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The intersection of privilege, contempt and defamation in the Australian parliamentary system
March 18, 2018
On 15 March 2018 NSW Labor Lawyers hosted a CPD presented by David Ralph, Professor of Media and Defamation Law at the University of Sydney. The topic was "The intersection of privilege, contempt and...
Read More ShareMary Gaudron Address to the 2017 Annual Dinner - "Rethinking Trade Unionism"
December 11, 2017
I regret to inform you that you have invited a very grumpy old woman to speak to you tonight. There is much of modern life that I resent and resist. I will spare you...
Read More ShareThe Frank Walker Memorial Lecture 2017: The Separation of Church and State — The Liberal Argument for Equal Rights for Gay and Lesbian Australians
May 21, 2017
In February last year, The Monthly published my essay It’s Time. The title was not simply channelling Labor’s 1972 campaign slogan. It was rather a recognition of the fact that the time has come for marriage equality...
Read More ShareLegal Tweaks 2015
November 08, 2015
Legal Tweaks 2015 was launched Monday 2 November by Edward Santow, CEO of the Public Interest Advocacy Centre. This year's edition contains a foreword by Federal Shadow Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus QC MP and NSW...
Read More ShareOne Punch Laws Spell Injustice
January 30, 2014
The NSW Society of Labor Lawyers today expressed its disappointment and concern over the passage of the Crimes and Other Legislation Amendment (Assault and Intoxication) Bill 2014 through the NSW Parliament. The Bill creates a new...
Read More ShareHigh Court Decision a Win for Democracy
December 18, 2013
December 18 2013 The NSW Society of Labor Lawyers today welcomed the High Court’s decision holding parts of the O’Farrell government’s campaign finance laws unconstitutional.
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