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George Williams

Publications


Authored Books
Edited Books
Edited Journal Issues
Book Chapters
Journal Features
Refereed Articles
Book Reviews
Government Papers and Reports
Research Papers
Electronic Publications
General Media


Authored Books

A Charter of Rights for Australia (UNSW Press, 2007), 1-96.

Work Choices: What the High Court Said (Federation Press, 2007), 1-190 (with Andrew Stewart).

What Price Security? Taking Stock of Australia’s Anti-Terror Laws (UNSW Press, 2006) 1-95 (with Andrew Lynch) (shortlisted by the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission for its 2007 Human Rights Arts Non-Fiction Award)..

No Country is an Island: Australia and International Law (UNSW Press, 2006), 1-175 (with Hilary Charlesworth, Madelaine Chiam, Devika Hovell) (highly commended by the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission for its 2006 Human Rights Arts Non-Fiction Award).

Australian Constitutional Law and Theory: Commentary and Materials (Federation Press, 4th ed 2006), 1-1474; (Federation Press, 4th abridged ed 2006) (both with Tony Blackshield).

Treaty (Federation Press, 2005), 1-176 (with Sean Brennan, Larissa Behrendt and Lisa Strelein).

The Case for an Australian Bill of Rights: Freedom in the War on Terror (UNSW Press, 2004), 1-95.

Australian Constitutional Law and Theory: Commentary and Materials (Federation Press, 3rd ed 2002), 1-1376 (with Tony Blackshield).

A Bill of Rights for Australia (UNSW Press, 2000), 1-61.

Human Rights under the Australian Constitution (Oxford University Press, 1999 (hardback) 2002 (paperback)), 1-317.

Labour Law and the Constitution (Federation Press, 1998), 1-164.

Australian Constitutional Law and Theory: Commentary and Materials (Federation Press, 2nd ed 1998), 1-1256 (with Tony Blackshield).

Australian Constitutional Law and Theory: Commentary and Materials (Federation Press, 1996), 1-1033 (with Tony Blackshield and Brian Fitzgerald).




Edited Books

Law and Liberty in the War on Terror (Federation Press, 2007), 1-252 (edited with Andrew Lynch and Edwina MacDonald).

The Fluid State: International Law and National Legal Systems (Federation Press, 2005), 1-286 (edited with Hilary Charlesworth, Madelaine Chiam and Devika Hovell).

Realising Democracy: Electoral Law in Australia (Federation Press, 2003), 1-250 (edited with Graeme Orr and Bryan Mercurio).

The Oxford Companion to the High Court of Australia (Oxford University Press, 2001), 1-804 (edited with Tony Blackshield and Michael Coper).

The High Court at the Crossroads: Essays in Constitutional Law (Federation Press, 2000), 1-242 (edited with Adrienne Stone).

Justice Lionel Murphy – Influential or Merely Prescient? (Federation Press, 1997), 1-293 (edited with Michael Coper).

Power, Parliament and the People (Federation Press, 1997), 1-223 (edited with Michael Coper).

How Many Cheers for Engineers? (Federation Press, 1997), 1-159 (edited with Michael Coper).

The Cauldron of Constitutional Change (Centre for International and Public Law, ANU, 1997), 1-109 (edited with Michael Coper).




Edited Journal Issue

‘Special Edition: A Bill of Rights for Australia’ (2003) 9(1) Australian Journal of Human Rights (with John Pace)




Book Chapters

‘Strategies to Protect Academic Freedom in Australia’ in Turk, JL, and Manson, A (eds), Free Speech in Fearful Times: After 9/11 in Canada, the US, Australia, & Europe (Lorimer, 2007), 245-252.

‘The Rule of Law and the Regulation of Terrorism in Australia and New Zealand’ in Ramraj, V, Hor, M, and Roach, K (eds), Global Anti-Terrorism Law and Policy (Cambridge University Press, 2005), 534-552.

‘International Law and National Law: Fluid States’ in Charlesworth, H, Chiam, M, Hovell, D, and Williams, G (eds), The Fluid State: International Law and National Legal Systems (Federation Press, 2005), 1-16 (with Hilary Charlesworth, Madelaine Chiam and Devika Hovell).

‘Human Rights and Judicial Review in a Nation without a Bill of Rights: The Australian Experience’ in Huscroft, G, and Brodie, I (eds), Constitutionalism in the Charter Era (Butterworths, 2004), 305-334.

‘A Supreme Court for the United Kingdom? A View from the High Court of Australia’ in Morgan, D (ed), Constitutional Innovation: The Creation of a Supreme Court for the United Kingdom; Domestic, Comparative and International Reflections (Legal Studies, 2004), 188-209 (with Tracey Stevens).

‘Foreword’ to Hocking, J, Terror Laws: ASIO, Counter-Terrorism and the Threat to Democracy (UNSW Press, 2003), vii-viii.

‘The Australian Electoral Tradition’ in Orr, G, Mercurio, B, and Williams, G (eds), Realising Democracy: Electoral Law in Australia (Federation Press, 2003), 1-6 (with Graeme Orr and Bryan Mercurio).

‘The Whitlam Government and Constitutional Reform’ in Hocking, J and Lewis, C (eds), It’s Time Again: Whitlam and Modern Labor (Circa, 2003), 195-215.

‘Constructing a Community-Based Bill of Rights’ in Campbell, T, Goldsworthy, J, and Stone, A (eds), Protecting Human Rights: Instruments and Institutions (Oxford University Press, 2003), 247-262.

‘Globalisation of the Constitution – The Impact of International Norms’ in French, R, Lindell, G, and Saunders, C (eds), Reflections on the Australian Constitution (Federation Press, 2003), 192-211.

‘Sifting the Ashes’ in Warhurst, J, and Mackerras, M (eds), Constitutional Politics: The Republic Referendum and the Future (University of Queensland Press, 2002), 131-143.

‘How Could a Unitary Industrial Relations System be Implemented?’ in Industrial Relations Forum: Proceedings (Business Council of Australia, 2001) 58-59.

‘Five Reasons to Rewrite the Constitution’ in Patmore, G (ed), The Big Makeover: A New Australian Constitution (Pluto Press, 2001), 35-47.

Bank Nationalisation Case’, ‘Communist Party Case’, ‘Defence Power’, ‘Due Process’, ‘Express Constitutional Rights’, ‘Hindmarsh Islands Bridge Case’, ‘Jehovah’s Witnesses Case’, ‘Judicial Review’, ‘Langer v Commonwealth’, ‘Leeth v Commonwealth’ in Blackshield, T, Coper, M, and Williams, G (eds) The Oxford Companion to the High Court of Australia (Oxford University Press, 2001) (some co-authored).

‘Distrust of Representative Government: Australian Experiments with Direct Democracy’ in Sawer, M, and Zappalà, G (eds), Speaking for the People: Representation in Australian Politics (Melbourne University Press, 2001), 80-99.

‘Commentary: Chapter III and the Powers of Non-Judicial Tribunals’ in Stone, A, and Williams, G (eds), The High Court at the Crossroads: Essays in Constitutional Law (Federation Press, 2000), 178-185.

‘Judicial Activism and Judicial Review in the High Court of Australia’ in Campbell, T, and Goldsworthy, J (eds), Judicial Power, Democracy and Legal Positivism (Ashgate Dartmouth, 2000), 413-430.

‘A Legal Perspective on Electoral Research’ in Peace, J, and Taylor, J (eds), Electoral Research The Core and the Boundaries (South Australian State Electoral Office, 2000), 28-35.

‘Lionel Murphy and Democracy and Rights’ in Coper, M, and Williams, G (eds), Justice Lionel Murphy – Influential or Merely Prescient? (Federation Press, 1997), 50-64.

Engineers and Implied Rights’ in Coper, M, and Williams, G (eds), How Many Cheers for Engineers? (Federation Press, 1997), 105-111.

‘The High Court and the People’ in Selby, H (ed), Tomorrow’s Law (Federation Press, 1995), 271-294.

Chapter 19.1 ‘Constitutional Law’ in Laws of Australia, Vol 19 ‘Government’ (Law Book Co, 1994), 1-127 (with Chris Caleo).

Chapter 19.5 ‘Federal Constitutional System’ in Laws of Australia, Vol 19 ‘Government’ (Law Book Co, 1994), 1-255 (with several co-authors).




Journal Features

‘Advice on the Use of Force against Iraq’ (2003) 4 Melbourne Journal of International Law 183-189 (with Devika Hovell).

‘Republic of Fiji v Prasad: Introduction’ (2001) 2 Melbourne Journal of International Law 144-150.

‘Republic of Fiji v Prasad: Respondent’s Brief’ (2001) 2 Melbourne Journal of International Law 151-190 (with Geoffrey Robertson, Anu Patel and Neel Shivam).




Refereed Articles

‘Combating Terrorism: Australia’s Criminal Code since September 11, 2001’ (2007) 16 Griffith Law Review 27-54 (with Edwina MacDonald).

‘The Constitutional Validity of Declarations of Incompatibility in Australian Charters of Rights’ (2007) 12 Deakin Law Review 1- 39 (Dominique Dalla-Pozza).

‘Banned Books and Seditious Speech: Anti-Terrorism Laws and Other Threats to Academic Freedom’ (2007) 12 Australia & New Zealand Journal of Law & Education 29-46 (with Edwina MacDonald).

‘The Promise of Regional Governance for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities’ (2007) 1 Ngiya: Talk the Law 126-166 (with Alex Reilly, Larissa Behrendt, Ruth McCausland and Mark McMillan).

‘The High Court on Constitutional Law: The 2006 Statistics’ (2007) 30 University of New South Wales Law Journal 188-203 (with Andrew Lynch).

‘Victoria’s New Charter: Human Rights and the Community’ (2007) 43 Just Policy 6-10.

‘The Victorian Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities: Origins and Scope’ (2006) 30 Melbourne University Law Review 880-905.

‘Who’s Listening? Intercepting the Telephone Calls, Emails and SMS’s of Innocent People’ (2006) 31 Alternative Law Journal 211-215 (with David Hume).

‘Australia’s Legal Response to Terrorism: Where Will it End?’ (2006) 27 Arena Journal 7-15.

‘The High Court on Constitutional Law: The 2005 Statistics’ (2006) 29 University of New South Wales Law Journal 182-197 (with Andrew Lynch).

‘Balancing National Security and Human Rights: Assessing the Legal Response of Common Law Nations to the Threat of Terrorism’ (2006) 8 Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice 43-62 (with Ben Golder).

‘The Constitution and a National Industrial Relations Regime’ (2005) 10 Deakin Law Review 498-510.

‘The High Court on Constitutional Law: The 2004 Statistics’ (2005) 28 University of New South Wales Law Journal 14 (with Andrew Lynch).

‘A Tale of Two Systems: The Use of International Law in Constitutional Interpretation in Australia and South Africa’ (2005) 29 Melbourne University Law Review 95-130 (with Devika Hovell).

‘Balancing National Security and Human Rights: Lessons from Australia’ (2005) 4(1) Borderlands e-journal <www.borderlandsejournal.adelaide.edu.au/vol4no1_2005/williams_balancing.htm>.

‘Bills of Responsibilities’ (2005) 30 Alternative Law Journal 58-62 (with Lara Kostakidis-Lianos).

‘The Australian Diaspora and the Right to Vote’ (2004) 32 University of Western Australia Law Review 1-29 (with Bryan Mercurio).

‘Australian Electoral Law: Free and Fair?’ (2004) 32 Federal Law Review 365-395 (with Bryan Mercurio).

‘What is “Terrorism”? Problems of Legal Definition’ (2004) 27 University of New South Wales Law Journal 270-295 (with Ben Golder).

‘“Sovereignty” and its Relevance to Treaty-Making Between Indigenous Peoples and Australian Governments’ (2004) 26 Sydney Law Review 307-352 (with Sean Brennan and Brenda Gunn).

‘Responding to Terrorism without a Bill of Rights: The Australian Experience’ (2004) 2 AsiaRights (Issue 2, September / October 2004) <http://rspas.anu.edu.au/asiarightsjournal/Williams.html>.

‘Human Rights and Judicial Review in a Nation without a Bill of Rights: The Australian Experience’ (2004) 23 Supreme Court Law Review (2d) 305-334.

‘The High Court on Constitutional Law: The 2003 Statistics’ (2004) 27 University of New South Wales Law Journal 88-99 (with Andrew Lynch).

‘The Constitutional Role of the Courts: A Perspective from a Nation without a Bill of Rights’ (2004) 2 New Zealand Journal of Public and International Law 25-46.

‘A Supreme Court for the United Kingdom? A View from the High Court of Australia’ (2004) 24 Legal Studies 188-209 (with Tracey Stevens).

‘The Power to Go to War: Australia in Iraq’ (2004) 15 Public Law Review 5-9.

‘The Treaty Debate, Bills of Rights and the Republic: Strategies and Lessons for Reform’ (2002) 5 Balayi: Culture, Law and Colonialism 10-24.

‘Reform of the Judicial Appointments Process: Gender and the Bench of the High Court of Australia’ (2003) 27 Melbourne University Law Review 819-863 (with Rachel Davis).

‘Deep Anxieties: Australia and the International Legal Order’ (2003) 25 Sydney Law Review 423-465 (with Hilary Charlesworth, Madelaine Chiam and Devika Hovell).

‘Review of Executive Action and the Rule of Law under the Australian Constitution’ (2003) 14 Public Law Review 219-233 (with Duncan Kerr).

‘Australian Values and the War Against Terrorism’ (2003) 26 University of New South Wales Law Journal 191-199.

‘Australian Electoral Law: A Stocktake’ (2003) 2 Election Law Journal 383-402 (with Graeme Orr and Bryan Mercurio).

‘National Security, Terrorism and Bills of Rights’ (2003) 9 Australian Journal of Human Rights 263-273.

‘Rights-based Reconciliation Needs Renewed Action from Canberra’ (2003) 28 Alternative Law Journal 122-126 (with Sean Brennan and Vanessa Bosnjak).

‘The First Step to a National Industrial Relations Regime? Workplace Relations Amendment (Termination of Employment) Bill 2002‘ (2003) 16 Australian Journal of Labour Law 94-98.

‘Guaranteeing Human Rights’ (2003) 77(9) Law Institute Journal 62-66 (with Ronnit Redman).

‘A Century of Appointments but Only One Woman’ (2003) 28 Alternative Law Journal 54-58 (with Rachel Davis).

‘A Statutory Bill of Rights for Australia? Lessons from the United Kingdom’ (2002) 22 University of Queensland Law Journal 1-19 (with Megan Davis).

‘One Year On: Australia’s Legal Response to September 11’ (2002) 27 Alternative Law Journal 212-215, 232.

‘Co-operative Federalism and the Revival of the Corporations Law: Wakim and Beyond’ (2002) 20 Company & Securities Law Journal 160-171.

‘Human Rights and the Second Century of the Australian Constitution’ (2001) 24 University of New South Wales Law Journal 782-791.

‘First Words: The Preamble to the Australian Constitution’ (2001) 24 University of New South Wales Law Journal 382-400 (with Mark McKenna and Amelia Simpson).

‘With Hope in God, the Prime Minister and the Poet: Lessons from the 1999 Referendum on the Preamble’ (2001) 24 University of New South Wales Law Journal 401-419 (with Mark McKenna and Amelia Simpson).

‘Race and the Australian Constitution: From Federation to Reconciliation’ (2000) 38 Osgoode Hall Law Journal 643-665.

‘The Australian Constitution’ (2001) 64 Australian Geographic 88-97.

‘The Case that Stopped a Coup? The Rule of Law and Constitutionalism in Fiji’ (2001) 1 Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal 73-93.

‘Electoral Challenges: Judicial Review of Parliamentary Elections in Australia’ (2001) 23 Sydney Law Review 53-94 (with Graeme Orr).

‘Freedom of Speech and Defamation: Developments in the Common Law World’ (2000) 26 Monash University Law Review 362-378 (with Adrienne Stone).

‘International Law and Constitutional Interpretation’ (2000) 11 Public Law Review 205-227 (with Amelia Simpson).

‘The Amicus Curiae and Intervener in the High Court of Australia: A Comparative Analysis’ (2000) 28 Federal Law Review 365-402.

‘Why Australia Kept the Queen’ (2000) 63 Saskatchewan Law Review 477-501.

‘Legislating for a Bill of Rights’ (2000) 25 Alternative Law Journal 62-64, 74.

‘The Failure of Citizens’ Initiated Referenda Proposals in Australia: New Directions for Popular Participation?’ (2000) 35 Australian Journal of Political Science 27-48 (with Geraldine Chin).

‘Implied Rights under the Gleeson Court’ (1999) 2 Constitutional Law and Policy Review 44-49.

‘Entrenching the GST Rate’ (1999) 1 Constitutional Law and Policy Review 61-63.

‘The High Court and the Media’ (1999) 1 UTS Law Review 136-146.

‘The High Court and the Disqualification of One of its Own’ (1999) 73 Australian Law Journal 72-80 (with Sydney Tilmouth QC).

‘Freedom of Political Discussion and Australian Electoral Laws’ (1998) 5 Canberra Law Review 151-175.

‘Australian Experiments with Community Initiated Referendum: CIR for the ACT?’ (1998) 7 Griffith Law Review 274-296 (with Geraldine Chin).

‘The Races Power Problem: The Case for Invalidity’ (1998) 9 Public Law Review 266-270.

‘The Native Title Amendment Bill 1997 (Cth): A Double Dissolution Trigger?’ (1998) 1 Constitutional Law and Policy Review 35-38.

‘The End of the Road for the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal?’ (1998) 1 Journal of Australian Taxation 31-40.

‘The Peoples’ Convention?’ (1998) 23 Alternative Law Journal 2-5.

‘Euthanasia Laws and the Australian Constitution’ (1997) 20 University of New South Wales Law Journal 647-665 (with Matthew Darke).

‘Taking the Legalism Out of Takeovers’ (1997) 71 Australian Law Journal 749-773 (with Justice GFK Santow).

‘The Return of State Awards – Section 109 of the Constitution and the Workplace Relations Act 1996 (Cth)’ (1997) 10 Australian Journal of Labour Law 170-179.

‘A New Chapter in the Regulation of Truth in Political Advertising in Australia’ (1997) 8 Public Law Review 110-114 (with Natalie Gray).

‘The Expanding Frontiers of Commonwealth Intervention in Industrial Relations: Victoria v Commonwealth (1996) 138 ALR 129’ (1997) 10 Australian Journal of Labour Law 222-228 (with Amelia Simpson).

‘Political Freedom as an Outlaw: Republican Theory and Political Protest’ (1996) 18 Adelaide Law Review 289-330 (with Simon Bronitt).

‘Legal Implications of a Republic for New South Wales’ Legislative Studies, Vol 11 No 1, Spring 1996, 1-8.

‘The Australian States and an Australian Republic’ (1996) 70 Australian Law Journal 890-901.

‘The Suppression of Communism by Force of Law: Australia in the Early 1950s’ (1996) 42 Australian Journal of Politics and History 220-240.

‘Sounding the Core of Representative Democracy: Implied Rights and Electoral Reform’ (1996) 20 Melbourne University Law Review 848-870.

‘Are Service Marks Trade Marks? Commonwealth Power over Intellectual Property’ (1995) 6 Australian Intellectual Property Journal 133-144.

‘A Republican Tradition for Australia?’ (1995) 23 Federal Law Review 133-148.

Engineers is Dead, Long Live the Engineers!’ (1995) 17 Sydney Law Review 62-87.

‘Equitable Principles for the Protection of Vulnerable Guarantors: Is the Principle in Yerkey v Jones Still Needed?’ (1994) 8 Journal of Contract Law 67-83.

‘Civil Liberties and the Constitution – A Question of Interpretation’ (1994) 5 Public Law Review 82-103.

‘The Corporations and Securities Panel – What Future?’ (1994) 12 Company & Securities Law Journal 164-177.

‘Reading the Judicial Mind: Appellate Argument in the Communist Party Case’ (1993) 15 Sydney Law Review 1-29.

‘Commonwealth Power and the Environment’ (1991) 16 Legal Service Bulletin 217-220.




Book Reviews

Donaldson, Fatal Revenant reviewed at ‘Fulfilling this Fantasy Requires a Lengthy Initiation’ The Australian (17 November 2007).

Hunt, Inventing Human Rights: A History reviewed at ‘How Human Rights Took Root in the Human Conscience’ The Australian (11 August 2007).

Sales, Detainee 002 reviewed at ‘An Objective Voice in Hicks DebateThe Australian (2 June 2007).

Williams, The Australian Constitution: A Documentary History reviewed at (2005) 5 Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal 317-321.

Solomon, The Political High Court reviewed at (1999) 73 Australian Law Journal 916.

Booker, Glass and Watt, Federal Constitutional Law: An Introduction (2nd ed) reviewed at (1998) 72 Australian Law Journal 638.

Buckley, Dale and Reynolds, Doc Evatt reviewed at Canberra Bulletin of Public Administration, No 80, September 1996, 109.

O’Neill and Handley, Retreat from Injustice: Human Rights in Australian Law reviewed at (1996) 7 Public Law Review 59.

Wilcox, An Australian Charter of Rights? reviewed at (1994) 17 University of New South Wales Law Journal 667.

Booker, Glass and Watt, Federal Constitutional Law: An Introduction reviewed at (1994) 68 Australian Law Journal 914.

Lewis and Kyrou, Handy Hints on Legal Practice reviewed at (1994) 19 Alternative Law Journal 299.

Tronc and Dearden, Advocacy Basics for Solicitors reviewed at (1994) 19 Alternative Law Journal 49.

Lee and Winterton (eds), Australian Constitutional Perspectives reviewed at (1992) 66 Australian Law Journal 867.

Solomon, The Political Impact of the High Court reviewed at (1992) 17 Alternative Law Journal 303.

Gaze and Jones, Law, Liberty and Australian Democracy reviewed at (1991) 16 Legal Service Bulletin 150.




Government Papers & Reports

Inquiry into Options for a New National Industrial Relations System (Issues Paper, September 2007), 1-32.

Advisory Group on Federal‑State Reform, A Framework to Guide the Future Development of Specific Purpose Payments (SPPs) (Discussion paper, 31 July 2007), 1-10.

Victorian Human Rights Consultation Committee, Rights, Responsibilities and Respect: The Report of the Human Rights Consultation Committee (State of Victoria, 2005), 1-236.

Victorian Human Rights Consultation Committee, Have Your Say About Human Rights in Victoria (State of Victoria, 2005), 1-52.




Research Papers

‘Voters and the Franchise: the Federal Story’ Research Paper 17 2001-02 (Parliamentary Research Service, Commonwealth Parliament, May 2002), 1-41 (with Jennifer Norberry).

‘The Federal Parliament and the Protection of Human Rights’ Research Paper 20 1998-99 (Parliamentary Research Service, Commonwealth Parliament, May 1999), 1-27.

‘Locking in the GST Rate’ Research Note Number 12 1998–99 (Parliamentary Research Service, Commonwealth Parliament, February 1999), 1-2.

‘The 1998 Constitutional Convention – First Impressions’ Current Issues Brief No 11 1997-98 (Parliamentary Research Service, Commonwealth Parliament, March 1998), 1-27.

‘The Road to a Double Dissolution?’ Research Note No 29 1997-1998 (Parliamentary Research Service, Commonwealth Parliament, March 1998), 1-2.

‘The State of Play in the Constitutionally Implied Freedom of Political Discussion and Bans on Electoral Canvassing in Australia’ Research Paper No 10 1996-1997 (Parliamentary Research Service, Commonwealth Parliament, February 1997), 1-16.

‘Push Polling in Australia: Options for Regulation’ Research Note No 36 (Parliamentary Research Service, Commonwealth Parliament, March 1997), 1-2.

‘Truth in Political Advertising Legislation in Australia’ Research Paper No 13 1996-1997 (Parliamentary Research Service, Commonwealth Parliament, March 1997), 1-15.




Electronic Publications

‘Reforming and Modernising our Government’ On Line Opinion<http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=6224> at 13 August 2007.

‘Dodgy Outcome Demands Review’ On Line Opinion<http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=6195> at 3 August 2007.

‘A Solution Trickling Away’ On Line Opinion <http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=6175> at 30 July 2007.

‘Discerning Judge of Character’ Australian Policy Online <http://www.apo.org.au/webboard/comment_results.chtml?filename_num=165790> at 10 July 2007.

‘Terrorism Proposal Extension of Censorship Laws’ On Line Opinion <http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=5942> at 7 June 2007.

‘Work Choices: How far does it go?’ Australian Policy Online <http://www.apo.org.au/webboard/results.chtml?filename_num=148672> at 3 May 2007.

‘Federalism, in the Long Run’ Evatt Foundation <http://evatt.org.au/news/454.html> at 26 April 2007.

‘Labor’s Bid to Create a National Industrial Law’ Crikey, 26 April 2007.

‘Hicks Sees a New Dawn’ On Line Opinion <http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=5682> at 29 March 2007 (with Edwina MacDonald).

‘Federation Needs a Fix’ On Line Opinion <http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=5661> at 27 March 2007.

‘No Excuse for not Bringing Hicks Home’ On Line Opinion <http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=5583> at 8 March 2007 (with Edwina MacDonald).

 ‘Fix-it Later Legislation no Way to Govern’ On Line Opinion <http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=5354> at 17 January 2007 (with Andrew Lynch).

‘Fix-it Later Legislation no Way to Govern’ Australian Policy Online <http://www.apo.org.au/webboard/results.chtml?filename_num=129555> at 3 January 2007 (with Andrew Lynch).

‘A Wide Gap between Law and Justice’ On Line Opinion <http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=5353> at 10 January 2007.

‘US Tinge to our History’ On Line Opinion <http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=5309> at 29 December 2006.

‘Expensive Way to Run a Country’ On Line Opinion <http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=5273> at 15 December 2006.

‘Canberra Unlimited?’ Evatt Foundation <http://evatt.org.au/news/440.html> at 9 December 2006.

‘Terrorism Law and an Australian Bill of Rights’ Jurist <http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/forumy/2006/12/terrorism-law-and-australian-bill-of.php> (6 December 2006).

‘What Price Security?’ Human Rights Law Resource Bulletin (Human Rights Law Resource Centre E-Bulletin, No 8, December 2006), 11-12 (with Andrew Lynch).

‘Goodbye to States’ Rights’ On Line Opinion <http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=5159> at 16 November 2006.

‘Senate Scrutiny More Necessary Than Ever’ Australian Policy Online <http://www.apo.org.au/webboard/results.chtml?filename_num=102534> at 2 October 2006 (with Daniel Tynan).

‘War on Terror Threatens Solutions to Terrorism’ On Line Opinion <http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=4961> at 2 October 2006 (with Edwina MacDonald).

‘Beazley would do well to Move Forward on IR laws’ On Line Opinion <http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=4924> at 19 September 2006.

‘Separation of Powers may be under Threat’ On Line Opinion <http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=4872> at 4 September 2006 (with Edwina MacDonald).

‘Separation of Powers may be under Threat’ Australian Policy Online <http://www.apo.org.au/webboard/results.chtml?filename_num=99708> at 30 August 2006 (with Edwina MacDonald).

‘Getting a Bill of Rights into the National Conversation’ On Line Opinion <http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=4837> at 25 August 2006.

‘Seen but not Heard’ On Line Opinion <http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=4757> at 4 August 2006.

‘Guest Blog: The Government has got it Wrong’ <http://www.getup.org.au/blog_comments.asp?blog_post_id=92> GetUp! at 2 August 2006.

Not as Free as We Like to ThinkAustralian Policy Online <http://www.apo.org.au/webboard/results.chtml?filename_num=93853> at 1 August 2006.

‘Diminished Democracy’ On Line Opinion <http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=4625> at 6 July 2006.

‘Speak up in Defence of Free Speech’ On Line Opinion <http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=4545> at 21 June 2006.

‘Knee-jerk Law Making’ On Line Opinion <http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=4537> at 5 June 2006.

‘At Last, Sedition may be Consigned To History’ Australian Policy Online <http://www.apo.org.au/webboard/results.chtml?filename_num=80505> at 31 May 2006.

‘Human Rights, Parliamentary-Style’ Evatt Foundation <http://evatt.org.au/news/390.html> at 19 May 2006.

‘An Opportunity for the People to Speak’ On Line Opinion <http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=4308> at 4 April 2006.

‘Someone Else Might be Listening’ On Line Opinion <http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=4317> at 29 March 2006 (with David Hume).

‘Heading into Chartered Waters’ Australian Policy Online <http://www.apo.org.au/webboard/results.chtml?filename_num=70692> at 23 March 2006.

 ‘Federal System Needs New Deal’ On Line Opinion <http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=4221> at 6 March 2006.

‘Victoria Leads the Way on a “Bill of Rights”‘ On Line Opinion <http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=3992> at 22 December 2005.

‘A Beginning, Not an End’ Australian Policy Online <http://www.apo.org.au/webboard/results.chtml?filename_num=64606> at 22 December 2005.

‘A Bill of Rights for Victoria’ <www.newmatilda.com//policytoolkit/policydetail.asp?NewsletterID=174&PolicyID=261&email=1> New Matilda at 21 December 2005

Justice Michael McHugh: A Legacy of Clarity and VigourOn Line Opinion <http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=79> at 17 November 2005.

‘Terrorism Laws an Inferior Copy’ On Line Opinion <http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=74> at 7 November 2005.

‘Democracy and the High Court’ Australian Policy Online <http://www.apo.org.au/webboard/results.chtml?filename_num=42129> at 1 November 2005.

‘Essential Liberties are Lost in Imitation’ Australian Policy Online <http://www.apo.org.au/linkboard/results.chtml?filename_num=42130> at 1 November 2005.

‘Losing our Balance in “Fortress Australia”‘ On Line Opinion <http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=136> at 28 September 2005.

‘Losing our Balance in Fortress Australia’ Australian Policy Online <http://www.apo.org.au/webboard/results.chtml?filename_num=36579> at 26 September 2005.

‘The Constitution and a National IR Regime’ On Line Opinion <http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=3687> at 20 July 2005.

Federal Powers not SufficientAustralian Policy Online <http://www.apo.org.au/webboard/results.chtml?filename_num=01250> at 14 July 2005.

‘Liberties Rest in the Hands of the Vigilant’ On Line Opinion <http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=3608> at 30 June 2005.

‘Balancing National Security and Human Rights’ Australian Policy Online <http://www.apo.org.au/webboard/results.chtml?filename_num=01211> at 23 June 2005.

‘Battle to Control Ports a Test of Federal Powers’ On Line Opinion <http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=3441> at 6 June 2005.

‘Spying an Opportunity to Entrench Power’ On Line Opinion <http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=3507> at 31 May 2005 (with Ben Saul).

‘Will the PM Welcome a Compromise this Time Around?’ Australian Policy Online <http://www.apo.org.au/webboard/results.chtml?filename_num=01167> at 24 May 2005 (with Ben Saul).

‘Dysfunctional Federalism’ On Line Opinion <http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=3361> at 19 April 2005.

‘Time for Long-term Solutions’ Australian Policy Online <http://www.apo.org.au/webboard/results.chtml?filename_num=01098> at 15 April 2005.

‘The Tricky Problem of Defining Terrorism’ On Line Opinion <http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=3226> at 11 March 2005.

‘One-Stop Industrial Relations: coming Soon to a Workplace Near You?’ On Line Opinion <http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=3036> at 2 March 2005.

‘A Withering Away of the States?’ Australian Policy Online <http://www.apo.org.au/webboard/results.chtml?filename_num=01018> at 22 February 2005.

‘Ancient Laws Reign in New Land On Line Opinion <http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=3036> at 16 February 2005.

‘Wedding Questions’ Australian Policy Online <http://www.apo.org.au/webboard/results.chtml?filename_num=00979> at 13 February 2005.

‘Federalism Needs Fixing’ On Line Opinion <http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=2845> at 9 December 2004.

‘High Time to Reform the High Court Selection Process’ On Line Opinion <http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=2773> at 30 November 2004.

‘Federalism Needs Fixing’ in Its Time, e-magazine of the Whitlam Institute, Issue 22 <http://www.whitlam.org/its_time/22/federal.html> at 18 November 2004.

‘High Court Appointments: Time for Reform’ Australian Policy Online <http://www.apo.org.au/webboard/results.chtml?filename_num=00932> at 15 November 2004.

‘Federalism Needs Fixing’ Australian Policy Online <http://www.apo.org.au/webboard/results.chtml?filename_num=00932> at 2 November 2004.

‘ACT Debates World’s First Bill of Responsibilities’ On Line Opinion <http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=2486> at 25 August 2004 (with Lara Kostakidis-Lianos).

‘The Other Side of the Rights Debate’ Australian Policy Online <http://www.apo.org.au/webboard/results.chtml?filename_num=00819> at 20 August 2004 (with Lara Kostakidis-Lianos).

‘The Butler Affair Serves up an Opportunity to Reform Vice-Regal Appointments’ On Line Opinion <http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=2453> at 18 August 2004.

‘Choosing the Next Governor’ Australian Policy Online <http://www.apo.org.au/webboard/results.chtml?filename_num=00809> at 12 August 2004.

‘The ACT Bill of Rights is Just the First Step in the Right Direction’ On Line Opinion <http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=2341> at 5 July 2004.

‘In any Society, it’s a Risk to Take Freedoms for Granted’ Australian Policy Online <http://www.apo.org.au/webboard/items/2004/07/00747.shtml> at 1 July 2004.

‘The Dangers in New Anti-terror Laws’ Australian Policy Online <www.apo.org.au/webboard/items/00663.shtml> at 6 May 2004.

‘Public Involvement is Essential for a Viable Republic Referendum Process’ On Line Opinion <www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=2141> at 15 April 2004.

‘Debate Should Involve All of us From the Start’ Australian Policy Online <www.apo.org.au/webboard/items/2004/04/00647.shtml> at 15 April 2004.

‘Finally, Australia’s First Bill of Rights’ Australian Policy Online <www.apo.org.au/webboard/items/00624.shtml> at 12 March 2004.

‘The ACT’s Bill of Rights: A New Era in Rights Protection for All Australians’ On Line Opinion <www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=2079> at 19 March 2004.

‘Why ASIO Shouldn’t Be Given More Power’ Australian Policy Online <www.apo.org.au/webboard/items/00498.shtml> at 4 November 2003.

‘The ACT Human Rights Act is a Great Leap in the Right Direction’ On Line Opinion <www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=824> at 29 October 2003.

‘ACT Well on the Way to a Bill of Rights’ Australian Policy Online <www.apo.org.au/webboard/items/00495.shtml> at 28 October 2003.

‘Serious Senate Reform Should Address the Wider Issues of the Senate’s Role’ On Line Opinion <www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=786> at 14 October 2003.

‘Beware Senate Reform that Seeks to Only Block the Block’ Australian Policy Online <www.apo.org.au/webboard/items/00467.shtml> at 9 October 2003.

‘Amended Bill Hits Security Target’ Australian Policy Online <www.apo.org.au/webboard/items/00341.shtml> at 3 July 2003.

‘ASIO Bill May Not Pass the Constitutional Test’ Australian Policy Online <www.apo.org.au/webboard/items/00334.shtml> at 25 June 2003.

‘Fixed Terms Hold Key to Breaking Senate’s Legislative Deadlock’ Australian Policy Online <www.apo.org.au/webboard/items/00319.shtml> at 12 June 2003.

‘All Should Choose Head of State’ Australian Policy Online <www.apo.org.au/webboard/items/00303.shtml> at 29 May 2003.

‘Only Safe Course is to Resign’ Australian Policy Online <www.apo.org.au/webboard/items/00295.shtml> at 16 May 2003.

‘Hollingworth Should Resign in the Interests of his Office and the Nation’ On Line Opinion <www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=336> at 13 May 2003.

‘Compromising the Commission’On Line Opinion <www.apo.org.au/webboard/items/00284.shtml> at 8 May 2003 (with Ronnit Redman).

‘Call for G-G to Resign’, ABC Online – The Public Record <www.abc.net.au/public/s849131.htm> at 7 May 2003.

‘Reconciliation Must be Practical and Symbolic – But it Needs Federal Support’, On Line Opinion <www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=281> at 14 April 2003 (with Sean Brennan).

‘Bringing Together Rights and Practical Policy’ Australian Policy Online <www.apo.org.au/webboard/items/00263.shtml> at 10 April 2003 (with Sean Brennan).

The Whitlam Government and Constitutional Reform‘ in Its Time, e-magazine of the Whitlam Institute, Issue 11 <www.whitlam.org/its_time/11/> at 6 February 2003.

Australian Values and the War Against Terrorism‘ in Its Time, e-magazine of the Whitlam Institute, Issue 11 <www.whitlam.org/its_time/11/> at 6 February 2003.

‘Australia’s Legal Response to September 11: The Need to Safeguard Democracy while Fighting Terrorism’ on Australian Policy Online at <www.apo.org.au/webboard/items/00078.shml> at 13 August 2002.

‘Energies Better Spent on Rights than a Republic’ on New South Wales Council for Civil Liberties Website at <www.nswccl.org.au/unsw_files/BillofRights.htm#A%20BILL%20OF%20RIGHTS> at on 11 May 2001.

‘Fiji Islands Crisis - 2000-2001’, Journal of South Pacific Law <www.vanuatu.usp.ac.fj/journal_splaw/Special_Interest/Fiji_2000/Fiji_Main.html> at 7 March 2001 (with Geoffrey Robertson QC).

‘A Federal or State-based Bill of Rights for Australia?’, On Line Opinion <www.onlineopinion.com.au/2000/nov00/Williams.htm> at November 2000.

‘Corporations Law Referral – One Small Step Forward …’, Web Site of CCH Australia <www.cch4advisers.com.au> at September 2000.

‘A Bill of Rights Now’ published, CanberraTribe <www.canberratribe.com> at September 2000.

‘Comments on the Use of the Reserve Powers to Dismiss a Prime Minister and on the Power to Abrogate or Amend the Fiji Constitution’, Journal of South Pacific Law <www.vanuatu.usp.ac.fj/journal_splaw/Special_Interest/Fiji_2000/Fiji_Main.html> at 8 June 2000.

‘Howard’s Call on High Court’; ‘A Double Edge to Races Power’; ‘Premier’s Ideas Backed by a Basic Misunderstanding of the Court’s Role’, Issues in the News – HSC 1998 (John Fairfax Publications, CD Rom, 1997).

‘States Can Lead Way Towards Republicanism’ in Issues in the NewsHSC 1997 (John Fairfax Publications, CD Rom, 1997).

‘Constitution Building for a Republic? Possible Solutions’, Web Site of the Legal Forum on the Proposed Republic at <www.fl.asn.au/forum/> at December 1996.




General Media

‘Human Rights Finally Take Centre Stage’ The Australian (31 August 2007).

‘The Forum: 30th Anniversary of Star Wars’ The Australian (3 November 2007).

‘Free Speech Needs Protection, But Bill of Rights is not Enough’ The Australian (31 August 2007).

‘A Charter of Rights’ Perspective, ABC Radio National (23 August 2007) <http://www.abc.net.au/rn/perspective/stories/2007/2011202.htm#transcript>.

‘Vision is Needed to Drive Reforms’ The Australian (3 August 2007).

‘Dodgy Outcome Demands Review’ The Australian (1 August 2007).

‘Court Action Leaves Murray up the River’ Adelaide Advertiser (27 July 2007).

‘Both Sides Looking for a Case that Holds Water’ Sydney Morning Herald (26 July 2007).

‘A Solution Trickling Away’ The Age (26 July 2007).

‘Discerning Judge of Character’ The Australian (7 July 2007).

‘Throwing the book at terror’ Courier Mail (25 June 2007).

‘Watching What we Read’ Hobart Mercury (7 June 2007).

Terrorism Proposal is a Clumsy Extension of Censorship LawsSydney Morning Herald (4 June 2007).

‘Missing Out on a Vote’ Herald Sun (24 May 2007).

‘Sensible to Enshrine Freedoms we Hold so Dear’ West Australian (5 May 2007).

‘Fear Factor’ Geelong Advertiser (2 May 2007).

‘Dilemma of too much Choice’ The Australian (28 April 2007).

‘Why Youngsters will Lose their Right to Vote’ Daily Telegraph (27 April 2007).

‘Righting the Wrongs in Perilous Times’ Lawyers Weekly, Issue 333, 13 April 2007, 36-37.

‘Hicks Gag Surprises’ Courier Mail (4 April 2007).

‘Australian Freedom goes on Trial’ Sydney Morning Herald (31 March 2007).

‘Lessons from an Injustice’ The Age (31 March 2007).

‘Heinous Crime Evolved into a Sick Heroism’ Daily Telegraph (28 March 2007) (with Edwina MacDonald).

‘Hicks Sees a New Dawn’ Herald Sun (28 March 2007) (with Edwina MacDonald).

‘Setback to Terror War’ Courier Mail (28 March 2007) (with Edwina MacDonald).

‘Federation Needs a Fix’ The Age (21 March 2007).

‘Federal System Past its Use-by Date’ Courier Mail (21 March 2007).

‘Dated System Rips us Off’ Hobart Mercury (14 March 2007).

‘So Much Government, So Little Done’ Sydney Morning Herald (13 March 2007).

‘Censorship: Meaningless, Counterproductive’ Australian Financial Review (9 March 2007) (with Edwina MacDonald).

‘How to Avoid Making Hicks a Martyr’ Daily Telegraph (6 March 2007).

‘End the Hicks Hypocrisy’ Hobart Mercury (6 March 2007).

‘Move Hicks out of the Election Limelight’ Canberra Times (6 March 2007).

‘No Excuse for not Bringing Hicks Home’ The Age (5 March 2007) (with Edwina MacDonald).

‘Five years of Legal Shame’ Courier Mail (5 March 2007) (with Edwina MacDonald).

‘Australia’s Anti-terror Laws’ Perspective, ABC Radio National (28 February 2007) <http://www.abc.net.au/rn/perspective/stories/2007/1857402.htm>.

‘We Should have a say on who Judges us’ Daily Telegraph (24 January 2007).

‘Law and Disorder’ Hobart Mercury (4 January 2007).

‘Justice for All has Become Justice for Some’ The Age (3 January 2007).

‘Fix-it Later Legislation no way to Govern’ The Australian (28 December 2006).

‘Reform a National Priority’ Courier Mail (25 December 2006).

‘US Tinge to our History’ Herald Sun (15 December 2006).

‘If you sat a Citizenship Test, would you Pass?’ Adelaide Advertiser (13 December 2006).

‘True Blue Quiz for All’ Hobart Mercury (14 December 2006).

‘A Test all Aussies Should Pass Too’ Daily Telegraph (13 December 2006).

‘See if You’re True-Blue Enough to Pass Test’ Canberra Times (13 December 2006).

‘Confidence Vote to Fix Federation’ Australian Financial Review (11 December 2006).

‘Expensive Way to Run a Country’ The Australian (8 December 2006).

‘Court Tilts Federal Balance’ Hobart Mercury (16 November 2006).

‘States on Back Foot’ Courier Mail (16 November 2006).

‘Federal Power now has Further Reach’ Daily Telegraph (15 November 2006).

‘Beware Future Federal Power Grab’ Adelaide Advertiser (15 November 2006).

‘Goodbye to States’ Rights’ The Age (15 November 2006).

‘Ruling Beefs up Federal Muscle at Expense of States’ Canberra Times (15 November 2006).

‘Smart Money is on PM’s Choice’ Herald Sun (14 November 2006).

‘High Noon for IR’ Courier Mail (14 November 2006).

‘IR Now Boils down to a Battle of Political Wills’ Canberra Times (14 November 2006).

‘Harder to Keep Government Honest’ Australian Financial Review (2 October 2006) (with Daniel Tynan).

‘Fear of the Law on Terror’ The Australian (20 September 2006) (with Edwina MacDonald).

‘Running the Risk of a Raft of Over-reactions’ The Australian (4 September 2006).

‘High Court must Settle Terror Law Dispute’ Adelaide Advertiser (1 September 2006) (with Edwina MacDonald).

 ‘This Plodding Monster Faces its Own Day of Judgement’ Sydney Morning Herald (30 August 2006) (with Edwina MacDonald).

‘Separation of Powers may be under Threat’ The Age (30 August 2006) (with Edwina MacDonald).

‘Negotiating a Fair Go for Workers’ Courier Mail (28 August 2006).

‘Beazley would do well to Move Forward on IR laws’ The Age (25 August 2006).

‘The Parliamentary Fix is in and Needs Repair’ Daily Telegraph (22 August 2006).

‘Fix Pollie Terms at Four Years’ Herald Sun (22 August 2006).

‘Parliament Term Changes Need Input From Public’ Canberra Times (22 August 2006).

‘Time to Serve the People’ Courier Mail(22 August 2006).

‘Enshrining Freedoms’ Hobart Mercury (3 August 2006).

‘Seen but not Heard’ Sydney Morning Herald (29 July 2006).

‘The Charter you Wanted’ Herald Sun (26 July 2006).

‘Fix the System Making us Pay High Taxes’ Daily Telegraph (24 July 2006).

‘Fragile Freedom’ The Age (8 July 2006).

‘Challenge to Change’ Courier Mail(5 July 2006).

‘There’s no Denying the Old Buggy has Lost a Wheel’ Sydney Morning Herald (5 July 2006).

‘Federal System Needs More than a Quick Fix’ The Age (5 July 2006).

‘It’s Time: To Reform the Powers that Be’ Adelaide Advertiser (4 July 2006).

‘No Country is an Island’ Australian Financial Review (30 June 2006) (with Madelaine Chiam).

‘Electoral Changes Going Backwards’ Sydney Morning Herald (23 June 2006).

‘Reform Rolling in the Wrong Direction’ Courier Mail(21 June 2006).

‘New Laws Undermine Democracy’ Hobart Mercury (14 June 2006).

‘Shrinking Democracy’ The Age (13 June 2006).

‘No Laughs in this Terrible Gag’ Courier Mail(2 June 2006).

‘Sedition Law Needs Surgery’ Hobart Mercury (31 May 2006).

‘At last, Sedition may be Consigned to History’ The Age (30 May 2006).

‘Speak up in Defence of Free Speech’ Sydney Morning Herald (30 May 2006).

‘Finances and Federalism’ Perspective, ABC Radio National (5 May 2006) <http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/perspective/stories/s1631731.htm>.

‘Human Rights Charter will Save Time and Money’ Daily Telegraph (13 April 2006).

‘Time to Reassess Our Terror Laws’ Canberra Times (8 April 2006).

‘More Than Ever, Watch What You Say’ Sydney Morning Herald (3 April 2006) (with David Hume).

‘New Law Frees Spy Agencies to Snoop on the Innocent’ The Age (3 April 2006).

‘Terror Can’t be Beaten by Rushing New Laws’ Adelaide Advertiser (31 March 2006).

‘Big Brother Looms Large in New law’ Courier Mail(27 March 2006) (with David Hume).

‘What Price Security?’ The Age (25 March 2006).

‘Mail Proposal goes “Beyond the Pale”‘ Hobart Mercury (24 March 2006) (with David Hume).

‘Someone Else Might be Listening’ Herald Sun (23 March 2006) (with David Hume).

‘Human Rights Charter Idea an Opportunity for the People to Speak’ Sydney Morning Herald (21 March 2006).

‘Battle for Your Rights’ Herald Sun (24 February 2006).

‘Federal System Needs New Deal’ Courier Mail(24 February 2006).

‘It’s No Wonder NSW and Victoria Cry Foul Over GST Imbalances’ Sydney Morning Herald (21 February 2006).

‘Protect our FreedomsCourier Mail(30 January 2006).

‘The People Demand their Rights’ Herald Sun (21 December 2005).

‘A Clear Right of Way for People who Cherish their Freedoms’ Sydney Morning Herald (21 December 2005).

‘McHugh of the High Court, a Leader of Clarity, Rigour’ Canberra Times (14 November 2005).

‘Reforming Zeal Ruled Out of CourtCourier Mail(1 November 2005).

‘Jumping the Gun on Terror’ The Age (27 October 2005).

‘Terrorism Laws an Inferior CopyCourier Mail(27 October 2005).

Essential Liberties are Lost in Imitation’ Sydney Morning Herald (27 October 2005).

‘Risk of Flawed Law’ Hobart Mercury (27 October 2005).

‘Losing Our Balance in Fortress Australia’ Australian Financial Review (23 September 2005).

‘Spanner in Works’ Courier Mail (14 July 2005).

‘Speed Bumps on the Road to IR reform’ The Age (14 July 2005).

‘Legal Hurdles for Industrial Relations Plan’ Sydney Morning Herald (14 July 2005).

‘How Terror is Straining our Legal System’ The Age (27 June 2005).

‘We’ll All be Safer with Bill of Rights’ Adelaide Advertiser (14 June 2005).

‘Liberties Rest in the Hands of the Vigilant’ Sydney Morning Herald (22 June 2005).

‘Strike a Blow for Balance’Courier Mail (23 May 2005) (with Ben Saul).

‘Spying an Opportunity to Entrench Power’ Sydney Morning Herald (23 May 2005) (with Ben Saul).

‘Port Power Shift could Leave National Interests All at Sea’ Adelaide Advertiser (20 May 2005).

‘Ports in a Storm’ Courier Mail (20 May 2005).

‘Battle to Control Ports a Test of Federal Powers’ The Age (20 May 2005).

‘Rights and Wrongs’ Australian Financial Review (13 May 2005) (with Ben Golder).

‘Federal System at Crossroads’ Hobart Mercury (13 April 2005).

‘High-Stakes Horse Trading’ Courier Mail (12 April 2005).

‘Old Flaws in Federalism Rise Again’ Sydney Morning Herald (12 April 2005).

‘A Right Royal Fillip for Australian Republicans’ Canberra Times (17 February 2005).

‘A Single Employment System Certainly Won’t be the Devil we Know’ Sydney Morning Herald (14 February 2005).

‘Ancient Laws Reign in New Land’ Courier Mail (12 February 2005).

‘Lack of Women in High Court Undermining Justice System’ Adelaide Advertiser (14 January 2005).

‘Where Women are Always Overlooked’ Hobart Mercury (24 November 2004).

‘Remove the Doubt on Judges’ The Australian (16 November 2004).

‘High Court Needs a Woman’s Touch’ Sydney Morning Herald (11 November 2004).

‘Federalism Needs Fixing’ Australian Financial Review (26 October 2004).

‘Speak No Evil – Security Law on the Books’ NewMatilda.com (1 September 2004) <http://www.newmatilda.com/home/articledetail.asp?Destination=45&ArticleID=79&HomepageID=33>.

‘Time for Our Parliament to Put the State to Rights’ Adelaide Advertiser (23 August 2004).

‘The Other Side of the Rights Debate’ Canberra Times (20 August 2004) (with Lara Kostakidis-Lianos).

‘Fix an Archaic System, Let the People Choose their Governor’ Adelaide Advertiser (12 August 2004).

‘Governor Must be People’s Choice, not Sent to Reign’ Sydney Morning Herald (11 August 2004).

‘Fix the Vice-Regal Mess’ Courier Mail (11 August 2004).

‘How to Reform the Appointment of Governors’ The Age (11 August 2004).

‘Time for NSW to Adopt its Own Bill of Rights’ Newcastle Herald (2 August 2004).

‘Rights Way to Go’ Courier Mail (19 July 2004).

‘Now, More than Ever, We Need a Bill of Rights’ The Age (16 July 2004).

‘Guard for Our Rights’ Hobart Mercury (15 July 2004).

‘Iraq Needs a Bill of Rights – Why is Australia Denied One?’ Canberra Times (2 July 2004).

‘ACT Bill of Rights a Good Starting Point’ Australian Financial Review (2 July 2004).

‘In any Society, it’s a Risk to Take Freedoms for Granted’ Sydney Morning Herald (1 July 2004).

‘Law on Terror Erodes Freedoms’ Courier Mail (30 April 2004).

‘The Dangers in Anti-Terror Laws’ The Age (30 April 2004).

‘Clear Vision for Change Needed on Republic’ Courier Mail (21 April 2004).

‘A Republic is Back on the Agenda’ The Age (14 April 2004).

‘Debate on a Republic Should Involve All of Us From the Start’ Sydney Morning Herald (13 April 2004).

‘Finally, Australia’s First Bill of Rights’ Australian Financial Review (12 March 2004).

‘Changing the Way We Go to War’ Australian Financial Review (21 November 2003).

‘Terrorist Laws Tough Enough, if Used’ Sydney Morning Herald (4 November 2003).

‘Why ASIO Should Not be Given More Power’ The Age (4 November 2003).

‘Anti-Terrorism Laws Threaten Freedoms’ Courier Mail (4 November 2003).

‘ACT Well on the Way to a Bill of Rights’ Canberra Times (25 October 2003).

‘Beware Senate Reform that Seeks to Only Block the Block’ Sydney Morning Herald (9 October 2003).

‘Human Rights Vulnerable to Assault’ Australian Financial Review (29 August 2003).

‘Political Prisoner Status Earned, Not Stolen’ Sydney Morning Herald (27 August 2003) (with Bryan Mercurio).

‘Diversity and Australia’s Highest Court’ Australian Financial Review (22 August 2003).

‘Amended Bill Hits Security Target’ The Australian (27 June 2003).

‘ASIO Bill May Not Pass the Constitutional Test’ The Age (24 June 2003).

‘Fixed Terms Hold Key to Breaking Senate’s Legislative Deadlock’ Sydney Morning Herald (11 June 2003).

‘ACT’s Proposed Human Rights Act Strikes the Right Balance’ Canberra Times (5 June 2003) (with Nick Hume).

‘A Chance for All to Choose Head of State’ The Australian (27 May 2003).

‘Only Safe Course is to Resign’ The Australian (13 May 2003).

‘Compromised Hollingworth Can’t Do His Job’ Courier Mail (7 May 2003).

‘It May not be Fair, but Hollingworth Should Stand Down’ Sydney Morning Herald (7 May 2003).

‘Litigation Work Vital to Education on Human Rights’ Australian Financial Review (2 May 2003) (with Ronnit Redman).

‘Without a Canberra Commitment, Aborigines Remain on the Outer’ Sydney Morning Herald (8 April 2003) (with Sean Brennan).

‘Nowhere to Hide Behind the Letter of the Law’ Sydney Morning Herald (19 March 2003) (with Devika Hovell).

‘Who Declares War for Australia?’ Perspective, ABC Radio National (14 March 2003) <www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/perspective/stories/s805728.htm>.

‘Legal Harmony Trumps States’ Rights’ Australian Financial Review (17 February 2003).

‘Australian Values and the War on Terrorism’ Australian Financial Review (7 February 2003).

‘Top Job Deserves to be Redefined’ The Australian (3 January 2003).

‘Powers of Detention Intern Democracy’ Sydney Morning Herald (5 December 2002).

‘New Laws Loosen Pillars of Wisdom’ The Australian (7 November 2002).

‘Massacre in Bali’ The Age (16 October 2002).

‘The Constitution Not Protection Enough’ Canberra Times (23 September 2002) (with Megan Davis and Vanessa Bosnjak).

‘Legislation May Undermine the Freedom it Seeks to Protect’ Weekend Financial Review (7-8 September 2002).

‘Treaty, Yeah?’ Uniken (September 2002).

‘Over the Top with Bill’ Newcastle Herald (29 August 2002).

‘Why the ASIO Bill is Rotten to the Core’ The Age (27 August 2002).

‘ASIO Must Not Bypass Courts’ Australian Financial Review (16 August 2002).

‘Gaudron Replacement Must be a Woman’ Canberra Times (1 July 2002).

‘Voting YES – Can Australia Do it?’ New South Wales Republic (NSW State Council Newsletter, Australian Republican Movement, June 2002), 9-10.

‘Legal Overkill Puts Liberty at Risk’ The Australian (17 June 2002).

‘The Minister v the Judges’ The Age(5 June 2002).

‘Judges Fair Game for Fair Criticism’ Sydney Morning Herald (5 June 2002).

‘Doorstop’ Poetic Justice, No 2 2002, 28-29.

‘ASIO Bill Would be Effective – In Removing Rights’ Sydney Morning Herald (3 May 2002).

‘Rethink Referendums? Vote Yes’ Sydney Morning Herald (24 April 2002).

‘Hardline Laws Can Go Too Far’ The Australian (8 April 2002).

‘Without Support, Court is Fragile’ The Australian (20 March 2002).

‘Commission Not as Toothless as it May Seem’ Canberra Times (25 February 2002).

‘This Unseemly Row is Tainting an Important Office’ The Age (22 February 2002).

‘G-G’s Terms of Work are Outdated’ The Australian (20 February 2002).

‘We’ve Left Basic Laws Untouched for Too Long’ The Australian (31 December 2001).

‘Justice Must be Seen to Be Done – Not Undone’ Sydney Morning Herald (25 November 2001).

‘Our Rule of Law is Under Attack’ The Age (23 November 2001).

‘Nothing to Fear and Plenty to Gain from a Bill of Rights’ Sydney Morning Herald (5 October 2001).

‘New Rules Needed for a Republic’ The Australian (27 August 2001).

‘We’re Riding into the Future on a Penny-Farthing Bike’ Sydney Morning Herald (7 August 2001).

‘How to Make Our Nation Better’ The Age (20 July 2001).

‘Referral Deal Merely Stopgap’ Australian Financial Review (29 June 2001).

‘Sorry, Pat, But You Should Blame John Howard’ Sydney Morning Herald (28 June 2001).

‘Direct Election Needs a Trial Run’ Canberra Times (21 May 2001).

‘A Bill of Rights is 100 Years Overdue’ The Age (14 May 2001).

‘Our Unbusinesslike Constitution’ Australian Financial Review (7 May 2001).

‘Energies Better Spent on Rights than a Republic’ The Australian (17 April 2001).

‘Quand la Justice Annule un Coup d’Etat’ Courrier International (15 March 2001).

‘Fiji Judgment Sets Example for World’ New Zealand Herald (8 March 2001).

‘David v Goliath, Fiji-style’ Globe and Mail (6 March 2001).

‘Rule of Law Scores a Coup in the Fijian Courts’ The Australian (6 March 2001).

‘Constitution Remains a Dud Vehicle’ The Australian (1 January 2001).

‘Chance for a New Beginning’ The Australian (13 December 2000).

‘The Real Answer is Constitutional Reform’ Australian Financial Review (1 December 2000)

‘It’s Silver for Federation’ The Australian (26 September 2000).

‘Towards a Better Justice System’ Canberra Times (7 August 2000).

‘Out-of-date Constitution will Cost Dearly’ Australian Financial Review (21 July 2000).

‘At Law, Spectre of the Dinosaur’ Sydney Morning Herald (20 July 2000). Reproduced in Brown, Farrier, Egger and McNamara Criminal Laws: Materials and Commentary on Criminal Law and Process in New South Wales (3rd ed 2001).

‘Hughes Decision Heightens Uncertainty’ Australian Financial Review (5 May 2000).

‘Act Up Against Entrenched Discrimination’ The Australian (18 April 2000).

‘UN Exposes Need for a Bill of Rights’ The Age (3 April 2000).

‘Wanted: Leadership on Human Rights’ Sydney Morning Herald (3 April 2000).

‘Power to the People to Alter Constitutional Flaws’ Australian Financial Review (24 March 2000).

‘Bill Would Put Rights in Context’ The Australian (17 March 2000).

‘Reith’s Barking up the Wrong Legal Tree’ Australian Financial Review (15 March 2000).

‘It’s Long Past Time to have Bill of Rights’ Canberra Times (11 March 2000).

‘Reconciliation and the Constitution’ in Walking Together, Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation, No 27, December 1999.

‘Républicains de Cœur, Monarchistes par peur de L’inconnu’ Courrier International (24 November 1999).

‘Our Constitution Doesn’t Fit the People’s Bill’ The Australian (24 November 1999).

‘Major Reforms Needed Before Another Vote’ ANU Reporter (Vol 30 No 17, 17 November 1999).

‘Back to the Drawing Board’ The Australian (9 November 1999).

‘Two Preambles, One Dog’s Dinner’ The Australian (1 November 1999).

‘Follow the Leader … Back to the Status Quo’ The Australian (28 October 1999).

‘This is the Way to Give the People a Say’ The Australian (25 October 1999).

‘The Public’s Apathy Will Rule the Day’ The Australian (20 October 1999).

‘Let November 6 be the Prelude to an Ongoing Review’ The Australian (29 September 1999).

‘National Aversion to Y-Word’ The Australian (15 September 1999).

‘What any Preamble Needs: Us’ The Australian (10 August 1999).

‘New Focus by High Court is a Worry’ Australian Financial Review (2 July 1999).

‘Judges no Substitute for a Bill’ The Australian (30 June 1999).

‘How the High Court has Helped Republicans’ The Age (25 June 1999).

‘Making Australia Our Own’ Sydney Morning Herald (25 June 1999).

‘Detours on the Road to a Republic’ Sydney Morning Herald (17 June 1999).

‘Public Controversy Always a Part of High Court Life’ Australian Financial Review (22 January 1999).

‘Build our Rights, Slowly’ Sydney Morning Herald (28 December 1998).

‘President must be the People’s Choice’ The Australian (16 December 1998, with Sir Anthony Mason, Mark McKenna, Adrienne Stone, John Williams and George Winterton).

‘Don’t Let Court be Misunderstood’ The Australian (25 November 1998).

‘CIR will not Work without Bill of Rights’ Courier Mail (9 September 1998).

‘Citizens’ Referendums or Mob Rule’ Sydney Morning Herald (7 September 1998).

‘Interesting Times for Judiciary’ The Australian (30 June 1998).

‘Future of the Races Power? Hindmarsh Island Case’ AMIDA (May-June 1998).

‘Dismissal Rare, but Judiciary’s not above the Law’ Daily Telegraph (27 May 1998).

‘Brennan’s High Times’ Sydney Morning Herald (21 May 1998).

‘A Court of High Achievement’ Courier Mail (21 May 1998).

‘President’s Role Must Reflect People’s Will’ Australian Financial Review (2 February 1998).

‘Capital Error of Judgment’ Sydney Morning Herald (7 January 1998).

‘Trying to Stack the High Court may not Succeed’ The Age (20 December 1997).

‘Takeover Panel Fails to Deliver’ Australian Financial Review (7 October 1997, with Justice GFK Santow).

‘Time is Ripe for a Takeover Makeover’ The Weekend Australian (16-17 August 1997, with Justice GFK Santow).

‘Ruling Makes States More Dependent on Commonwealth’ Sydney Morning Herald (6 August 1997).

‘Barwick: Dinosaur or Modern Judge?’ The Australian (16 July 1997).

‘One Step Back, One Forward’ Sydney Morning Herald (9 July 1997).

‘States Gamble on High Court Tax Test’ Canberra Times (5 July 1997).

‘Howard’s Call on High Court’ Sydney Morning Herald (2 July 1997).

‘A Double Edge to Races Power’ Sydney Morning Herald (29 May 1997).

‘Premier’s Ideas Backed by a Basic Misunderstanding of the Court’s Role’ Sydney Morning Herald (20 February 1997).

‘A Legal Brake on Parliament’ The Australian (15 November 1996).

‘A Clumsy Attack on Territories’ The Australian (22 October 1996, with Natasha Cica).

‘States Can Lead Way Towards Republicanism’ Sydney Morning Herald (26 August 1996).

‘Reform Plan a Threat to Responsible Government’ Canberra Times (6 July 1996).

‘How Howard can Plug IR Bill’ The Australian (21 May 1996).

‘Act and Reality are Polls Apart’ Australian Financial Review (30 April 1996).

‘Paying the Price of Free Education’ Campus Review (Vol 5 No 5, 9-15 February 1995).

‘A Republican Republic?’ ANU Reporter (Vol 26 No 5, 29 March 1995).







 
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