Please see below a message from Associate Professor Sarah Murray (University of Western Australia) and Associate Professor Dean Knight (Victoria University of Wellington):
… Read the restThe International Society of Public Law, ICON-S, is pleased to announce the formation of a new
BY ANNE TWOMEY
Parliamentary privilege was established for the purposes of protecting Members of Parliament from being prosecuted or penalised for what they debated in Parliament or from being controlled by the executive in what they were permitted to debate. … Read the rest
Welcome to the December edition of the AUSPUBLAW Australian Public Law Events Roundup.
Remember, if you have an AUSPUBLAW opportunity, conference or significant public lecture that you would like included in this roundup, please contact us at auspublaw@unsw.edu.au. The … Read the rest
On 6 November 2019, by majority, the High Court dismissed a challenge to the constitutionality of s 5(1) of the Crimes (Serious Crime Prevention Orders) Act 2016 (NSW) (the Act). The challenge was brought on … Read the rest
BY KEIRAN HARDY
In August 2019, the intelligence officer known as Witness K indicated he would plead guilty to a conspiracy charge under s 39 of the Intelligence Services Act 2001 (Cth) (ISA). That section prohibits the disclosure of information … Read the rest
Welcome to the November edition of the AUSPUBLAW Australian Public Law Events Roundup.
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BY NICHOLAS ARONEY AND DANIEL WHITMORE
In May 2019 the High Court of Australia held by majority (Kiefel CJ, Bell, Gageler and Keane JJ) that a provision of the Commonwealth electoral law was invalid, on the basis that it was … Read the rest
Welcome to the October edition of the AUSPUBLAW Australian Public Law Events Roundup.
We are very excited that from October, the AUSPUBLAW blog will be co-facilitated by the Australian Association of Constitutional Law in partnership with the Gilbert + Tobin … Read the rest
BY BRUCE DYER
Dual citizen parliamentarians are banned under Australia’s Constitution – even if they don’t know of their foreign citizenship. The far-reaching implications of this are evident from Re Canavan and Re Gallagher.
The dual citizen ban results … Read the rest
Welcome to the September edition of the AUSPUBLAW Australian Public Law Events Roundup.
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