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To purchase an article, please email:\u00c2\u00a0LTA.Service@thomsonreuters.com<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0or\u00c2\u00a0contact us on 1300 304 195\u00c2\u00a0(Australian customers) or +61 2 8587 7980\u00c2\u00a0(international customers) during business hours\u00c2\u00a0(Mon-Fri, 8am-6pm AEST).<\/p>\n The latest issue of the Public Law Review<\/em> (Volume 33 Part 2) contains the following material:<\/p>\n COMMENT<\/a> \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Editor: Dan Meagher<\/em><\/p>\n Click here to access on New Westlaw<\/a><\/p>\n Cabinet Conventions and National Cabinet<\/strong><\/em><\/a> \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Anne Twomey<\/p>\n The National Cabinet is an intergovernmental body comprised of the heads of government of the Commonwealth, the States and the self-governing Territories. Yet the Commonwealth Government has claimed that it is a committee of the Federal Cabinet, for the purpose of attracting to it the protection of Cabinet confidentiality. This article addresses that contention by considering whether the National Cabinet meets the definition of a Cabinet and whether it attracts the legal protection afforded by convention to Cabinet documents. In doing so, it considers the fundamental constitutional principles and conventions that underpin the Cabinet and justify the application of cabinet confidentiality. It also discusses the contradictions in the Commonwealth Government\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s arguments and Cabinet Handbook concerning the status and operation of the National Cabinet.<\/p>\n Click here to access this article on New Westlaw<\/a><\/p>\n Services Australia\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Single Touch Payroll Program: The Enduring Legacy of Robodebt, or a Fundamentally Different System?<\/strong><\/em><\/a> \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Asher Wright and Yee-Fui Ng<\/p>\n The Robodebt debacle has been universally decried as a major failing in Australian government administration. It involved an online compliance system that resulted in more than 470,000 incorrect welfare debt calculations. The Robodebt decisions made on the sole basis of income averaging were ruled to be irrational by the courts, resulting in the government agreeing to implement a new system. This article critically examines the various iterations of the Robodebt scheme within the context of social welfare policy in Australia, and compares it to the successor to Robodebt, the Single Touch Payroll (STP) program. It argues that while the STP program appears to be an improvement from the Robodebt system in some ways, issues pertaining to transparency and accountability continue to persist under the STP program. The authors suggest that further reform is required to ensure compliance with the administrative law requirements of rationality, lawfulness, transparency and accountability.<\/p>\n Click here to access this article on New Westlaw<\/a><\/p>\n Open Justice during a Pandemic \u00e2\u20ac\u201c The Role and Risks of Remote Hearings<\/strong><\/em><\/a> \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Michael Legg, Anthony Song, Lyria Bennett Moses and Richard Buckland<\/p>\n Open justice is a fundamental principle of the Australian justice system. The public administering of justice allows members of the community to be present and personally observe hearings. However, with the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, stay-at-home orders, social distancing, and closure of court houses meant that judges could not sit in public as they traditionally had. To continue operating, courts turned to technology to conduct hearings remotely. This article examines this experience and considers the consequences of remote hearing technology as a substitute for traditional in-person attendance, including an analysis of both the role and risks that remote hearings can have for open justice.<\/p>\n Click here to access this article on New Westlaw<\/a><\/p>\n BOOK REVIEW<\/a> \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Editor: Edward Willis<\/em><\/p>\n Click here to access this on New Westlaw<\/a><\/p>\n DEVELOPMENTS<\/a><\/p>\n Click here to access this on New Westlaw<\/a><\/p>\n For the PDF version of the table of contents, click here: Westlaw AU – PLR Vol 33 No 2 Contents<\/a> or here: New Westlaw Australia – PLR Vol 33 No 2 Contents<\/a>.<\/p>\n Click here to access this Part on Westlaw AU<\/a><\/p>\n Click here to access this Part on New Westlaw AU<\/a><\/p>\n\n
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