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Notorious terrorist Benbrika has won in the High Court and will remain an Aust citizen - in @ConversationEDU I explain why this isn’t necessarily a bad thing for Australia’s security. #auscon #auspublaw theconversation.com/is-a-terrorist…

Just seen this now — wow!

Seventy constitutional law experts have penned an open letter to dispel some of the misinformation circulating surrounding the Voice to Parliament, so, we ask @MaddyChiam, who signed the letter, to summarise the Voice in a simple way for us.

32 Law Academics at Queensland's oldest Law School @UQLaw, with expertise across diverse areas of law, say the Voice proposal is well-considered, legally sound and will improve Australia’s democracy. I am proud to be one of them. #Yes23 2023-voice-referendum.webflow.io

This thread from @Gabrielle_J_A explains succinctly our open letter, signed by 71 public law teachers, to help voters sift through the information on the Voice, details here abc.net.au/news/2023-10-0…

Wow. The news today. Former Chief Justice of the High Court, the UN special rapporteurs for Development & Rights of Indigenous Peoples, hundreds historians, & public law teachers all speaking to the Australian people and explaining why the Voice is needed, urgent, and not risky

Worth watching: @PressClubAust today, former Chief Justice of Australia, Robert French, on the place of the Voice in the Australian Constitution.

With thanks to @ananianwelsh, the Hon Anthony Whealy KC and the anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments. The article was prepared in the context of @CherylSaunders1 and Adrienne Stone's Constitutions in Global Perspective course at Melbourne Law.

Join us tomorrow for a lunchtime discussion about the #VoicetoParliament & the upcoming referendum. Dr @DaniLinder88 is a Bundjalung, Kungarakany woman, a public lawyer, and a Senior Lecturer at @UQLaw. monash.edu/law/research/c… @AACL_AusCon @Griffith_Uni @Griffith_CGPP #MonashUni

The upcoming referendum seems pretty simple to me. Do we want Indigenous Australians to be recognized in the constitution? And do we want to accept their request to be consulted about things that affect them? I’m voting “Yes”. For more info click here: voice.gov.au/about-voice

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Just a reminder for everyone, including people like @PeterDutton_MP, the @AusElectoralCom has a page that corrects the disinformation being pushed by the No campaign. So if you are speaking on the issue or a journo reporting on it, you have no excuse aec.gov.au/media/disinfor…

Lawyers for a second man who alleges he was falsely imprisoned by judge Salvatore Vasta say they will press forward with their case in the wake of a damning judgment denying him judicial immunity on Wednesday. theguardian.com/law/2023/sep/0…

Here’s what we know out of the last two days of hearings into the FOI scheme: 1. FOI is broken. Delays are endemic, documents are being hidden by excessive exemptions, costs are obscene.

The Voice is a very modest proposal: In a crowded marketplace of ideas, it gives one marginalised group a megaphone and a soapbox. No one has to listen. You can walk away. But maybe there is something worth hearing? #VoiceToParliament #Referendum2023

The Voice referendum will be October 14. I’ve walked this path long enough to know this is a once-in-a-generation opportunity for change. So get enrolled and start the conversation with your family and friends. This will be a historic campaign.

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"the first comprehensive biography of Sir Gerard Brennan"; to be published in October by @TheFedPress. federationpress.com.au/product/sir-ge… 1/3

Last week @humanrightsHRLC launched our Whistleblower Project at a fantastic event hosted by Johnson Winter Slattery in Sydney. Thanks to the Hon Tony Fitzgerald AC KC, @RDNS_TAI @adele_ferguson @rawanarraf @jmwhistleblower for speaking. Find out more: hrlc.org.au/whistleblower-…

I’ll be speaking at an event on the Ben Roberts-Smith defamation trial “The Truth Defence” at UNSW Sydney Monday evening alongside investigative journalist Chris Masters and media law expert @DAWJoyce, moderated by Geraldine Doogue. Registration below: 1/ events.unsw.edu.au/event/truth-de…