New today on AUSPUBLAW: Julian R Murphy unpacks what Ravbar tells us about the ways in which private communications might be relevant to the interpretation, and judicial review, of legislation: www.auspublaw.org/blog/2025/08...

Our August events roundup is live! There's a range of interesting events and opportunities scheduled for August and beyond: www.auspublaw.org/events

New today on AUSPUBLAW: Jason Donnelly and Chris Honnery unpack the central issues in Plaintiff S15/2025, including the scope of Australia’s non-refoulement obligations, and outline lessons for practitioners: www.auspublaw.org/blog/2025/07...

New today on AUSPUBLAW: Nina Dillon Britton explores whether the UK Supreme Court's decision on the meaning of 'women' under the Equality Act 2010 (UK) could influence Australian courts in interpreting the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth): www.auspublaw.org/blog/2025/07...

Our July events roundup is live! There's a range of interesting events and opportunities scheduled for July and beyond: www.auspublaw.org/events

New today on AUSPUBLAW: As negotiations to form a treaty with First Peoples continue in Victoria, Harry Hobbs and Lorne Neudorf explore how a First Peoples’ representative body might be given effective legislative authority: www.auspublaw.org/blog/2025/6/...

New today on AUSPUBLAW: Douglas McDonald-Norman looks at how the High Court's judgment in CZA19 v Commonwealth; DBD24 v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs could inform constitutional debates in India: www.auspublaw.org/blog/2025/05...

New today on AUSPUBLAW: Dane Luo critically evaluates the arguments around parliamentary privilege raised in Sofronoff v ACT Integrity Commission: www.auspublaw.org/blog/2025/05...

Our May events roundup is live! There's a range of interesting events and opportunities scheduled for May and beyond: www.auspublaw.org/events

Our April events roundup is live! There's a range of interesting events and opportunities scheduled for April and beyond: www.auspublaw.org/events

New today on AUSPUBLAW: Cherry Tang and Eden Blair take a look at the High Court's 2024 judgment in R v Hatahet and whether the likelihood of parole can be taken into account in sentencing: www.auspublaw.org/blog/2025/3/...

Our March events roundup is live! There's a range of interesting events and opportunities scheduled for March and beyond: www.auspublaw.org/events

New today on AUSPUBLAW: Kent Blore looks at what the High Court’s decision in DPP v Smith tells us about how s 32(1) of the Victorian Charter of Human Rights might be used in statutory interpretation down the road: www.auspublaw.org/blog/2025/02...

New today on AUSPUBLAW: Patrick Hossack looks at what the High Court’s decision in Attorney-General (Tas) v Casimaty can teach us about statutory interpretation, justiciability, and the scope of parliamentary privilege: www.auspublaw.org/blog/2025/02...

New today on AUSPUBLAW: Dane Luo explains what we can learn about the constitutional principle of dualism from Australia's legal framework for ICC arrest warrants: www.auspublaw.org/home/2025/01...

Our December events roundup is live! There's a range of interesting events and opportunities scheduled for December and beyond: www.auspublaw.org/events

New today on AUSPUBLAW: As Parliament considers three controversial migration bills, Anna Talbot writes on ASF17 v Cth, the circumstances in which indefinite immigration detention remains constitutionally permissible, and the illusion of choice for refugees: www.auspublaw.org/blog/2024/11...

New today on AUSPUBLAW: Sebastian Long analyses whether South Australia’s proposed ban on political donations could be susceptible to constitutional challenge: www.auspublaw.org/blog/2024/11...

New today on AUSPUBLAW: Samuel Naylor critically examines Division 105A of the Commonwealth Criminal Code, in light of the INSLM’s 2023 report and Hollingworth J’s judgment in Benbrika v AG [2024]: www.auspublaw.org/blog/2024/11...

New today on AUSPUBLAW: Theunis Roux offers his rich insights on the Global South critique of liberal constitutionalism - once again, fresh from his plenary at the ICON-S Australia-NZ Chapter Conference: www.auspublaw.org/home/2024/11...

New today on AUSPUBLAW: Ben Schonthal offers his reflections on how the ‘Southern Turn’ might impact the what, where and how of comparative constitutional law. A reworking of his plenary at the inaugural ICON-S Australia-NZ Chapter Conference: www.auspublaw.org/blog/2024/11...

Today on AUSPUBLAW we conclude our mini series on Yunupingu v Cth! Lael Weis offers her reflections on the idea that native title rights fall outside the scope of s 51(xxxi) because they are ‘inherently defeasible’ - a major focus in the hearing: www.auspublaw.org/blog/2024/10...

New today on AUSPUBLAW: In the first post in a mini series on Yunupingu v Cth, Sean Brennan explores the significance of the case for native title and constitutional law: www.auspublaw.org/blog/2024/10...

Our October events roundup is now live! There's a range of interesting events and opportunities scheduled for this month and beyond! www.auspublaw.org/events

Our September events roundup is now live! There's a range of interesting events and opportunities scheduled for this month and beyond! www.auspublaw.org/events

New today on AUSPUBLAW: Lucinda O'Brien and Vivien Chen unpack their research on government debt collection after Robodebt: www.auspublaw.org/blog/2024/8/...

New today on AUSPUBLAW: Lisa Burton Crawford reflects on deference, constitutional law norms and values in complex administrative states and why the SCOTUS decision to overrule Chevron deference in Loper Bright should be of interest to Australian public lawyers: www.auspublaw.org/home/2024/8/...

New today on AUSPUBLAW: Harry Sanderson discusses the US Supreme Court’s abolition of Chevron deference in Loper Bright Enterprises v Raimondo: www.auspublaw.org/blog/2024/8/...

Our August events roundup is now live! There's a range of interesting seminars, conferences and opportunities scheduled for this month and beyond! www.auspublaw.org/events

New today on AUSPUBLAW: Riley O’Keeffe analyses how the Public Interest Disclosures Act 2022 (NSW) - which introduces new protections for whistleblowers and new requirements for NSW public sector agencies - works in practice: www.auspublaw.org/blog/2024/7/...

Our July events roundup is now live! A whole host of interesting conferences, seminars and opportunities this month - check it out! www.auspublaw.org/events

New today on AUSPUBLAW: Benjamin B Saunders responds to reflections from James Stellios and Leslie Gonye on his book ‘Responsible Government and the Australian Constitution’: www.auspublaw.org/home/2024/7/...

New today on AUSPUBLAW: Leslie Gonye provides the second post in our book forum on Benjamin B Saunders' 'Responsible Government and the Australian Constitution': www.auspublaw.org/blog/2024/6/...

New today on AUSPUBLAW: James Stellios provides the first post in our book forum on Benjamin B Saunders' book 'Responsible Government and the Australian Constitution'. www.auspublaw.org/blog/2024/6/...

New today on AUSPUBLAW: Michael Legg and Felicity Bell dive into Bruce Lehrmann v Network Ten and unpack how legal costs work in Australian litigation and how this impacts access to justice: www.auspublaw.org/home/2024/6/...

New today on AUSPUBLAW: William Partlett discusses the High Court's recent judgment in AB v IBAC, and reflects on how anti-corruption oversight could be improved: www.auspublaw.org/home/2024/6/...

New today on AUSPUBLAW: Janina Boughey discusses the High Court’s recent judgment in MICMA v McQueen and reflects on departmental advice in ministerial decision-making. www.auspublaw.org/home/2024/5/...

Today is @dougmcdnor.bsky.social 's last day as a Joint Editor of AUSPUBLAW. We're delighted to welcome Sangeetha Pillai and Kelly Yoon to the blog as Joint Editors, and we're really looking forward to their work on the blog!

New today on AUSPUBLAW: Amy Tan discusses the implications of a federal Human Rights Act for climate change litigation. www.auspublaw.org/blog/2024/4/...

New today on AUSPUBLAW: @dougmcdnor.bsky.social discusses the High Court's recent judgment in LPDT v MICSMSMA and the evolving law of materiality. He also quotes j-hope from BTS!

New today on AUSPUBLAW: Jerry Leung, Maxen Williams and Kevin Zou discuss reasons why the executive should exercise restraint before making complaints against judges. www.auspublaw.org/blog/2024/4/...

New today on AUSPUBLAW: Chris Honnery analyses the High Court's recent judgment in Ismail v MICMA. www.auspublaw.org/blog/2024/4/...

New today on AUSPUBLAW: Kate Bones examines the High Court's recent judgments in MICMSMA v Thornton and Lesianawai v MICMA. www.auspublaw.org/blog/2024/4/...

New today on AUSPUBLAW: Joe McIntyre discusses what the resignation of Justice Lex Lasry tells us about judicial complaints commissions. www.auspublaw.org/blog/2024/3/...

New today on AUSPUBLAW: Joel Townsend and Emily Singh discuss variation of merits review rights within the proposed Administrative Review Tribunal. www.auspublaw.org/blog/2024/3/...

New today on AUSPUBLAW: Daniel Ghezelbash, Mia Bridle and Keyvan Dorostkar discuss review of migration decisions under the Administrative Review Tribunal Bill: www.auspublaw.org/blog/2024/3/...

New today on AUSPUBLAW: Joe McIntyre discusses reforms to appointment processes under the Administrative Review Tribunal Bill. Featuring a bonus reference to iconic K-pop superstars Stray Kids! www.auspublaw.org/blog/2024/3/...

New today on AUSPUBLAW: as the first post in our forum on the Administrative Review Tribunal Bill, Ellen Rock discusses key issues arising from the Bill. www.auspublaw.org/blog/2024/3/...

New today on AUSPUBLAW: Rosalind Dixon discusses the implications of Cass Sunstein's theories for the interpretation of the Australian Constitution. www.auspublaw.org/blog/2024/2/...

New today on AUSPUBLAW: @brendatronson.bsky.social discusses ChatGPT and its implications for legal ethics and the institutional integrity of the courts. www.auspublaw.org/blog/2024/2/...