The National Lecture on Administrative Law is sponsored by the AIAL. The National Lecture series was established in 2001 as part of the AIAL’s objective of promoting the study of administrative law on a national and integrated basis. The AIAL aims to hold the lecture series on a biennial basis.
The inaugural lecture series in 2001 was presented by former Chief Justice of the High Court, Sir Anthony Mason AC KBE. Lectures were held in Perth, Canberra and Sydney. Sir Anthony Mason’s lectures were entitled The Foundations and the Limitations of Judicial Review, The Scope of Judicial Review and Australian Administrative Law Compared with Overseas Models of Administrative Law.
The second National Lecture Series in 2004 was delivered by Justice J J Spigelman AC, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales and had an integrity theme. Lectures were held in Sydney, Adelaide and Brisbane. The lectures were entitled The Integrity Branch of Government, Jurisdiction and Integrity, and Integrity and Privative Clauses.
The Third National Lecture series in 2006 was delivered by the Solicitors-General of Queensland, New South Wales and the Commonwealth:
Walter Sofronov QC – "The Constitutional Writs"
Banco Court, Supreme Court of Queensland, Brisbane - 29 August 2006
Michael Sexton SC – "Administrative Law, The New South Wales Landscape"
Banco Court, Supreme Court Building, Sydney – 30 August 2006
David Bennett QC – "Is Natural Justice Becoming More Rigid than Traditional Justice?"
Banco Court, Supreme Court of Victoria, Melbourne – 13 September 2006
The 2011 National Lecture on Administrative Law was presented by the Hon. Patrick Keane, Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Australia on Thursday 21 July 2011 at the AIAL National Administrative Law Conference at the Hotel Realm, Canberra. The lecture was entitled "Democracy, Participation and Administrative Law".
