MELBOURNE, JULY 1992
Volume 1
The Rt. Hon. Sir Harry Gibbs, GCMG, AC, KBE, QC
Re-Writing the Constitution
The Hon. Peter Connolly, CBE, QC
Right According to Law
Hugh Morgan, AO
The Australian Constitution: A Living Document
S E K Hulme, AM, QC
Constitutions and the Constitution
Dr Greg Craven
Constitutional Reform: The Tortoise or The Hare?
Frank Devine
Keeping the Government at Bay: The Case for a Bill of Rights
Dr David Chessell
Financial Centralisation: The Lion in the Path
Professor Mark Cooray
The High Court: The Centralist Tendency
Dr Colin Howard
When External Means Internal
Sir David Smith, KCVO, AO
Some Thoughts on the Monarchy / Republic Debate
John Paul
The Head of State in Australia
Bruce Knox
Fantasies and Furphies: The Australian Republican Agenda
Professor Alan Frost
Old Colonizations and Modern Discontents: Legacies and Concerns
MELBOURNE, JULY 1993
Volume 2
The Hon. Jeff Kennett
The Crown and the States
Dr Frank Knopfelmacher
The Crown in a Culturally Diverse Australia
John Hirst
The Republic and our British Heritage
Jack Waterford
Australia's Aborigines and Australian Civilization
The Hon. Bill Hassell, AM
Mabo and Federalism: The Prospect of an Indigenous People's Treaty
The Hon. Peter Connolly, CBE, QC
Should Courts Determine Social Policy?
S E K Hulme, AM, QC
The High Court in Mabo
Professor Wolfgang Kasper
Making Federalism Flourish
The Rt. Hon. Sir Harry Gibbs, GCMG, AC, KBE, QC
The Threat to Federalism
Dr Colin Howard
Australia's Diminishing Sovereignty
The Hon. Peter Durack, QC
What is to be Done?
John Paul
The 1944 Referendum
FREMANTLE, NOVEMBER 1993
Volume 3
The Hon. Richard Court
Western Australia and the Federal Compact
Dr Colin Howard
The Racial Discrimination Act 1975 and Mabo
Graeme Campbell, MP
The Social and Economic Realities of Mabo in Kalgoorlie
Bevan Lawrence
W.A. Inc.: Why Didn't We Hear The Alarm Bells?
Professor Peter Boyce
The Three Monkeys Syndrome and Possible Remedies
Professor Geoffrey Bolton
The Civil War We Never Had
Dr Campbell Sharman
Secession and Federalism
The Hon. John Howard, MP
Mr Keating's Mirage on the Hill
The Rt. Hon. Sir Harry Gibbs, GCMG, AC, KBE, QC
Launching Address - Volume 1
The Hon. Roderick Meagher
Launching Address - Volume 1
The Rt. Hon. Sir Paul Hasluck, KG, GCMG, GCVO
Launching Address - Volume 1
The Hon. Sir Walter Campbell, AC, QC
Launching Address - Volume 2
The Hon. Ian Medcalf, AO, ED, QC
Launching Address - Volume 2
BRISBANE, JULY 1994
Volume 4
S E K Hulme, AM, QC
Hit and Myth in the Law Courts
Geoffrey Partington
The Aetiology of Mabo
John Forbes
Proving Native Title
Dr Colin Howard
The High Court
Ian Callinan, QC
An Over-Mighty Court?
Senator Rod Kemp
International Tribunals and the Attack on Australian Democracy
Ray Evans
The Basel Convention: Why National Sovereignty is Important
John Stone
White Anting the Constitution: The Constitutional Centenary Foundation
Lloyd Waddy, QC
The Republic: Will Blinky be the Only Bill?
Geoffrey de Q Walker
Direct Democracy and Citizen Law-Making
David Russell, QC
The Constitution and our State Constitutions
SYDNEY, MARCH 1995
Volume 5
Peter Coleman
Dividing the Great Australian Consensus
Dr Colin Howard
Amending the External Affairs Power
Professor George Winterton
A Framework for Reforming the External Affairs Power
Professor Michael Coper
The proper Scope of the External Affairs Power
John Hirst
Stuart Macintyre and Samuel Griffith: The Report of the Civics Expert Group
Bruce Knox
The Singers, not the Song: The Civics Expert Group
The Rt. Hon. Sir Harry Gibbs, GCMG, AC, KBE, QC
"A Hateful Tax"? Section 90 of the Constitution
Sir David Smith, KCVO, AO
The 1975 Dismissal: Setting the Record Straight
Ted Mack
Beyond Representative Government
Professor Philip Ayres
Policy from the People: Recent Developments in the USA and Canada
The Rt. Hon. Sir Garfield Barwick, AK, GCMG, QC
Parliamentary Democracy in Australia
MELBOURNE, NOVEMBER 1995
Volume 6
The Hon. Jan Wade
The Future of the Federation
The Rt. Hon. Sir Garfield Barwick, AK, GCMG, QC
A View of the External Affairs Power
S E K Hulme, AM, QC
The External Affairs Power : The State of the Debate
Des Moore
Duplication and Overlap: An Exercise in Federal Power
Dr Greg Craven
The High Court and the States
Dr Colin Howard
The Second Native Title Case
Professor Austin Gough
The New Official Religion: The Hindmarsh Island and La Trobe Affairs
The Rt. Hon. Sir Harry Gibbs, GCMG, AC, KBE, QC
Does Australia Need a Bill of Rights?
Professor Kenneth Minogue
Constitutional Mania: A Preliminary Diagnosis
Harry Evans
Citizen Initiated Referendums
Professor Patrick O’Brien
Sovereign Citizens, not Subjects
John Nethercote
The Engineers’ Case: Seventy Five Years On
ADELAIDE, JUNE 1996
Volume 7
The Hon. Dean Brown
Challenges, Chances and Choices: The Future of the Federation
Dr Colin Howard
The Proposed External Affairs Referendum
Dr Greg Craven
Reforming the High Court
The Hon. David Jull
The Republic: Problems and Perspectives
Peter Howell
The Proposed External Affairs Referendum
Dr John Forbes
Revisiting Mabo: Time for the Streaker's Defence?
Chris Humphry
The Native Title Act at Work
Ray Evans
Reflections on the Aboriginal Crisis
Christopher Pearson
Soft Totalitarianism and Centralism
David Trebeck and Greg Cutbush
Overlap and Duplication in Federal - State Relations
The Rt. Hon. Sir Garfield Barwick, AK, GCMG, QC
Parliamentary Democracy in Australia: Some Supplementary Thoughts
Alan Jones, AM
Launching Address - Volume 3
Professor Geoffrey Blainey, AO
Launching Address - Volume 4
Judith Sloan
Launching Address - Volume 4
Christopher Pearson
Launching Address - Volume 6
CANBERRA, MARCH 1997
Volume 8
John Stone
Why Canberra?
The Rt. Hon. Sir Harry Gibbs, GCMG, AC, KBE, QC
A Republic: The Issues
Professor Gabriël Moens
The Role of the States in High Court Appointments
Dr Jeffrey Goldsworthy
A Role for the States in Initiating Referendums
Dr Colin Howard, QC
The People of any Race
Professor Greg Craven
The Engineers’ Case: Time for a Change?
Harry Evans
Federalism and the Role of the Senate
Dr Amy McGrath
One Vote, One Value: Electoral Fraud in Australia
Sir David Smith, KCVO, AO
The Role of the Governor-General
The Hon. John Wheeldon
Federalism: One of Democracy's Best Friends
Dr John Forbes
Amending the Native Title Act
Roger Sandall
An Australian Dilemma: Reconciling the Irreconcilable
S E K Hulme, QC
The Wik Judgment
PERTH, OCTOBER 1997
Volume 9
The Hon. Richard Court
Returning Power to the States: Risky or Responsible?
S E K Hulme, QC
The Racial Discrimination Act 1975
Dr John Forbes
The Prime Minister's Ten Point Plan
The Rt. Hon. Sir Harry Gibbs, GCMG, AC, KBE, QC
Two Rules of Law?
Professor Austin Gough
Romantic Solutions to Practical Problems
Padraic McGuinness
Constitutional Conferences and Conventions
Professor Bhajan Grewal
Economic Integration and Federalism
The Hon. Peter Walsh, AO
Labor and the Constitution: Forty Years On
Pastor Paul Albrecht, AM
The Nature of Aboriginal Identity
Professor Greg Craven
Reflections on Judicial Activism
Professor David Flint, AM
The Media and the Constitution
Dr Stephen Davis
Native Title: A Path to Sovereignty
Trevor Sykes
Launching Address - Volume 8
BRISBANE, AUGUST 1998
Volume 10
The Hon. Rob Borbidge
Reinventing the Federation
Sir David Smith, KCVO, AO
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Referendum
Dr Suri Ratnapala
The Movement to an Australian Republic: A Missed Opportunity
David Russell, QC
The Republic: Is there a Minimalist Position?
Ian Holloway
Australia, the Republic and the Perils of Constitutionalism
The Hon. Peter Connolly, CBE, QC
Taking Stock of the Role of the Courts
Dr John Forbes
“Just tidying up”: Two Decades of the Federal Court
Dr Colin Howard, QC
The People of No Race
Barry Maley
Importing Wooden Horses
Professor Brian Galligan
Federal Renewal, Tax Reform and the States
Alan Wood
Beneath Deakin’s Chariot Wheels
Professor Geoffrey de Q. Walker
Ten Advantages of a Federal Constitution
Professor Kenneth Minogue
Occasional Address - Aboriginals and Australian Apologetics
MELBOURNE, JULY 1999
Volume 11
Professor David Flint, AM
The Republic Referendum: Mere Symbolism or Substantial Change?
Professor Greg Craven
The Republican Debate and the True Course of Constitutional Conservatism
Sir David Smith, KCVO, AO
What a nice Referendum – Pity about the Debate
Michael Warby
Preambulations
The Rt. Hon. Sir Harry Gibbs, GCMG, AC, KBE, QC
A Preamble: The Issues
The Hon. Gary Johns
A Bill of Rights: The Ultimate in Participation, or an Immature Stage in our Development?
The Hon. Roderick Meagher
Civil Rights and Other Impediments to Democracy
Dr John Forbes
Judicial Tidy-Up or Takeover? Centralism’s Next Stage
Dr Geoffrey Partington
Republicanism and the Repudiation of post-1788 Australia
Ray Evans
Getting Serious about Sovereignty
Malcolm Mackerras
Thoughts on the 1949 Reform of the Senate
Dr Philip Ayres
Federalism and Sir Owen Dixon
SYDNEY, NOVEMBER 2000
Volume 12
The Rt. Hon. Sir Harry Gibbs, GCMG, AC, KBE, QC
The Erosion of National Sovereignty
John Stone
Setting the Sovereignty Scene: Use and Abuse of the Treaty Power
The Hon. Peter Walsh, AO
The UN Convention on Refugees and its Implications for Australia’s Sovereignty
The Hon. Max Bradford
The ILO and Sovereignty: New Dawn or Dinosaur?
Ray Evans
The Kyoto Protocol: Fast Road to Global Governance
Ruth McColl, SC
The Argument against Mandatory Sentencing
The Hon. Denis Burke
Civil Rights and Other Impediments to Democracy
Sir David Smith, KCVO, AO
The Referendum: A Post-Mortem
Peter Ryan, MM
The Whitlam Years: A Retrospect
Dr Nancy Stone
The Referendum Debate: A Note on Press Coverage
Malcolm Mackerras
The Inner Metropolitan Republic
Professor Geoffrey Blainey, AC
A Black Arm-Band for Australia’s 20th Century?
Professor David Flint, AM
A Century of Achievement
The Hon. Peter Walsh, AO
Launching Address - Volume 11
Professor Kenneth Minogue
Occasional Address - Civil Identity and the Anglosphere in Australia
Professor Kenneth Minogue
Occasional Address - National Sovereignty versus Internationalism
MELBOURNE, AUGUST 2001
Volume 13
The Rt. Hon. Sir Harry Gibbs, GCMG, AC, KBE, QC
The Constitution: 100 Years On
The Hon. Dr Frank McGrath, AM, OBE
Today’s High Court and the Convention Debates
Dr Bob Birrell
Federation: Commemoration or Celebration?
Keith Windschuttle
History, Anthropology and the Politics of Aboriginal Society
Dr John Forbes
Native Title Now
Professor Jonathan Pincus
Fiscal Balance in the Australian Federation
Des Moore
Judicial Intervention: The Old Province for Law and Order
Harry Evans
The Senate Today
Professor David Flint, AM
Mr Beazley and His Plebiscites
John Paul
The Role of the Sovereign: United Kingdom and Australia Distinguished
Sir David Smith, KCVO, AO
What shall we do with ex-Governors-General?
Professor Bob Catley
The New Zealand Connection
SYDNEY, JUNE 2002
Volume 14
The Hon. Murray Gleeson, AC
The Birth, Life and Death of Section 74
Professor Geoffrey de Q Walker
The Seven Pillars of Centralism: Federalism and the Engineers’ Case
Dr Nicholas Aroney
The Ghost in the Machine: Exorcising Engineers
The Hon. Kenneth Handley, AO
When “Maybe” means “No”
Professor David Flint, AM
The Republic: Report from Corowa
Professor John McMillan
Immigration Law and the Courts
The Hon. Philip Ruddock
Immigration Policy and the Separation of Powers
Piers Akerman
Immigration Policy, Sovereignty and the Media
The Hon. Lloyd Waddy
Memories of a Monarchist – now a Trappist Judge
Dr Stephen Hall
September 11 and International Law
Dr Janet Albrechtsen
National Interest versus International Law: The International Criminal Court
Steven Franks, MP
Treaty of Waitangi: Only Good Intentions?
ADELAIDE, MAY 2003
Volume 15
The Hon. Ian Callinan, AC
The Law: Past and Present Tense
The Hon. Len King, AC, QC
An Experiment in Constitutional Reform
The Hon. Trevor Griffin
The South Australian Constitutional Framework – Good, Bad or What?
Professor Geoffrey de Q Walker
The Advance of Direct Democracy
The Hon. Peter Reith
Let’s Give Democracy a Chance: Some Suggestions
Professor Peter Howell
South Australia and Federation
Professor Philip Ayres
John Latham in Owen Dixon’s Eyes
The Rt. Hon. Sir Harry Gibbs, GCMG, AC, KBE, QC
Teoh: Some Reflections
The Hon. Nick Minchin
Voluntary Voting
Julian Leeser
Don’t! You’ll Just Encourage Them
Dr Geoffrey Partington
Hindmarsh Island and the Fabrication of Aboriginal Mythology
Keith Windschuttle
Mabo and the Fabrication of Aboriginal History
PERTH, MARCH 2004
Volume 16
The Hon. Bill Hassell, AM
The State of the Law
Harry Evans
Why the Prime Minister’s Proposals would Dismantle the Constitution
Professor Malcolm Mackerras
Prime Ministers and Reform of the Senate
Ray Evans
The Answer to the Prime Minister’s Section 57 Dilemma
Dr Michael Connor
Error Nullius Revisited
Sir David Smith, KCVO, AO
The Role of State Governors: An Endangered Species?
Professor Gregory Melleuish
Federalism and the Crown
Professor Greg Craven
Judicial Activism: The Beginning of the End of the Beginning
Rob O’Connor, QC
The Constitutional Centre of Western Australia
Alex Gardner
Musings on Marquet
Professor Bob Catley
The Northern Territory: Seventh State or Internal Colony?
COOLANGATTA, APRIL 2005
Volume 17
The Hon. Paul de Jersey, AC
Evolution of the Judicial Function: Undesirable Blurring?
Kevin Lindeberg
The Heiner Affair
Professor Suri Ratnapala
Constitutional Vandalism under Green Cover
Bruce Grundy
The Missing Constitutional Ingredient: An Upper House
John Nethercote
Senate Vacancies: Casual or Contrived?
Sir David Smith, KCVO, AO
The Governor-General is our Head of State
Dr John Forbes
Native Title Today
Bob Bottom, OAM
Frauding the Vote in Queensland
Bryan Pape
The Use and Abuse of the Commonwealth Finance Power
Dr Dominic Katter
Australia’s International Legal Obligations
Professor Gregory Rose
The United Nations as a Source of International Legal Authority
John Stone
Tribute to the late Sir Harry Gibbs
CANBERRA, MAY 2006
Volume 18
The Hon. Dyson Heydon, AC
Chief Justice Gibbs: Defending the Rule of Law in a Federal System
The Hon. Michael Kirby, AC, CMG
Sir Harry Gibbs Remembered
The Hon. Tom Hughes, AO, QC
Sir Harry Gibbs: An Advocate’s Perspective
David Jackson, QC
Sir Harry Gibbs and the Constitution
Julian Leeser
Sir Harry Gibbs and Federalism: The Essence of the Australian Constitution
Professor James Allan
Bills of Rights as Centralising Instruments
Ben Davies
Who gets the Bill? The Lawyers’ Bill of Rights in Victoria
Professor David Flint, AM
The Role of the Sovereign
Dr Janet Albrechtsen
An Australian Bill of Rights by Stealth?
John Stone
The Republic Referendum – Issues and Answers: An Historical Note
Stuart Wood
The High Court chooses: Will Work Choices work?
The Hon. Dr Gary Johns
Aboriginal Policy at the Turn
John Roskam
Federalism and the Liberal Party
MELBOURNE, AUGUST 2007
Volume 19
Professor Geoffrey Blainey, AC
What should we say about our Federation?
Julian Leeser
Work Choices: Did the States run dead?
John Gava
Can Judges resuscitate Federalism?
Professor James Allan
When does Precedent become a Nonsense?
Eddy Gisonda
Work Choices: A Betrayal of Original Meaning?
The Hon. Dr David Hamill
W(h)ither Federalism?
Ben Davies
The Politics of Federalism
Dr Charles Parkinson
Bills of Rights: Some Reflections on Commonwealth Experience
Paul Houlihan
A Constitutional Fairy Tale
Dr Anne Twomey
The Queen of Australia
Michael Manetta
Sovereignty in the Australian Federation
Dr Geoffrey Partington
Thoughts on Terra Nullius
SYDNEY, AUGUST 2008
Volume 20
The Hon. Ian Callinan, AC
Superior Courts in the Republic of Australia
Dr Nicholas Aroney
The Idea of a Federal Commonwealth
Professor James Allan
Implied Rights and Federalism: Inventing Intentions while Ignoring Them
Paul Sheehan
The Rule of Lawyers, not Law
Peter Faris, QC
Human Rights Legislation and Australian Sovereignty
The Hon. George Brandis, SC
A Collision Waiting to Happen?
Alan Oxley
“Global Warming” and its Discontents
Dr Matt Harvey
Treaty of Lisbon: A Federal Constitution that Dares not Speak its Name?
Professor David Flint, AM
“Supreme Summit Smashes Creaky Constitution”: Pravda
Professor John McGinniss
An Opinionated History of the Federalist Society
Dr Anne Twomey
Commonwealth Coercion and Co-operation
Professor Kenneth Wiltshire
Chariot Wheels Federalism
ADELAIDE, AUGUST 2009
Volume 21
Professor Ivan Shearer, AM, RFD
The Australian Bill of Rights Debate: The International Law Dimension
The Hon. Christian Porter
The Brennan Committee
Miranda Devine
Human Rights Bureaucracies
Dr David Bennett, AC, QC
Rights in the Constitution
Bryan Pape
The Tax Bonus Case; Did the Commonwealth cry “Wolf”?
Professor Jonathan Pincus
Mutual Recognition and Regulatory Competition
Professor Scott Prasser
The Virtues of Upper Houses
Professor Dean Jaensch, AO
The Attack on Australia’s Democracy?
Professor James Allan
The Magical Powers of Judges and University Administrators
John Nethercote
A Note on Referendum Majorities
The Hon. John Hatzistergos
The Important Role of Legislatures in Progressive Social Change
The Hon. Bruce Debelle, QC
Judicial Appointments: The Case for Reform
Alan Anderson
How Judicial Appointments Reform Threatens our Democracy
PERTH, AUGUST 2010
Volume 22
Bryan Pape
Stopping Stimulus Spending; Is the Sorcerer’s Apprentice Controlling the Executive?
Andrew Podger
The Case for Increased Commonwealth Involvement in Health
Dr Dan Norton
The Case for Less Commonwealth Involvement in State Government Services
Lorraine Finlay
The Attack on Property Rights
The Hon. Keith De Lacy, AM
Tax Reform: The Resource Super Profits Tax and how not to do it
Grant Donaldson, SC, and Richard Douglas
The National Broadband Network and the Acquisition of Property
Professor Jonathan Pincus
Revisiting Proposals for a State Income Tax
Des Moore
John Stone, Federalism and the Commonwealth Treasury
The Hon. Dyson Heydon, AC
The Public Life of John and Nancy Stone
John Stone
Some Words of Thanks
The Hon. John Gilmour
Kirk: Newton’s apple fell
The Hon. Christian Porter
Parliamentary Democracy, Criminal Law and Human Rights Bodies
The Hon. Colin Barnett
Federalism in 2010
HOBART, AUGUST 2011
Volume 23
The Hon. William Cox, AC, RFD, ED, QC
The Exercise of the Reserve Powers of the Governor of Tasmania
Paul Pirani
Current Issues and Recent Cases on Electoral Law
Professor James Allan
Until the High Court Otherwise Provides – Electoral Law Activism
The Hon. Michael Field, AC
Dealing with Hung Parliaments
Scott Bennett
Inglis Clark’s Other Contribution – A critical analysis of the Hare-Clark Voting System
Dr Margaret Kelly
The Victorian Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act 2006 – The Case for Repeal
Benjamin Jellis
The High Court under Howard
Murray Cranston
The Reliability of Judicial Appointments in the United States from 1980 to 1992
The Hon. Robert Ellicott, AC, QC
Indigenous Recognition – Some Issues
The Hon. Dyson Heydon, AC
Constitutional Facts
The Hon. Michael Mischin
Local Government and the Commonwealth Constitution – A Case Against Recognition
Amanda Stoker
The Constitutionality of the Commonwealth’s School Chaplaincy Program
Lawrence Neasey
Andrew Inglis Clark and the Making of the Australian Constitution
BRISBANE, AUGUST 2012
Volume 24
The Hon. George Brandis
In Defence of Freedom of Speech
The Hon. Ian Callinan, AC
Defamation, Privacy, the Finkelstein Report and the Regulation of the Media
Michael Sexton, SC
Flights of Fancy: The Implied Freedom of Political Communication 20 Years On
The Hon. Dyson Heydon, AC
Sir Samuel Griffith and the Making of the Australian Constitution
The Hon. Christian Porter
Federal-State Relations and the Changing Economy
The Hon. Richard Court, AC
A Federalist Agenda for Coast to Coast Liberal or Labor Governments
Dr Keith Kendall
The Case for a State Income Tax
Josephine Kelly
The Constitutionality of the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act
The Hon. Gary Johns
Native Title 20 Years On: Beyond the Hyperbole
Lorraine Finlay
Indigenous Recognition – Some Issues
John Paul
Speaker of the House
SYDNEY, NOVEMBER 2013
Volume 25
The Hon. Dyson Heydon, AC
Sir Samuel Griffith as Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia
Professor Greg Craven
A Federalist Agenda for the Government’s White Paper
Professor Anne Twomey
Money, Power and Pork-Barrelling: Expenditure of Public Money without Parliamentary Authorisation
Dr Keith Kendall
Comparative Federal Income Tax
John Paul
Independents and Minor Parties in the Commonwealth Parliament
Ian McAllister
Reforming the Senate Electoral System
Professor Malcolm Mackerras
Electing the Australian Senate: In Defence of the Present System
Gim Del Villar
The Kable Case
Nicholas Cater
The Human Rights Commission: A Failed Experiment
Damien Freeman
Meagher, Mabo and Patrick White’s tea-cosy – 20 Years On
Senator Dean Smith
Double Celebration: The Referendum that did not Proceed
Senator Bridget Mackenzie
Rigging the Referendum: How the Government Slanted the Playing Field for Constitutional Change
The Hon. Gary Johns
Recognition: History Yes, Culture No
MELBOURNE, NOVEMBER 2014
Volume 26
The Hon. Richard Tracey, AM, RFD, QC
The Constitution Goes to War
Professor Anne Twomey
Williams Revisited – The Commonwealth Constrained but Chaplains Resurrected
The Hon. Gary Johns
Constitutions I Have Known
Peter Crone
The National Commission of Audit and Reform of the Federation
Senator David Leyonhjelm
The Case for Competitive Federalism
Senator Bob Day
The World is Run by those who Show Up
Antony Green
Re-run of the Senate election in Western Australia and Proposals for Reform
Peter Wertheim
The Case against Changing Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act
Simon Breheny
The Case for Changing Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act
The Hon. Jerrold Cripps, QC
The NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption: Time for a Re-think?
Sir David Smith, KCVO, AO
The Australian Honours System: In the Beginning
Professor David Flint, AM
“The” Republic, Royals and Religion
The Hon. Michael Mischin
State Attorneys-General as First Law Officers and Constitutional Litigants
Professor George Williams
Obituary - Bryan Pape and his Legacy to the Law
CANBERRA, AUGUST 2015
Volume 27
Nicholas Cowdery, AM, QC
Magna Carta: Its History & Enduring Relevance
John O’Sullivan, CBE
When Respectability Loses Her Virtue
James Dalziel
Why Conservatives and Progressives Think Differently: Insights from Moral Psychology
David Tomkins
Implied Freedoms and Political Donations
Neil Foster
Religious Freedom and the Law in Australia
Mark Fowler
The Courts and the Marriage Debate
Professor James Allan
Judicial Appointments: Need for a Policy
The Hon. John Bannon, AO
The Rocky Road of Federal – State Relationships
Senator Scott Ryan
Competitive Federalism: A Reassessment
Jane Reynolds
Australian Colossus – Sir Henry Parkes, 1815-1896
The Hon. Michael Mischin
Aboriginal Recognition and the Constitution of Western Australia
Julian Leeser
Competing Proposals for Recognition: An Evaluation
ADELAIDE, AUGUST 2016
Volume 28
The Hon. Robert French, AC
Giving and Taking Offence
Brendan O’Neill
Hatred: A Defence
John Roskam
Prior v Queensland University of Technology
The Hon. Tony Abbott
Cultural Self-Confidence: That is What is Missing
The Hon. Chris Kourakis
In re Revenue Taxation & the Federation: The States v The Commonwealth
Professor Jeffrey Goldsworthy
Is Legislative Supremacy Under Threat?
Dr Lael Weis
Originalism in Australia
Simon Steward, QC
Taxation of Multinationals: OECD Guidelines and the Rule of Law
Professor James Allan
Australian Universities, Law Schools and Teaching Human Rights
Margaret Cunneen, SC
Great Harm to Innocent People: An ICAC story
Sir David Smith, KCVO, AO
The Dismissal: Reflections 40 Years On
Don Morris
Reserve Powers of the Crown: Perils of Definition
The Hon. Dr Ken Coghill
The Speaker
The Hon. Dr Peter Patmore, AM
Clerks of Houses of Parliament
PERTH, AUGUST 2017
Volume 29
The Hon. Patrick Keane, AC
The Zeitgeist and the Constitution
Chris Kenny
Fake News, Federalism and the Love Media
Professor Augusto Zimmermann
The Unconstitutionality of Outlawing Political Opinion
The Hon. Tony Abbott
Government not Gridlock
Senator James Paterson
In Defence of the Senate
The Hon. Dr Mike Nahan
Western Australia and the GST
Senator David Leyonhjelm
Western Australia and Secession
Daniel White
Workplace Rights and the States
Professor Neville Rochow, SC
Causes of Coming Discontents
The Hon. Robert Mitchell
Federalism and the High Court in the 21st Century
Michelle Evans
Federalism and the Principle of Subsidiarity
The Hon. Wayne Martin, AC
Passing the Buck
John Stone
The Aboriginal Question: Enough is Enough!
Keith Wolahan
A Colour-blind Constitution
The Hon. Nicholas Hasluck, AM, QC
Recognition Roulette
BRISBANE, AUGUST 2018
Volume 30
The Hon. Susan Kiefel, AC
The High Court Justices and the Weight of War
Major General, Greg Melick, AO, SC
Lawyers in Action in World War I
The Hon. Campbell Newman
Not all the Smart People are in Canberra
Robyn Hollander
Morality Policy and Federalism
The Hon. David J S Jackson
McCawley and other cases in the light of Kirk
Nicholas Aroney
The Prospects of Australian Federalism
The Most Reverend Julian Porteous
The Freedom to Hold and Profess a Religious Belief
Gerard Henderson
The Media and Religion in Australia
Nicholas Cowdery, AO, QC
The Murphy Papers: Reflections on the Murphy Trials
The Hon. Stephen Charles, AO, QC
The Murphy Papers: The Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry
The Hon. Peter Dutton, MP
The Evolving State of Debate in Australia
The Hon. Tony Abbott, MP
Problems with a Plebiscite for a Republic
David Flint, AM
An Australian Republic? More than a Waste of Time and Money
Gray Connolly
Crown or Republic: There is no Via Media
The Hon. Dr Christopher Jessup, QC
The Strange Demise of the Conciliation and Arbitration Power
The Hon. Ian Callinan, AC, QC
Conclusion
MELBOURNE, AUGUST 2019
Volume 31
The Hon. Geoffrey Nettle, AC
Sir Harry Gibbs: A Legal Conservative
Geoffrey Blainey, AC
Wandering Around Australia's Democratic History
The Hon. John Brumby, AO
Fixing Federalism: A Federation Fit for Purpose in a Changing and Challenging World
Cheryl Saunders, AO
The Strange (Continuing) Story of Commonwealth Authority to Spend
Peter Dunning, QC
Spence v Queensland: Calibrating Australian Federalism for a Second Century
Judith Sloan
The Erosion of the Economic Benefits of Federalism
Judith Brett
Alfred Deakin and Federation
The Hon. Alex Chernov, AC, QC
The Role and Appointment of Australian Governors
Alister Henskens, SC, MP
Can there be a Plebiscite on the Road to a Republic?
Senator, The Hon. Eric Abetz
An Indigenous Voice: Some Observations
The Hon. Nicholas Hasluck, AM, QC
The Role of Quangos
Michael Sexton, SC
Freedom of Speech
Peter Ridd
A Sad Tale of Our Intolerant and Untrustworthy Universities
Dr. Murray Cranston
Judicial Appointments in the United States of America
The Hon. John Middleton
The Life of the Trial Judge: What Has or Is Changing?
The Hon. Ian Callinan, AC, QC
Conclusion
SYDNEY, APRIL - MAY 2022
Volume 32
The Hon. James Allsop, AO
Sir Harry Gibbs: Being a Judge: Judicial Technique, Independence and Labels
Professor Anne Twomey, AO
State Border Closures
Associate Professor Janina Boughey
Executive Accountability in Emergencies: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic
Associate Professor William Coleman
The Federation of 1901: The Case Against
The Hon. Simon Steward
The Judicial Burden in the 21st Century
Guy Reynolds, SC
The Prorogation Case: A Study in Judicial Activism
Jonathon Horton, QC
Storming the Citadel of Text: Limits Beyond Words
The Hon. Alister Henskens, SC, MP
Democracy and Free Speech in Contemporary New South Wales
Gerald Henderson
The Pell Case, the Law and the Media
Professor James Allan
Reasonable, Proportional, Legitimate, Necessary and Appropriate
Professor David Flint, AM
30 Years of the Republic Debate
Matthew White, SC
The Palace Papers
Emeritus Professor Rosalin Croucher, AM
Protecting Human Rights in a Federal System
Stuart Wood, AM, QC
Concluding Remarks
MELBOURNE, AUGUST 2023
Volume 33
The Hon. John Anderson AC
Friday Dinner Address
Professor Nicholas Aroney
The Constitutional Implications of Recognising Australia’s First Peoples
Allan Myers AC, KC
Sir Harry Gibbs: Two Recent Constitutional Cases
Louise Clegg
Losing our Legend: Why our Washminister is Vulnerable to Entrenching Identity
John Storey
The Voice in Context: International Research and the New Zealand Experience
The Hon. Douglas Drummond KC
The Reconquest of Australia
The Hon. Dr David Kemp AC
The Voice: Culture, Politics and Opportunity
Paul Jeffreys
Constitutional Limitations on an Australian Referendum Question
Stuart Wood AM, KC
The 1967 Referendum: Five Myths
Keith Windschuttle
Truth-telling about Samuel Griffith