Publications

Dr Appleby writes in The Conversation that after Queensland solicitor-general Walter Sofronoff QC resigned he revealed his outrage at the conduct of Queensland attorney-general Jarrod Bleijie.

Amy Remeikis, State political reporter, Brisbane Times, reports on Robert Needham’s submission to the Legislative Affairs and Community Safety parliamentary committee inquiring into the Crime and

In Feruary 2014 a senior barrister had his brief to act for the Queensland Government taken away just days after he criticised the LNP administration’s law

A panel of experts, moderated by Paul Barclay, discuss the doctrine of the ‘separation of powers’ on Radio National’s Big Ideas.  The doctrine is meant to

In May 2014 Alex McKean argued in The Conversation that Attorney-General Jarrod Bleijie and Premier Campbell Newman are defying lessons from other states and from Queensland’s

Dr Terry Goldsworthy argued in The Conversation, in Feburary 2014, that in an attempt to convince the public of the threat – and the need for

Michelle James, President of Australian Lawyers Alliance, says on the video that the Queensland LNP creates the ‘impression there is political interference’ after a senior barrister

On 7 February 2014, in the Brisbane Times, Michelle James, Brisbane lawyer and Queensland President of the Australian Lawyers Alliance, responded to Campbell Newman’s attacks on

Queensland Parliament passed the Vicious Lawless Associates Disestablishment Act (VLAD) and two related Bills, the Tattoo Parlours Bill and the Criminal Law (Criminal Organisations Disruption) Amendment

Roger Scott’s article, published in the Australasian Parliamentary Review (Spring 2013), on the political turmoil over the Parliamentary Crime and Misconduct Commission (PCMC) and the Crime

In his address at the launch of the Ryan Foundation in February 2014, Professor Mazerolle said that most people who have closely watched policy developments in

The Premier has reached agreement with members of the Katter’s Australian Party to enable the passage of the Tackling Alcohol-Fuelled Violence Legislation Amendment Bill 2015. ‘Mr