U P H O L D I N G T H E A U S T R A L I A N C O N S T I T U T I O N
The Twenty Third Conference of The Samuel Griffith Society 26th - 28th August, 2011
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Mercure Hotel Hobart 156 Bathurst Street Hobart TAS 7000 U P H O L D I N G T H E A U S T R A L I A N C O N S T I T U T I O N
Friday 26th August, 2011
5.30 pm Registration 6.00 pm Pre Conference Reception: Government House, Tasmania - hosted by His Excellency, the Governor, Hon Peter Underwood AC 7.30 pm Dinner: Chairman: Hon Ian Callinan AC Address: Hon William Cox AC, RFD, ED, QC The Reserve Powers of the Tasmanian Governor
Saturday 27th August, 2011
8.30 am Registration (for those unable to attend the opening Dinner) 8.50 am Conference Opening Remarks: Julian Leeser
Session 1: Electoral Law and its Consequences 9.00 am Paul Pirani Current issues & recent cases on electoral law: The AEC perspective 9.30 am Discussion 9.45 am Professor James Allan Until the High Court otherwise provides Electoral Law Activism 10.15 am Discussion 10.30 am Morning Tea 11.00 am Hon Michael Field Dealing with Hung Parliaments 11.30 am Discussion 11.45 am Scott Bennett Inglis Clark’s other contribution: The Hare Clark Voting system a critical analysis 12.15 pm Discussion 12.30 pm Luncheon
Session 2: Bills of Rights 2.15 pm Dr Margaret Kelly The Case for Repealing the Victorian Charter of Rights 2.45 pm Discussion Session 3: Judicial Philosophy 3.00 pm Ben Jellis The Howard High Court 3.30 pm Discussion 3.45 pm Afternoon Tea 4.15 pm Dr Murray Cranston Judicial Appointments: the American Experience 4.45 pm Discussion 5.00 pm Adjourned Free Time 7.00 pm Drinks Session 4: Current Constitutional Issues 7.30 pm Dinner: Chairman: Hon Ian Callinan AC Address: Bob Ellicott QC Indigenous Recognition: Some Issues
Sunday 28th August, 2011
9.30 am Hon Justice Dyson Heydon AC Constitutional Facts 10.00 am Discussion 10.15 am Morning Tea 10.45 am Hon Michael Mischin MLC The Case Against Constitutional Recognition of Local Government 11.15 am Discussion 11.30 am Amanda Stoker The Constitutionality of the Commonwealth’s School Chaplaincy Program 12.00 pm Discussion 12.15 noon Concluding Remarks: Hon Ian Callinan AC 12.30 pm Conference Concludes
Post Conference Event 1.00pm - 2.00pm Lawrence Neasey Inglis Clark and the making of the Australian Constitution
Speakers:
Hon William Cox AC, RFD, ED, QC - Governor of Tasmania (2004-2008) Chief Justice of Tasmania (1995-2004)
Paul Pirani - Chief Legal Officer, Legal and Compliance Branch of the Australian Electoral Commission
Professor James Allan - Garrick Professor of Law University of Queensland
Hon Michael Field - Labor Premier of Tasmania (1989-1992)
Scott Bennett - Political Scientist and author Biographical Register of the Tasmanian Parliament 1851-1960 (1980), Tasmanian Electoral Handbook 1851-1982 (1985)
Dr Margaret Kelly - Macquarie University
Ben Jellis - Melbourne Lawyer
Dr Murray Cranston - Author The Reliability of Judicial Selection Standards in the appointment of judges to the US Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit and the US Supreme Court by Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H W Bush
Bob Ellicott QC - Liberal Attorney General (1975-1977) Commonwealth Solicitor-General (1969-1973)
Hon Justice Dyson Heydon AC - Justice High Court of Australia
Hon Michael Mischin MLC - Parliamentary Secretary to the Attorney- General of WA
Amanda Stoker - Queensland Barrister
Lawrence Neasey - former Senior Crown Counsel in Tasmania and Coauthor of Andrew Inglis Clark
The Samuel Griffith Society Secretariat C/- Joy Montgomery 928 North East Road Modbury SA 5092 Ph: 08 8263 5166 Email: [email protected] www.samuelgriffith.org.au