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
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
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
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
This month, the High Court of Australia confronted for the first time an issue that has vexed courts around the world for decades. How can the compelling need for an impartial bureaucracy be reconciled with the fact … Read the rest
AUSPUBLAW is pleased to present another of our occasional series of book forums. In this book forum, Dani Larkin and the Hon Robert French AC reflect on Dylan Lino’s Constitutional Recognition: First Peoples and the Australian Settler State. Dylan … Read the rest
Dani Larkin provides the first post in our book forum on Dylan Lino’s Constitutional Recognition: First Peoples and the Australian Settler State. To see all posts, please click here. Click through for a post by the Hon Robert … Read the rest
The Hon Robert French AC provides the second post in our book forum on Dylan Lino’s Constitutional Recognition: First Peoples and the Australian Settler State.? To see all posts please click here. Click through for a post … Read the rest
Dylan Lino replies to reflections from Dani Larkin and the Hon Robert French AC on his book Constitutional Recognition: First Peoples and the Australian Settler State. To see all posts please click here.
BY DYLAN LINO
Putting a … Read the rest
BY ALEX DEAGON
This is the first of three posts AUSPUBLAW is featuring on the High Court’s decision in Clubb v Edwards. Arisha Arif and Emily Azar’s accompanying post is here and Josh Gibson’s accompanying post is here.… Read the rest
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