Dr Paul Kildea

Dr Paul Kildea is a Senior Lecturer at UNSW Law School and the Director of the Referendums Project at the Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law. His primary areas of research are referendums, election law and federalism. He is a co-editor of Tomorrow’s Federation: Reforming Australian Government (Federation Press, 2012) and has published in law and political science journals, both within Australia and internationally, including the Public Law Review, the Australian Journal of Political Science and the Election Law Journal. Paul is currently undertaking research into the use and regulation of referendums in Australia, the UK, Ireland and New Zealand.

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Edited Books

Kildea P; Lynch A; Williams G, (eds.), 2012, Tomorrow's Federation: Reforming Australian Government, Federation Press, Annandale, NSW

Journal articles

Kildea P, 2020, 'The Constitutional Role of Electoral Management Bodies: The Case of the Australian Electoral Commission', Federal Law Review

Kildea P; Brown AJ; Deem J, 2020, 'When Should the People Decide?: Public Support for Direct Democracy in Australia', Parliamentary Affairs, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/pa/gsaa019

Kildea P, 2020, 'Australia’s Same-sex Marriage Survey: Evaluating a Unique Popular Vote Process', Monash University Law Review

Kildea P, 2018, 'The Law of Deliberative Democracy', PUBLIC LAW REVIEW, vol. 29, pp. 83 - 86, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000431135500007&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Kildea PJ; Smith R, 2016, 'The Challenge of Informed Voting at Constitutional Referendums', University of New South Wales Law Journal, vol. 39, pp. 368 - 400, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000383375700014&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a

Kildea PJ; Brown AJ, 2016, 'The Referendum That Wasn’t: Constitutional Recognition of Local Government and the Australian Federal Reform Dilemma', Federal Law Review, vol. 44, pp. 143 - 166

Kildea PJ, 2016, 'Achieving Fairness in the Allocation of Public Funding in Referendum Campaigns', Adelaide Law Review, vol. 37, pp. 13 - 40, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000393559800002&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a

Kildea PJ, 2016, 'The Constitutional and Regulatory Dimensions of Plebiscites in Australia', Public Law Review, vol. 27, pp. 290 - 310, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000388750200005&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a

Kildea PJ, 2014, 'Expert Panels, Public Engagement and Constitutional Reform', Public Law Review, vol. 25, pp. 33 - 47

Kildea P, 2013, 'A Little More Conversation?', Griffith Law Review, vol. 22, pp. 291 - 314, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10383441.2013.10854777

Williams G; Kildea P, 2013, 'The Constitution and Commonwealth proposals for new media regulation', Media and Arts Law Review, vol. 18, pp. 2 - 16, http://www.lexisnexis.com.au/aus/products/catalog/current_htm/MED.asp

Kildea PJ, 2013, 'Worth Talking About?: Modest Constitutional Amendment and Citizen Deliberation in Australia', Election Law Journal, vol. 12, pp. 524 - 539

Kildea P, 2011, 'Achieving citizen engagement in the referendum on indigenous recognition', Indigenous Law Bulletin, vol. 7, pp. 27 - 30, http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=440683698651574;res=IELHSS

Gelber K, 2007, 'High Court Review 2006: Australian Federalism - Implications of the WorkChoices decision', Australian Journal of Political Science, vol. 42, pp. 649 - 664, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10361140701595817

Book Chapters

Kildea P; Bruerton M, 2017, 'Practitioners' Opinions on Barriers to Reforming the Federal System', in Bruerton M; Arklay T; Hollander R; Levy R (ed.), A People's Federation, Federation Press, Annandale, NSW, pp. 215 - 229

Williams G; Kildea P, 2015, 'The Mason Court', in Williams G; Dixon R (ed.), The High Court, the Constitution and Australian Politics, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 244 - 260, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107445253.013

Williams G; Kildea P; Lynch AN, 2012, 'Introduction', in Kildea P; Lynch A; Williams G (ed.), Tomorrow's Federation: Reforming Australian Government, edn. Original, Federation Press, Annandale, NSW, pp. 1 - 4, http://www.federationpress.com.au/bookstore/book.asp?isbn=9781862878228

Kildea P, 2012, 'Making Room for Democracy in Intergovernmental Relations', in Kildea P; Lynch A; Williams G (ed.), Tomorrow's Federation, edn. Original, Federation Press, Australia, pp. 73 - 91, http://www.federationpress.com.au/bookstore/book.asp?isbn=9781862878228

Reports

Kildea PJ; Smith R; Gauja A; Keennan M, 2015, The Challenge of Informed Voting in the 21st Century, Electoral Regulation Research Network

Lynch A; Kildea P; Williams G, 2012, Submission to the Joint Select Committee on Constitutional Recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, Australia

Lynch A; Chordia S; McGarrity N; Kildea P; Williams G, 2012, Submission to the Joint Select Committee on Constitutional Recognition of Local Government (19 December 2012), Australia

Joyce DA; Kildea J; Williams G, 2011, Submission to the Independent Media Inquiry, November 2011, Australia

Kildea PJ; Lynch A; Woods R, 2011, Submission to the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit on the Inquiry into National Funding Agreements, Australia

Kildea PJ; Lynch A; McGarrity N; Williams G, 2011, Submission to the Expert Panel on Constitutional Recognition of Local Government, Australia

Kildea PJ; Williams G, 2011, Submission to the Senate Standing Committee on Rural Affairs and Transport, Inquiry into the Management of the Murray-Darling Basin, January 2011, Australia

Kildea PJ; Williams G, 2011, Submission to the House Standing Committee on Regional Australia, Inquiry into the Impact of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan in Regional Australia, January 2011, Australia

Kildea PJ; Williams G, 2011, Submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee, Inquiry into the Provisions of the Water Act 2007, March 2011, Australia

Kildea PJ, 2011, Submission to the Expert Panel on Constitutional Recognition of Indigenous Australians, Australia

Lynch A; Kildea P; Williams G, 2010, Submission to the Senate Environment, Communications and the Arts Legislation Committee Inquiry into Water (Crisis Powers and Floodwater Diversion) Bill, Australia

Kildea PJ; Lynch A; Williams G, 2010, Submission to the Senate Select Committee on the Reform of the Australian Federation, Australia

Kildea PJ; Lynch A; Williams G, 2010, Submission to the UK House of Lords Select Committee on the Constitution Inquiry into Fixed-term Parliaments, UK House of Lords

Other

Conference Presentations

Lynch A; Kildea P, 'COAG, the Constitution and State Accountability', presented at 3rd Annual Intergovernmental Relations Conference, National Convention Centre, Canberra

Lynch A; Kildea P, 'Australian Intergovernmental Relations: Ripe for Reform?', presented at Gender and Intergovernmental Relations: Australian and International Perspectives Conference, University of New South Wales, Sydney, 16 May 2013 - 17 May 2013

Lynch A; Kildea P, 'Entrenching 'Cooperative Federalism': Is It Time To Formalise COAG's Place In The Australian Federation?', presented at Conference of the Australian Political Studies Association, University of Melbourne, 27 September 2010 - 29 September 2010

Lynch A; Kildea P, 'Intergovernmental Relations and Health Policy', presented at The Politics of Australian Health Policy Workshop, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law, University of New South Wales, Sydney, 12 May 2016 - 12 May 2016