Australian Journal of Administrative Law update: May 2014
The latest Part of the Australian Journal of Administrative Law publishes the following articles: “The watershed for Commonwealth appropriation and spending after Pape and Williams?” – Melissa Hogg and Charles Lawson; “Effective ombudsman own-initiative investigations: Ideas from ombudsman own-initiative investigations, auditor-general performance audits and law reform commission projects” – Cady Simpson; and “Taking Facebook at face value: The Refugee Review Tribunal’s use of social media evidence” – Emma Wagstaff and Kieran Tranter. Also in this Part are the following sections: Discrimination and Refugees; Casenotes; and Work and Employment.
Australian Journal of Administrative Law update: July 2013
The latest Part of the Australian Journal of Administrative Law includes an article by Andrew Edgar which examines the difficulties that arise when applicants challenge decisions on the basis of improper application of legislative principles and an article by Stephen Tully which looks at Australia’s new legislative framework for the implementation of autonomous sanctions. There are also several section notes including “Discrimination and Refugees”; “Work and Employment”; “Civil and Political Rights”; “Trade, Commerce and Revenue” and “Casenotes”.
Australian Journal of Administrative Law update: November 2012
The first Part of Volume 20 of the AJ Admin L publishes three articles of interest. The first comes from Amanda McBratney and Myles McGregor-Lowndes and looks at fair government contracts for community service provision. The second article is by Gail Pearson and examines some contemporary features of business self-regulation. The final article is by Kristy Richardson and examines the issue of the particularisation of occupational health and safety breaches in Queensland following the decision of the High Court in Kirk v Industrial Relations Commission (NSW).
Australian Journal of Administrative Law update: February 2012
The latest issue of the Australian Journal of Administrative Law includes an article by Dr Charles Lawson that discusses whether Parliament should determine the accountability, transparency and responsibility standards for the Australian Government and an article by Ayowande A McCunn about the search for a single standard for the Kable principle. Also included in this Part are casenotes and section notes on Work and employment law as well as Discrimination and refugees.
New Section Editor joins Australian Journal of Administrative Law team
Dr Paula Gerber has joined as the Section Editor for the “Refugees and Discrimination” Section. As the Deputy Director of the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law at Monash University, she brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the role. She specialises in international human rights law and in 2009 she was appointed to the Board of the Victorian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission.