BY GRAEME ORR
On Saturday 28 March, Queensland held its four-yearly local government elections. Ten days before, its Parliament had adjourned. It is up to the executive whether or when it will sit in the next six months. On that … Read the rest
BY KENT BLORE
Late last year, the Dutch case of Urgenda made international headlines when the Dutch Supreme Court found its government in breach of the rights to life and privacy for failing to scale up its emissions reductions targets … Read the rest
Welcome to the April edition of the AUSPUBLAW Australian Public Law Events Roundup. The events in this roundup were compiled in late March. Due to the evolving nature of responses to COVID-19, some of the below events may have been … Read the rest
BY ANDREW EDGAR
In a disturbingly short period of time the coronavirus crisis has disrupted most aspects of Australian life – the economy, social and cultural activities, education, and transport. It is now also becoming clear that it is affecting … Read the rest
BY Late last year, Dr Galarrwuy Yunupingu made news when he announced his intention to make a compensation claim in relation to Commonwealth grants of mining interests in the Gove Peninsula in the 1960s. The claim was lodged … Read the rest
BY EDDIE SYNOT
This is the first of two posts AUSPUBLAW is featuring on the High Court’s Love and Thoms decision. Elisa Arcioni and Rayner Thwaites’ accompanying post is here.
The High Court recently delivered its highly anticipated decision … Read the rest
BY ELISA ARCIONI AND RAYNER THWAITES
This is the second of two posts AUSPUBLAW is featuring on the High Court’s Love and Thoms decision. Eddie Synot’s accompanying post is here.
Introduction
On Tuesday 11 February 2020, the High Court … Read the rest
Welcome to the March edition of the AUSPUBLAW Australian Public Law Events Roundup. Please note that due to the evolving nature of responses to coronavirus, some of the below events may have been cancelled, postponed or otherwise amended. Please consult … Read the rest
BY GENNA CHURCHES AND MONIKA ZALNIERIUTE
Australia has a long history of elevating security and law enforcement concerns above the protection of fundamental rights. Perhaps this is reflective of Australia’s lack of a federal human rights Bill or Charter. We … Read the rest
BY JACK MAXWELL
… Read the rest‘The spectre was raised in argument of a Government seeking to rule without Parliament or, at the least, dispense with its sitting for very lengthy periods. … We do not believe that it is helpful to consider
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