ALRAC 2006 Papers and Presentations
Session 1 - Welcome and Introduction
The Hon Philip Ruddock MP, Attorney-General
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Session 2 - Keynote address
Hon Michael Black AC, Chief Justice, Federal Court of Australia
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Session 3A - Mechanisms for Effective Consultation
Mr John Sergeant, Co-founder, Eureka Strategic Research
Dr George Barker, Director, Centre for Law and Economics, Australian National University
Session 3B - Legal Pluralism-Accommodating Diverse Cultures
Mr Brendan Thomas, Director, Crime Prevention Division, Attorney-General's Department (NSW)
Hon Justice Eddie Durie, Commissioner, New Zealand Law Commission
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Ms Chu Lam Lam, Coordinator, Macau Law Reform Committee
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Session 4A - Effective Consultation-Reaching Out to Non-Traditional Stakeholders
Ms Gillian Calvert, NSW Commissioner for Children and Young People
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Ms Gillian Braddock SC, Chair, Law Reform Commission of Western Australia
Session 4B - Empirical Research and Law Reform
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Dr Sharyn Roach Anleu, Department of Sociology, Flinders University/Professor Kathy Mack, Law School, Flinders University
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Professor Janet Chan, School of Social Science and Policy, University of NSW
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Mr Brian Opeskin, Deputy President, Australian Law Reform Commission
Session 5 - Global Perspectives on Harmonising Law
Justice Elton Singini SC, Chair, Malawi Law Commission and President, Commonwealth Association of Law Reform Agencies (CALRAs)
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Ms Sandra Petersson, Counsel, Alberta Law Reform Institute
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Associate Professor Les McCrimmon, Commissioner, Australian Law Reform Commission
Session 6 - Keynote Address 'The Future of Justice'
Hon Justice Ronald Sackville, Federal Court of Australia
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Session 7A - Science and Medicine
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Professor Stephen Leeder, Director, Australian Health Policy Institute, University of Sydney
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Professor Ron Trent, Head of Molecular & Clinical Genetics, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
Session 7B - The Environment & Sustainability
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Professor Ian Lowe AO, President, Australian Conservation Foundation
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Ms Lynette Thorstensen, Head of Community and Environment, Insurance Australia Group
Session 8A - Changing Demographics
Dr Christine McMurray, Demography & Sociology Program, Australian National University
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Dr Rebecca Huntley, Author and social researcher
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Session 8B - Human Rights
Associate Professor Andrea Durbach, Director, Australasian Human Rights Centre, UNSW
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Mr Brian Sherman AM, Director & Patron, Voiceless: the fund for animals/Ms Katrina Sharman, Corporate Counsel, Voiceless: the fund for animals
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Session 9A - The New Media
Mr Adam Mambi, State Attorney, Law Reform Commission of Tanzania
Session 9B - The National and International Security Environment
Mr Allan Gyngell, Executive Director, Lowy Institute for International Policy
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Session 10 - Panel: Law Reform Over the Horizon
Mr David Bamford, School of Law, Flinders University