By Bronwyn Waugh. B.Bus. JD. Barrister andSolicitor. Director Cornerstone Legal. Introduction The State passed legislation to arbitrarily seize land from the City of Perth without the payment of Compensation. This should make us all shake in our boots, but the […]
Speech by Professor Philip Evans, Sheridan Institute of Higher Education, 4th April 2023 Introduction Mr Darren Smith – Executive Principal – Sheridan Institute of Higher Education Commissioner Finlay, Professor Moens and Professor Zimmermann. Firstly I wish to acknowledge the traditional […]
By Augusto Zimmermann LLB, LLM, PhD The Australian Law Reform Commission (‘ALRC’) has recently released its consultation paper on the subject of “Religious Education Institutions and Anti-Discrimination Laws”.[1] The paper proposes the near complete removal of any protections to these […]
By Professor Augusto Zimmermann PhD, LLB, LLM, CIArb President, The Western Australian Legal Theory Association (WALTA) Commissioner, Law Reform Commission of Western Australia (2012-2017) Download this article 1. First Considerations 2. Electronic Voting Machines 3. Judicial Measures to Combat “Misinformation […]
Dear Chair, I am writing to manifest my protest against the appalling behaviour of a member of your Joint Committee during yesterday’s public hearing. Mr Graham Perrett MP has treated me disrespectfully and discourteously. I demand an apology. Almost every […]
Attorney-General Christian Porter is seeking aggravated damages over a story written by journalist Louise Milligan, which was published on 26nd February and headlined: ‘Scott Morrison, senators and AFP told of historical rape allegation against Cabinet Minister’.
Gabriël A. Moens AM is Emeritus Professor of Law at the University of Queensland. As he was confined to his home office, he found time to look at his previous works which go back about four decades. To our great […]
By Talitha Dall “It appears no exaggeration to say that the combined effect of s 51(xxix) and s 109 is that the Commonwealth can annihilate State legislative power in virtually every respect”[1] EXPANSION OF THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT Gibbs’ bold assertion […]
The first federal states emerged via the coming together of a number of established polities that wished to preserve their separate identities and to some extent their autonomy.[1] Some features are common to most, if not all, federal systems: distribution of power between central and local governments; a written and rigid constitution; an independent and impartial umpire to decide on disputes between these levels of government; and representation of regional views within the central government.
The Joint Select Committee on Australia’s Family Law System was appointed by resolution of the Senate on 18 September 2019 and resolution of the House of Representatives on 19 September 2019. The terms of reference of the committee’s inquiry explicitly require the committee to consider the present operation of the family law system in Australia.