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Australian Public Law Blog @auspublawblog.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Our July events roundup is live! There's a range of interesting events and opportunities scheduled for July and beyond: www.auspublaw.org/events

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Australian Public Law Blog @auspublawblog.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

New today on AUSPUBLAW: Sohini Mehta and Monique Hurley discuss two cases in the ACT and Victoria addressing the right of people in prison to access open air: www.auspublaw.org/blog/2026/6/seeing-the-sky-feeling-the-rain-the-basic-right-of-people-in-prison-access-open-air

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Seeing the Sky, Feeling the Rain: The Basic Right of People in Prison to Access Open Air — Australian Public Law

Sohini Mehta and Monique Hurley Solitary confinement is the practice of confining a person in prison for 22 hours or more a day without meaningful human contact. Despite its archaic and barbaric natu...

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Australian Public Law Blog @auspublawblog.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

We are seeking expressions of interest from early-career researcher authors of recent monographs, and/or editors of edited collections on, or relating to, Australian public law, for the 2026 AUSPUBLAW book forum. www.auspublaw.org/blog/2026/6/expressions-of-interest-book-forum-2026

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Call for expressions of interest: AUSPUBLAW Book Forum — Australian Public Law

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Australian Public Law Blog @auspublawblog.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

New today on AUSPUBLAW: Margaret Faux and Bruce Topperwien round out their three-part series on out-of-pocket medical costs and the constitutional foundations of Medicare by exploring the enforcement gap around unlawful billing conduct and Medicare fraud: www.auspublaw.org/blog/2026/5/...

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Closing the Enforcement Gap: Constitutional Preconditions for Effective Medicare Law — Australian Public Law

Margaret Faux and Bruce Topperwien The preceding posts in this series establish two propositions. First, that the Australian Constitution, and in particular s 51(xxiiiA), constrains the Commonwealth’...

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Australian Public Law Blog @auspublawblog.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

New today on AUSPUBLAW: Margaret Faux and Bruce Topperwien explore the constitutional dimensions of healthcare cost control. This is the second post in a three-part series on out-of-pocket medical costs and the constitutional foundations of Medicare: www.auspublaw.org/home/2026/5/...

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Working with The Constitution: Rethinking Medicare Safety Nets to Control Costs — Australian Public Law

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Australian Public Law Blog @auspublawblog.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

New today on AUSPUBLAW: Margaret Faux and Bruce Topperwien examine the Commonwealth’s constitutional power to regulate medical fees. First post in an upcoming series on out-of-pocket medical costs and the constitutional foundations of Medicare: www.auspublaw.org/blog/2026/3/...

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The Commonwealth’s Power to Regulate Medical Fees: Constitutional Limits and Contemporary Pressures — Australian Public Law

Margaret Faux and Bruce Topperwien As Australians grapple with escalating out-of-pocket medical expenses, constitutional law has re-entered the policy conversation. The Federal Health Minister has pu...

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Australian Public Law Blog @auspublawblog.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Our March events roundup is live! There's a range of interesting events and opportunities scheduled for March and beyond: www.auspublaw.org/events

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Australian Public Law Blog @auspublawblog.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

New today on AUSPUBLAW: Janina Boughey discusses the Full Federal Court case of eSafety Commissioner v Baumgarten and what it reveals about the limits on government agencies seeking to circumvent merits and judicial review by acting informally via ‘soft law’: www.auspublaw.org/blog/2026/3/...

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The Government is not the same as us: eSafety Commissioner v Baumgarten [2026] FCAFC 12 — Australian Public Law

Janina Boughey When a government official tells you to do something, the instruction carries significantly more weight than when another person, without the cloak of government authority, issues the...

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Australian Public Law Blog @auspublawblog.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

We are seeking expressions of interest from final year LLM students, HDR law students or others with relevant legal qualifications and experience from across Australia to join the AUSPUBLAW editorial team as a Joint Editor. www.auspublaw.org/blog/2026/02...

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Call for Expressions of Interest — Australian Public Law

Call for Expressions of Interest to join the editorial team of AUSPUBLAW.

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Australian Public Law Blog @auspublawblog.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Starting today on AUSPUBLAW we have a special book forum on Nicholas Petrie and Julian R Murphy’s new edited collection ‘Public Law and Criminal Law in Australia: Overlap, Intersection and Inconsistency’. Nicholas and Julian's introductory post is out now! www.auspublaw.org/blog/2025/12...

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The beginning of a conversation – Criminal law and the broader field of Australian public law — Australian Public Law

Nicholas Petrie and Julian R Murphy The thing we most wanted to achieve in collecting a series of chapters on Australian criminal law and public law was to start a conversation, or many conversations...

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Australian Public Law Blog @auspublawblog.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

This week on AUSPUBLAW we have a special book forum on Yee-Fui Ng’s new book ‘Combatting the Code: Regulating Automated Government Decision-Making in Comparative Context’. To kick us off, we’ve got a post by Anna Huggins - out now! www.auspublaw.org/blog/2025/11...

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Regulating Automated Government Decision-Making: An Australian Perspective - Combatting the Code book forum — Australian Public Law

Anna Huggins Associate Professor Yee-Fui Ng’s new book, Combatting the Code , makes an important and timely contribution to debates about regulating automated government decision-making. Her in-...

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Australian Public Law Blog @auspublawblog.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Our November events roundup is live! There's a range of interesting events and opportunities scheduled for November and beyond: www.auspublaw.org/events

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Australian Public Law Blog @auspublawblog.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

On the eve of SunshineLoans Pty Ltd v ASIC, Jerry Leung and Seung Chan Rhee consider the constitutional dimensions of apprehended bias and how this could be relevant to the proceedings. Check it out - and stay tuned for the High Court hearing tomorrow! www.auspublaw.org/blog/2025/10...

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SunshineLoans Pty Ltd v ASIC: A Constitutional Dimension to Apprehended Bias? — Australian Public Law

Jerry Leung and Seung Chan Rhee Where a judge makes adverse credibility findings against a witness in the liability stage of a trial and that same witness is required to give evidence at the relief s...

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Australian Public Law Blog @auspublawblog.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Our October events roundup is live! There's a range of interesting events and opportunities scheduled for October and beyond: www.auspublaw.org/events

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Australian Public Law Blog @auspublawblog.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Our August events roundup is live! There's a range of interesting events and opportunities scheduled for August and beyond: www.auspublaw.org/events

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Australian Public Law Blog @auspublawblog.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

New today on AUSPUBLAW: Nina Dillon Britton explores whether the UK Supreme Court's decision on the meaning of 'women' under the Equality Act 2010 (UK) could influence Australian courts in interpreting the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth): www.auspublaw.org/blog/2025/07...

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Could For Women Scotland Impact How Australian Courts Understand What ‘Women’ Means? — Australian Public Law

Nina Dillon Britton On 16 April 2025, in a unanimous decision, the UK Supreme Court found that, for the purposes of the  Equality Act  2010   (UK), ‘sex’ means one’s biological s...

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Australian Public Law Blog @auspublawblog.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Our July events roundup is live! There's a range of interesting events and opportunities scheduled for July and beyond: www.auspublaw.org/events

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Australian Public Law Blog @auspublawblog.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

New today on AUSPUBLAW: Douglas McDonald-Norman looks at how the High Court's judgment in CZA19 v Commonwealth; DBD24 v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs could inform constitutional debates in India: www.auspublaw.org/blog/2025/05...

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Beyond the Border: CZA19 Across The Indian Ocean — Australian Public Law

Douglas McDonald-Norman In its recent judgment in  CZA19 v Commonwealth; DBD24 v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs  [2025] HCA 8 ( CZA19 ), the High Court has confirmed ...

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Australian Public Law Blog @auspublawblog.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Our May events roundup is live! There's a range of interesting events and opportunities scheduled for May and beyond: www.auspublaw.org/events

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Australian Public Law Blog @auspublawblog.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Our April events roundup is live! There's a range of interesting events and opportunities scheduled for April and beyond: www.auspublaw.org/events

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Australian Public Law Blog @auspublawblog.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Our March events roundup is live! There's a range of interesting events and opportunities scheduled for March and beyond: www.auspublaw.org/events

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Australian Public Law Blog @auspublawblog.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

New today on AUSPUBLAW: Kent Blore looks at what the High Court’s decision in DPP v Smith tells us about how s 32(1) of the Victorian Charter of Human Rights might be used in statutory interpretation down the road: www.auspublaw.org/blog/2025/02...

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DPP v Smith: A Fresh Appetite To Consider Section 32(1) Of The Charter? — Australian Public Law

Kent Blore The High Court handed down Momcilovic v The Queen [2011] HCA 34 ; ( 2011) 245 CLR 1 ( Momcilovic ) well over a decade now. That means it has been more than a decade since the High Co...

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Australian Public Law Blog @auspublawblog.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

New today on AUSPUBLAW: Dane Luo explains what we can learn about the constitutional principle of dualism from Australia's legal framework for ICC arrest warrants: www.auspublaw.org/home/2025/01...

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Australian Public Law Blog @auspublawblog.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Our December events roundup is live! There's a range of interesting events and opportunities scheduled for December and beyond: www.auspublaw.org/events

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Australian Public Law Blog @auspublawblog.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

New today on AUSPUBLAW: As Parliament considers three controversial migration bills, Anna Talbot writes on ASF17 v Cth, the circumstances in which indefinite immigration detention remains constitutionally permissible, and the illusion of choice for refugees: www.auspublaw.org/blog/2024/11...

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ASF17 v Commonwealth and the illusion of choice — Australian Public Law

Anna Talbot ASF17 v Commonwealth [2024] HCA 19 ( ASF17 v Commonwealth ) is the latest judgment of the High Court of Australia in the hotly contested space of immigration detention. With this ca...

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Australian Public Law Blog @auspublawblog.bsky.social · 06/11/2024

New today on AUSPUBLAW: Theunis Roux offers his rich insights on the Global South critique of liberal constitutionalism - once again, fresh from his plenary at the ICON-S Australia-NZ Chapter Conference: www.auspublaw.org/home/2024/11...

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The Global South Critique of Liberal Constitutionalism — Australian Public Law

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Australian Public Law Blog @auspublawblog.bsky.social · 04/11/2024

New today on AUSPUBLAW: Ben Schonthal offers his reflections on how the ‘Southern Turn’ might impact the what, where and how of comparative constitutional law. A reworking of his plenary at the inaugural ICON-S Australia-NZ Chapter Conference: www.auspublaw.org/blog/2024/11...

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The What, Where and How of Comparative Constitutional Law, after the ‘Southern Turn’ — Australian Public Law

Ben Schonthal I fear this piece will be both less and more than what is asked for. It will be less in that I do not consider myself an expert on Global South constitutionalism, but only an observe...

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Australian Public Law Blog @auspublawblog.bsky.social · 30/10/2024

Today on AUSPUBLAW we conclude our mini series on Yunupingu v Cth! Lael Weis offers her reflections on the idea that native title rights fall outside the scope of s 51(xxxi) because they are ‘inherently defeasible’ - a major focus in the hearing: www.auspublaw.org/blog/2024/10...

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Native title, s 51(xxxi) and conceptual carve-outs: why ‘inherent defeasibility’ is inherently unworkable — Australian Public Law

Lael K Weis Like the other contributors to this series, I had the privilege of travelling to Darwin to attend the High Court hearings for Commonwealth v Yunupingu (D5/2023) on August 7th, 8th and...

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Australian Public Law Blog @auspublawblog.bsky.social · 30/09/2024

Our October events roundup is now live! There's a range of interesting events and opportunities scheduled for this month and beyond! www.auspublaw.org/events

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Australian Public Law Blog @auspublawblog.bsky.social · 02/09/2024

Our September events roundup is now live! There's a range of interesting events and opportunities scheduled for this month and beyond! www.auspublaw.org/events

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