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Oct

Edward Santow interviewed by the Australian Financial Review on charters of human rights in Australia  
   
 Edward Santow speaks on ‘Agitating for Change, Getting Involved: New State and Federal Human Rights Initiatives’ at the Rights, Reconciliation, Respect and Responsibility Conference at UTS on 1 October 2008.  
   
 Edward Santow speaks on Australian developments outside Victoria and the ACT in human rights legislation, at the Protecting Human Rights Conference at Melbourne University (3 October 2008).  
   

Sep

George Williams speaks on the retirement of Chief Justice Murray Gleeson on ABC`s Radio National`s Law Report  
   
 George Williams writes in the Canberra Times on workplace relations in Australia  
   
 Cassandra Goldie graduates from UNSW with a PhD on Living in Public Space (Homelessness) and Human Rights.  
   
 Andrew Lynch, Nicola McGarrity and George Williams make a submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee on Inquiry into the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Laws Bill 2008 [No 2]  
   
 Andrew Lynch delivers a paper on the case of an Australian Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Laws at the Federal Criminal Law Conference, Sydney 5 September 2008  
   
 George Williams writes in the Canberra Times on fixed four year terms and the prospects of an early NSW election  
   
 Andrew Lynch and George Williams publish ‘Beyond a Federal Structure: Is a Constitutional Commitment to a Federal Relationship Possible?’ in the UNSWLJ  
   
 Papers from the Centre’s Federalism roundtable are included in a special thematic issue of the UNSWLJ on `Australian Federalism`  
   
 Proposals for reform of Australia`s federal arrangements by Andrew Lynch and George Williams and other scholars who participated in the Centre’s Federalism roundtable are discussed in The Australian  
   
 Dr Jane McAdam cited in the Legal Opinion of the Advocate General in the European Court of Justice  
   
 Centre Project Director, Jane McAdam promoted to Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law, UNSW  
   
 Nicola McGarrity writes in the Sydney Morning Herald on defining terrorism  
   
 Andrew Lynch writes in the Australian Financial Review on terrorism laws  
   
 Nicola McGarrity appears on ABC’s Law Report program regarding the Benbrika terror trial  
   
 Nicola McGarrity and George Williams write in The Age on the constitutionality of increasing the age pension  
   
 Centre Associate Ben Golder publishes on ‘Foucault and the Incompletion of Law’ in Volume 21:3 of the Leiden Journal of International Law for 2008 [copyright in Cambridge University Press]  
   
 George Williams writes in the Canberra Times on the four rules for referendum success  
   
 Centre Associate Ben Golder reviews Margaret Davies`s `Asking the Law Question` in the Alternative Law Journal, vol 33.2 (June 2008).  
   
 Jane McAdam interviewed by ABC Radio National on immigration detention reforms  
   
 Andrew Lynch, Nicola McGarrity and George Williams make a supplementary submission to the Clarke Inquiry into the Case of Dr Mohamed Haneef  
   

Aug

George Williams writes in the Adelaide Sunday Mail on High Court judges  
   
 George Williams writes in the Canberra Times on the mandatory detention of asylum seekers  
   
 Andrew Lynch considers the arrival of Justice Robert French on the present High Court in The Australian  
   
 George Williams writes in the Canberra Times on privacy  
   
 Sean Brennan to co-teach new Contemporary Indigenous Issues course in the postgraduate program in December 2008 with Megan Davis, Director of the Indigenous Law Centre  
   
 George Williams speaks on the powers of the Australian Building and Construction Commission  
   
 George Williams writes in the Sydney Morning Herald on Australia`s system of government  
   
 Centre submission to the Northern Territory Emergency Response Review Board on NT Intervention measures dealing with alcohol, income management and compulsory five-year leases  
   

Jul

George Williams writes on the appointment of next Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia  
   
 Dr Katharine Gelber writes at Opinion Online about academic freedom and claims of academic bias  
   
 Nicola McGaritty and George Williams write in the Sydney Morning Herald on freedom of speech  
   
 Nicola McGaritty interviewed on Law Report on World Youth Day protest  
   
 George Williams writes in the Canberra Times on the appointment of High Court judges  
   
 George Williams writes a book review on `Dreaming Again` in the Australian  
   

Jun

George Williams writes in the Age on constitutional reform  
   
 George Williams writes in the Canberra Times on Australia`s involvement in the war in Iraq  
   
 George Williams writes a review on `Blasphemy` in the Australian  
   
 Andrew Lynch discusses the issues surrounding Queensland`s fuel subsidy for its residents under the Commonwealth Constitution in The Australian  
   
 Andrew Lynch and Nicola McGarrity write for Australian Policy Online on the need for a public inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the rendition of Mamdouh Habib  
   
 Andrew Lynch publishes ‘Exceptionalism, politics and liberty: a response to Professor Tushnet from the Antipodes’ (2008) 3 International Journal of Law in Context 305  
   
 George Williams a book review on `House of Suns` in the Australian  
   
 George Williams writes on the Howard government`s legacy of enacting 44 anti-terror laws since September 11 in the Canberra Times  
   

May

Edwina MacDonald writes for the Australian Indigenous Law Review on Regional Governance for Indigenous Peoples  
   
 Nicola McGarrity joins the Centre as its new Research Associate.  
   
 George Williams writes in the Canberra Times on civil unions  
   
 Jane McAdam interviewed by New Tang Dynasty Television about the launch of her book `New Land New Law`