Law, Governance and Development
Law, Governance and Development
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In the Media
Hank Nelson Prize winner attempts to unravel complicated relationship between government and judiciary in PNG
speaks with ABC Radio
Do WA's emergency health powers allow forcible testing, vaccination and removal of underwear of children? Here are the facts
Michael Eburn quoted in ABC News
Mr Morrison, you can cut ‘green tape’ without harming nature – but it’ll take money and gumption
Peter Burnett writes in The Conversation
The law betrays the lore, so we'll destroy our ancient heritage again
Peter Burnett, Debra Wilkinson writes in The Sydney Morning Herald
Planning for a post-COVID-19 financial sector that works for everyone
Lee-Anne Sim writes in Medium
Why Celeste Barber's bushfire fundraiser is more complicated than it seems
Michael Eburn quoted in ABC News
Why the US, China and Australia are watching as Bougainville votes
quoted in South China Morning Post
Bougainville could become the world's newest nation — here's what you need to know
quoted in ABC News
Upcoming events
ANU Media Law seminar series: Reporting on Parliament
- Dr Jack Simson Caird
The first seminar in the ANU Media Law seminar series will be delivered by Dr Jack Simson Caird, Legal Counsel at the House of Commons, on the topic of ‘Reporting on Parliament’.
Everyone is welcome to attend.
Past events
Oral presentation - Ecologically sustainable development: Success in principle, failure in policy
- Peter Burnett
Peter Burnett has been researching Australia’s national policies on Ecologically Sustainable Development (ESD).
Misleading Silence as the Basis for Insider Trading Liability
- Donna M. Nagy
Misleading Silence as the Basis for Insider Trading Liability under the U.S. Federal Securities Laws
Surveillance and Humanities Virtual Conference Series
This webinar series seeks to address the new meaning, scope and representation of surveillance in the time of COVID-19 and initiate a conversation between arts, humanities and the various fields which surveillance is used.
The Commonwealth’s power to use the ADF to provide civil aid during disasters and pandemics
- Professor Anne Twomey
During the January bushfires, the Prime Minister observed that using the Australian Defence Force (ADF) to provide aid was ‘testing the limits of constitutionally defined roles and responsibilities’. The ‘Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements’ was established to inquire into these limits.
Agreed formal requirements for the variation of contracts
Join Dr John Eldridge as he talks about the clauses which regulate the form of contracts by way of ‘variation’ state agreed rules, rather than mandatory rules, and that matters such as the scope and operation of such clauses are issues of intention which must be resolved by construction.
The Government's COVID-19 Response: Legal advising in the middle of a pandemic
- Stephen Bouwhuis
Join Stephen Bouwhuis for an informal Q&A on his experience as one of the lead public servants working on the Government’s response to COVID-19.