 16 July 2016
,2016, 'Intergovernmental Relations and Health Policy', presented at The Politics of Australian Health Policy Workshop, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law, University of New South Wales, Sydney, 12 May 2016 - 12 May 2016
,2016, 'A Decade of the United Kingdom's Judicial Appointments Commission: What Lessons are There for Australia?', presented at Supreme and Federal Court Judges Conference, Brisbane, 25 January 2016 - 27 January 2016
,2015, 'Diversity without a Judicial Appointments Commission: The Australian Experience', presented at Appointing Judges in an Age of Diversity Conference, Brisbane, 06 November 2015 - 07 November 2015
,2015, 'Revisiting Judicial Appointments Reform in Australia', presented at Australian Association of Constitutional Law Conference, Federal Court of Australia, Sydney, 19 October 2015
,2015, 'National Security', presented at Constitutional Deliberations: ANU Public Law Weekend, Australian National University, 01 October 2015 - 02 October 2015
,2015, 'Keep Your Distance: Independence, Individualism and Decision-making on Multi-member Courts', presented at Judicial Independence in Australia: Contemporary Challenges, Future Directions Conference, University of Queensland, 10 July 2015 - 11 July 2015
,2015, 'The Constitution and Funding of Family and Relationship Services', presented at Annual Conference of Family & Relationship Services Australia, Canberra, 25 March 2015
,2015, 'Williams (No 2)', presented at Constitutional Law Conference, Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law, Sydney, 13 February 2015
,2014, 'Judicial Diversity in Australia and the United Kingdom: A Common Objective; Distinct Approaches', presented at Society of Legal Scholars' Conference, University of Nottingham, 11 September 2014 - 11 September 2014
,2014, 'Ends and Means: The New Ruthless Doctor', presented at Politics and Law of Doctor Who Symposium, Centre for Law, Society and Popular Culture, Westminster Law School, University of Westminster, London, 05 September 2014
,2014, 'Williams Mark II: Commonwealth Spending, Benefits to Students and School Chaplaincy', presented at Current Constitutional Controversies Occasional Colloquium Series, University of Queensland and Supreme Court Library Queensland, Brisbane, 19 August 2014
,2014, 'All Things Being Equal: Merit and Diversity in Judicial Appointments', presented at College of Law Presentation, Australian National University, Canberra, 31 July 2014
,2014, 'Local Government in the Federation', presented at Getting Down to Business: National General Assembly of Local Government, Canberra, 16 June 2014
,2014, 'Parliamentary Sovereignty and Co-operative Federalism', presented at Attorney-General's Department Constitutional Law Symposium, Canberra, 15 April 2014
,2013, 'Judicial Dissent, Diversity and Electoral Politics', presented at The High Court, The Constitution and Australian Politics, Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law, University of New South Wales, Sydney, 07 November 2013
,2013, 'Beyond Sex on the High Court: What Diversity Means Now', presented at Australian Lawyers' Alliance Conference, Canberra, 25 October 2013
,2013, 'Federalism in Australian Constitutional Interpretation: The Significance of Williams v Commonwealth', presented at After Williams Colloquium, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, 04 October 2013
,2013, 'The MRRT: The Constitutional Context and Challenge', presented at Australian Political Studies Association Conference, Murdoch University, Perth, 02 October 2013 - 02 October 2013
,2013, 'Roles and Responsibilities', presented at Sir Samuel Griffith Symposium: Australia's Federal Future, ANZSOG and Griffith University, Brisbane, 26 July 2013
,2013, 'Australian Intergovernmental Relations: Ripe for Reform?', presented at Gender and Intergovernmental Relations: Australian and International Perspectives Conference, University of New South Wales, Sydney, 16 May 2013 - 17 May 2013
,2012, 'Williams v Commonwealth', presented at 2012 Government Solicitors Conference, Law Society of NSW, Sydney, 28 August 2012
,2012, 'Judicial Diversity: Is Disagreement a Positive Objective in Law?', presented at International Conference on Law & Society, Honolulu, USA, 05 June 2012 - 08 June 2012
,2012, 'Rule of Law & the Commonwealth Principles: Terrorism, Emergency Laws & Human Rights', presented at Commonwealth Regional Law Association Conference, Sydney, 19 April 2012
,2011, 'Secrecy and Control Orders: The Role and Vulnerability of Constitutional Values', presented at Secrecy, National Security and the Vindication of Constitutional Law, International Association of Constitutional Law: Research Group on Constitutional Responses to Terrorism, Milan, Italy, 02 December 2011
,2011, 'Judicial Dissent and Strategy', presented at A Big Day Out for Judicial Development: South Australian Judicial Education Committee Conference, Adelaide, 03 November 2011
,2011, 'National Priorities and State Referrals: The Age of Section 51 (xxxvii)', presented at Sixteenth Public Law Weekend : 10 Years on from September 11 the Impact on Public Law, Australian National University, Canberra, 10 September 2011
,2011, 'Contemporary Challenges and the Strengthening of Executive Power: An Australian Case Study', presented at International Association of Law Schools Conference on Constitutional Law, American University Washington College of Law and Georgetown University Law Center, Washington DC, USA, 09 September 2011 - 12 September 2011
,2011, 'COAG, the Constitution and State Accountability', presented at 3rd Annual Intergovernmental Relations Conference, National Convention Centre, Canberra, 17 August 2011
,2011, 'Commonwealth Financial Powers: Taxation, Direct Spending and Grants; Scope and Limitations', presented at Power and Politics: New Dimensions of Federalism in Australia Conference, Constitutional Centre of Western Australia, Perth, 02 July 2011
,2011, 'The Rise and Rise of the Reference Power', presented at Mechanisms of Federal Reform: Research Roundtable, Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law, Sydney, 24 March 2011 - 25 March 2011
,2011, 'The High Court on Constitutional Law: The 2010 Term', presented at 2011 Constitutional Law Conference, Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law, Sydney, 18 February 2011
,2010, 'The Tenacity of Bad Law: Why Ani-Terrorism Laws Proliferate and Persist', presented at VIIIth World Congress of the International Association of Constitutional Law, Mexico City, 06 December 2010 - 10 December 2010
,2010, 'Entrenching 'Cooperative Federalism': Is It Time To Formalise COAG's Place In The Australian Federation?', presented at Conference of the Australian Political Studies Association, University of Melbourne, 27 September 2010 - 29 September 2010
,2010, 'The High Court on Constitutional Law: The 2010 Term', presented at Constitutional Law Conference, Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law, Sydney, 05 August 2010
,2010, 'The Fair Work Act: The Referrals Power Comes to the Rescue Once More', presented at Public Lecture, ANU College of Law, Australian Labour Law Associations and Industrial Relations Society of the ACT, Australian National University, Canberra, 24 March 2010
,2009, 'Australian Federalism and a National Human Rights Act: Implications and Challenges', presented at Australian Political Studies Association Conference 2009, Macquarie University, Sydney, 28 September 2009 - 30 September 2009
,2009, 'The Constitutional Licence for Laws of Control: Terrorists and Bikies', presented at NSW Young Lawyers Conference, Law Society of NSW, 28 July 2009
,2009, 'Does Australia Need a Human Rights Act?', presented at UNSW Speakers' Forum, LawSociety and Amnesty International, University of New South Wales, Sydney, 01 June 2009
,2009, 'The Legislative and Executive Branch vs The Constitutional Court and the Judiciary: Conflict or Co-operation?', presented at The German Constitution Turns 60: Human and Basic rights Through the Eyes of Germany and Australia, Australian National University, Canberra, 22 May 2009 - 23 May 2009
,2009, 'The Advantages of a Human Rights Act', presented at Amnesty International, New South Wales Annual General Meeting, Wollongong, NSW, 17 May 2009
,2009, 'Keynote Address', presented at New South Wales Schools State Constitutional Convention, Parliament of NSW, Sydney, 16 February 2009
,2009, 'The Haneef Affair: Diminished Rights, Diminished Security', Counter Terrorism and Human Rights', presented at Counter Terrorism and Human Rights Postgraduate Course, Center for Security Studies, University of Sydney, Sydney, 14 February 2009
,2008, 'Restricting Liberty under Australian Law and Practice', presented at Joint Workshop, Restrictions of Liberty of Terror Suspects, The Israel Democracy Institute and the International Committee of the Red Cross (Tel-Aviv Delegation), Jerusalem, Israel, 14 December 2008
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