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CONFERENCE PAPERS & PRESENTATIONS
Day One – Thursday, 28 September 2023
Session 2 – Freedom of Speech: Article 9 and the Overton Window
Thomas Spencer – Article 9 and the Bill of Rights. An Historical, Philosophical and Practical Primer
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Dr Colin Huntly – Reception Issues? Check Your Regional Settings
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David Gibson – Queering up the Debate
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Professor James Allan – Who Will Guard the Free Speech Guardians
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Session 3 – Freedom of Speech and Exclusive Cognisance
Joel Bateman & Ophelia Tynan – Unparliamentary Language as Self-Regulated Freedom of Speech
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Frances Arguelles & Kate Mihaljek – How the NSW Legislative Council’s Privileges Committee Examines Matters Concerning Alleged Abuse of Freedom of Speech and Debates a Comparative Study and Look into the Future
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Cecilia Edwards – Curating the Record
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Session 4 – Freedom of Speech: International Perspectives
Liam Laurence Smyth – United Kingdom Jurisdiction Report
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Charles Feldman – Canadian Jurisdiction Report
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David Wilson – New Zealand Jurisdiction Report
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Day Two – Friday, 29 September 2023
Session 5 – Keynote Speech
Hon Robert French AC – Your Freedom Ends Where My Nose Begins – But What if the Nose Moves
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Session 6 – Freedom of Information
Catherine Fletcher – Access to Government Information for Government Accountability – The Past, Present and Future
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Caroline Spencer – The Role of the Auditor General Office in Promoting Government Transparency
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Shane Love MLA – The Opposition has its Say; the Government has its Way – Ensuring Effective Opposition Through Access to Debate and Information
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Session 7 – Freedom of Information
Neil Laurie – Mount Erebus to Ann Street – Forty Years of Judicial Supervision of Ad Hoc and Permanent Commissions of Inquiry and the Intersection with Parliamentary Privilege and Doctrines of Mutual Respect
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Vanessa O’Loan – The Inability of Committees to Compel Witnesses to Attend or Give Evidence Will Ultimately Undermine the Committee System
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Shane Hilton – A Voice for South Australia: The Journey So Far
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Session 8 – Freedom of the Press
Professor Martin Drum – Freedom of the Press and its Limits: The Right to Speak Out and the Responsibility to Inform
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Patrick O’Brien – Writing Wrongs: Should We Give the Free Press a Free Pass?
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