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: August 2012
The last Part of Volume 19 of the Australian Journal of Administrative Law includes an article by Matthew Groves which examines the principles governing the hypothetical observer in the bias rule, and an article by Yee-Fui Ng which looks at the structural relationship between the immigration tribunals and the Immigration Department and Minister. Also published in this Part are “Trade, commerce and revenue”, “Work and employment” and “Casenotes” sections, as well as the Index and Tables of Authors and Cases for the Volume.
Public Law Review update: June 2012
The June 2012 issue of the Public Law Review publishes an edited version of the 2011 Sir Anthony Mason Lecture given by The Hon Justice Susan Kiefel AC entitled “Proportionality: A rule of reason” as well as three interesting articles: “Jurisdictional error after Kirk: Has it a future?” by The Hon Justice John Basten; “Judicial review of the administration of parliamentary elections” by Graeme Orr and “An obituary for s 25 of the Constitution” by Anne Twomey. There is also a “Comments” and “Developments” section.
Australian Journal of Administrative Law update: May 2012
The latest issue of the Australian Journal of Administrative Law includes articles discussing the importance of Kirk v Industrial Relations Commission (NSW) in the entrenchment of the jurisdiction of State Supreme Courts to review State administrative action, the tension between courts’ jurisdiction to address jurisdictional error and Parliament’s ability to expand decision makers’ jurisdiction, and the Hardiman principle as it applies to proceedings before merits review tribunals. There is also an Editorial, Casenotes, Book reviews and a Work and employment section.
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.
Public Law Review update: Vol 29 Pt 1
The latest Part of the Public Law Review includes the following content: Comments: “The Unfortunate Section Forty-Four” – Tony Blackshield; “Brown v Tasmania: Proportionality and the Reformulation of the Lange Test” – Anne Carter; “Fertilising a Thicket: Section 44, MP Qualifications and the High Court” – Graeme Orr; and the following Articles: “Inadequate Interests: Critiquing the Interest-only Approach to the Threshold Stage of Procedural Fairness” – Elliott Cook; “From NFIB to Williams: A Principled Prohibition on Coercion for Australian Federalism” – Colette Mintz; “The Limits of Constitutional Justice – Murray Wesson”; Book review: “The Law of Deliberative Democracy” – reviewed by Paul Kildea; and Developments.