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Assessing the First Year of the ACT Human Rights Act

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Wednesday 29 June 2005
Law Theatre, Law Faculty

Presented by the Regulatory Institutions Network (RegNet), ANU, the Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law, UNSW with the support of National Institute of Social Sciences and Law and Centre for International and Public Law, this one day event examined the first year of Australia's first Bill of Rights. Speaker's looked at what has happened since the Act came into force and its impact in the courts, parliament and the bureaucracy. They also discussed the effect it might have in the future, including upon the national Bill of Rights debate.

The event focused on changes to law and policy made by Australia's first Bill of Rights and was aimed at both a legal and non-legal audience.

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Photo: Member of the ACT Human Rights Bill consultative committee, the ACT Chief Minister and the ACT Human Rights and Discrimination Commissioner sign copies of the ACT Human Rights Office Poster "Fair for All"

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Opening	Listen to session
Chair: Hilary Charlesworth (RegNet, ANU)
Jon Stanhope MLA, ACT Chief Minister	paper

The HRA in the courts
Chair: Andrew Byrnes (Faculty of Law, UNSW)
Gabrielle McKinnon (RegNet, ANU)	paper powerpoint prespentation
Richard Refshauge SC (ACT Director of Public Prosecutions)	paper
Gerard McCoy QC SC (Hong Kong and New Zealand Bars)	paper

The HRA and administrative law	Listen to session
Chair: Ben Saul (Faculty of Law, UNSW)
Carolyn Evans (Law Faculty, University of Melbourne)	paper
Paul Bluck (Office of the ACT and Commonwealth Ombudsman)	paper

Perspectives on the HRA and government	Listen to session
Chair: Penelope Mathews (Law Faculty, ANU)
Helen Watchirs (ACT Discrimination and Human Rights Commissioner)	powerpoint presentation
Elizabeth Kelly (ACT Justice and Community Safety)	paper powerpoint presentation
Peter Bayne (ANU)	paper

Beyond Australia’s first Bill of Rights	Listen to session
Chair: Hilary Charlesworth (RegNet, ANU)
Katherine Gelber (School of Politics and International Relations, UNSW)	paper overheads
George Williams (UNSW & Chair, Victorian Human Rights Consultation Committee)	paper

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