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David Wishart’s paper “Allegiance and Citizenship as Concepts in Constitutional Law” was cited in a recent High Court decision

Posted on February 28, 2020 by La Trobe

“Allegiance and Citizenship as concepts in Constitutional Law” (1986) 15(4) Melbourne University Law Review 662  is a  piece of juvenilia written by La Trobe Law School’s David Wishart. It was quoted a number of times in a recent enormous High… Continue Reading →

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Are assisted dying laws in Victoria are ‘working well’? La Trobe Law School’s Marc Trabsky dives into the complex question.

Posted on February 21, 2020 by La Trobe
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Marc Trabsky’s (Director of the Centre for Health, Law and Society) article, “Without more detail, it’s premature to say voluntary assisted dying laws in Victoria are ‘working well’” was published this morning on The Conversation. It responds to the release… Continue Reading →

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Nicole Shackleton’s winning 3MT® presentation

Posted on February 19, 2020 by La Trobe

In 2019, La Trobe Law School graduate researcher Nicole Shackleton won the La Trobe 3MT competition on her topic “Don’t be so Sensitive” – the harms of gendered hate speech.  About the 3MT® competition The 3MT® competition was first started… Continue Reading →

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Call for Papers: Technologies of Registration Workshop

Posted on January 31, 2020 by La Trobe

Centre for Health, Law and SocietyLa Trobe Law School, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia Registration, as a technology and as a material practice, enables the production of information and shapes particular forms of legal relations. In different spatial and temporal… Continue Reading →

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So this robodebt thing sounds big. What do you need to know?

Posted on November 28, 2019 by Darren O’Donovan

This piece is all about giving those who haven’t been following the issue a quick overview of the main things driving the public controversy over robodebt. What are the questions that keep coming up? Who is affected? How big is… Continue Reading →

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Robodebt: The End of the Beginning?

Posted on November 25, 2019 by Darren O’Donovan

Last Tuesday’s robodebt backdown by the Federal Government rightly captured national headlines. In a stunning development, Services Australia has made some sort of admission, albeit of uncertain meaning and unknown implications. Victoria Legal Aid’s strategic litigation has run straight and… Continue Reading →

Commentary Centrelink, Notmydebt, robodebt

AIDRAN Conference second annual International Conference on Disability and Diversity in Asia – 25 and 26 September 2019

Posted on September 16, 2019 by La Trobe

On 25 and 26 September 2019, La Trobe Law School’s Australia-Indonesia Disability Research and Advocacy Network (AIDRAN) will be hosting its second annual International Conference on Disability and Diversity in Asia. The conference will take place in Malang, in Indonesia… Continue Reading →

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Centre for Health Law and Society Research Seminar: Failure to prevent Harms and Attributions of organisational Liability

Posted on September 10, 2019 by La Trobe

On 16 October 2019, the Centre for Health Law and Society will host Dr Penny Crofts for a CHLS research seminar on her paper, ‘Failure to prevent Harms and Attributions of organisational Liability’. Abstract There is a huge body of… Continue Reading →

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“Dial 1800 – Reverse Onus”: Coming to Grips with Robodebt

Posted on July 30, 2019 by Darren O’Donovan

Last night’s ABC 7.30 report has generated a wave of interest in the three year campaign against the Department’s of Human Services robodebt programme. The reaction underlines that if Australians give two minutes to these stories, they meet the mums,… Continue Reading →

Commentary Access to Justice, Centrelink, robodebt, social security

Supporting Australian Diplomacy

Posted on June 5, 2019 by aoboler

La Trobe Law School’s Dr Andre Oboler is currently in Luxembourg as an expert member of the Australian Government’s delegation to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance. After four years of diplomatic engagement, last night (Australian time) the member states of… Continue Reading →

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