This is one of a special series of posts exploring the public law implications of the COVID-19 pandemic. For more information on the Gilbert + Tobin Centre’s work in the area of public law and public health, see here.… Read the rest
BY SHIREEN MORRIS AND JULIAN R MURPHY
With public attention firmly focused on the pandemic response, there was little fanfare when Victoria recently passed what appears to be Australia’s first trilingual statute – the Great Ocean Road and Environs Protection … Read the rest
Welcome to the October edition of the AUSPUBLAW Australian Public Law Events Roundup. The events in this roundup were compiled in late September. Due to the evolving nature of responses to COVID-19, some of the below events may have been … Read the rest
“You CAN handle the … trial of defence members for any offence,” High Court tells Military Tribunals
BY Introduction
The Commonwealth Constitution embodies a separation of judicial power from executive and legislative power. While the boundaries between each species of power are not sharply defined, it has long been accepted that “convictions for offences … Read the rest
Western Australia’s Aboriginal Heritage Act (the Act) has the stated aim to provide for ‘the preservation, on behalf of the community, of places…traditional to the original inhabitants of Australia’. However, the Act’s use has facilitated the … Read the rest
BY This is the second post AUSPUBLAW is publishing on the Palmer Act. The first post provides an overview of the legislation and its background.
On 13 August 2020, the Western Australian Parliament amended the Mineralogy State Agreement… Read the rest
BY Earlier this year, the High Court unanimously ruled that the Australian Federal Police (AFP) had unlawfully searched journalist Annika Smethurst’s home in 2018. The Court held that the warrant for the search was invalid because it did … Read the rest
Welcome to the September edition of the AUSPUBLAW Australian Public Law Events Roundup. The events in this roundup were compiled in late August. Due to the evolving nature of responses to COVID-19, some of the below events may have been … Read the rest
BY NICK SEDDON
This post introduces a very strange story. It is about the Western Australian government’s legislative attempt to shut down Mr Clive Palmer’s arbitration claims to an estimated $30 billion, an amount that is about equal to the … Read the rest
BY JESSICA KERR
Much is expected of judicial officers in Australia. They are unique public figures holding an ‘extraordinary, status-based position’, a focal point for discussions of confidence in the justice system and the strength of national commitment … Read the rest
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