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Corruption: Have your voice heard
Throughout October and November, the Adelaide Law School is involved in some important research into corruption at the local government level in South Australia. Dr Gabrielle Appleby is leading a team of researchers from the University of Adelaide’s Law and Psychology Schools. She explains the research and its importance below. Corruption within government affects the […]
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Commonwealth New Whistleblower Protection – A Round-up
In June this year, the Commonwealth Parliament passed its first comprehensive whistleblower protection legislation, the Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013. Adelaide Law School’s Gabrielle Appleby, Judith Bannister and Anna Olijnyk made a submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee during its passage, commending the Commonwealth on its initiative but noting some serious shortfalls […]
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Better late than never: an administrative appeals tribunal for South Australia
South Australia has never had a generalist merits review tribunal, relying instead on the District Court to fulfil this important accountability function. This week, the South Australian Government introduced a Bill to establish a generalist tribunal, the South Australian Civil and Adminsitrative Tribunal, or SACAT. In this post, Adelaide Law School PhD Candidate Anna Olijnyk […]
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AACL and AIAL joint seminars on the “Street Preachers Case”
In February 2013 the High Court handed down its decision in Attorney-General (SA) v Corporation of the City of Adelaide (the Street Preachers Case). The AACL and the AIAL are jointly presenting two seminars to explore the administrative and constitutional issues emerging from the decision. Seminar 1: The Scope of Council By-Law Making Powers […]
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The Commonwealth Moves to Protect Whistleblowers. Or does it?
On 21 March 2013, the Commonwealth government introduced a Bill to broaden the legislative protection of whistleblowers at the Commonwealth level. Dr Gabrielle Appleby, Dr Judith Bannister and Anna Olijnyk have made a submission on the Bill to a Senate Inquiry and explain their concerns with the legislation, below. In Australia, integrity and accountability of […]
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What makes law ‘public’?
Convenor of the Public Law Research Community at the Adelaide Law School, Dr Gabrielle Appleby attempts to answer the question of what makes law ‘public’? As the convener of the Public Law Research Community I have often been asked what is ‘public law’. My response is that I have always thought of public law broadly, […]
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Relaxing the Urban Tree Removal Controls in Metropolitan Adelaide – a retrograde step
Within the city of Adelaide, state and local government authorities have recently removed, or plans to remove, some of the city’s more iconic trees. The Adelaide Law School’s Paul Leadbeter considers the relaxation of South Australia’s urban tree removal controls that have facilitated these removals. Media reports indicate some recent controversies have arisen in the […]
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Government Lawyers and the Public Interest: Still Relevant Today?
What is the relationship between the public interest and government lawyers? On one level, the concept pervades the very existence of government lawyers: advising and assisting government understand the limits of its powers is a function conducted in the public interest. But beyond providing one explanation for the existence of government lawyers, should the […]
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Integrity in Administrative Decision-making
On Thursday 19 and Friday 20 July 2012, the 2012 National Administrative Law Conference will be held at the National Wine Centre in Adelaide. The theme of the conference is ‘Integrity in Administrative Decision-making’. In 2004 Chief Justice Spigelman delivered the Australian Institute of Administrative Law (AIAL) National Lecture Series about the fourth branch […]
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Why extend the Judicial Complaints Process to Non-judicial Officers?
In this blog post, Gabrielle Appleby comments on the recent calls by President of Fair Work Australia, Justice Iain Ross, to bring the tribunal under the new complaints handling processes proposed for federal courts. Last week, Fair Work Australia (FWA) President, Justice Iain Ross of the Federal Court, was calling for FWA to be covered […]
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