ELEVENTH ANNUAL PUBLIC LAW WEEKEND
3 – 4 NOVEMBER 2006

PERSPECTIVES ON ACCOUNTABILITY

National Museum of Australia
Lawson Crescent
Acton Peninsula, Canberra

Program
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PAPERS:-
Please note that the papers are posted exactly as they were received. No process of editing or correction has been undertaken. Copyright in all papers resides with the respective authors.

FRIDAY 3 November 2006

HOW MUCH CAN WE ASK OF OUR MINISTERS?
Chair: Professor Kim Rubenstein, Director, Centre for International and Public Law, ANU College of Law
Professor Richard Mulgan, Crawford School of Economics and Government, The Australian National University

Commentators:
Senator George Brandis, Senator for Queensland
Kelvin Thomson MP, Member for Wills, Shadow Minister for Public Accountability & for Human Services


ACCOUNTABILITY AND THE PUBLIC SECTOR
Chair: Ms Amelia Simpson, ANU College of Law

Delegating the public interest
Mr Daniel Stewart, ANU College of Law

The Canadian experience in Accountability: Lessons from The Federal Accountability Act 2006
Mr Henry Molot QC, Department of Justice, Canada

Commentator:
Professor Geoff Gallop, Director, Graduate School of Government, University of Sydney


PURSUING A SECURE SOCIETY
Chair: Mr James Stellios, ANU College of Law

Regulating Telecommunications Interception and Access in the 21st Century: Technological Evolution or Legal Revolution?
Professor Simon Bronitt, ANU College of Law

Terrorism legislation and accountability issues
Federal Magistrate Murray McInnis, Federal Magistrates Court of Australia

SATURDAY 4 November 2006

JUDICIAL REVIEW – 2005 AND 2006
Chair: Mr Leighton McDonald, ANU College of Law

Commonwealth
Professor Robin Creyke, Alumni Chair of Administrative Law, ANU College of Law

State Judicial Review
Mr Mark Robinson, Barrister


CITIZENSHIP: ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Chair: Ms Jennifer Clarke

Australian citizens in Australia
Professor Kim Rubenstein, Director, Centre for International and Public Law, ANU College of Law

Australian citizens abroad
Professor Donald Rothwell, ANU College of Law


WHISTLEBLOWING COMES OF AGE: NATIONAL AND INTER NATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS
Chair: Mr Kevin Boreham, ANU College of Law

Whistleblowing: A Telling Perspective on Accountability
Mr Guy Dehn, Director, Public Concern at Work, UK

Public Interest Disclosure Laws in Australia: Towards the Next Generation? Handout
Dr A J Brown, Griffith Law School and Visiting Fellow, ANU College of Law


ACCOUNTABILITY AND OVERSIGHT OF POLICING AND CORRUPTION
Chair: Ms Miriam Gani

Professor John McMillan, Commonwealth Ombudsman

Mr Simon Cohen, Assistant NSW Ombudsman, Police NSW


MCKINNON: THE HIGH COURT ON FOI
Chair: Professor Michael Coper, Dean, ANU College of Law

Mr Jack Waterford, Editor-at-Large, Canberra Times

Ms Madeline Campbell, Junior Counsel for the Commonwealth in McKinnon