Juggling Competing Needs Justice System
Juggling competing needs in the justice system: a rule of law and human rights perspective NSW...
Read More26 March 2024
Juggling competing needs in the justice system: a rule of law and human rights perspective NSW...
Read More22 March 2024
What was the law behind the Keli Lane Case? What did the evidence say? What was the role of the judge and jury? Why didn’t Keli Lane speak about Tegan? Why did the appeal fail? Read our case note to understand more
Read More29 February 2024
The second draft of the NSW History Curriculum released in February 2024 has some civics content but more is needed, especially in relation to the basics of law and government for NSW students to be informed and active citizensh
Read More22 February 2024
This lecture is named in honour of the founder of Speed and Stracey Lawyers and the Rule of Law Education Centre, Robin Speed OAM, who passed away in February 2023. The Robin Speed Memorial Lecture will be held annually to coincide with the anniversary of the sealing of the Magna Carta on 15 June
Read More25 January 2024
Protector of the Rule of Law Award 2023 The Rule of Law Education Centre is delighted to announce...
Read More22 December 2023
The draft syllabus is supposedly aligned to the Fâ10 Australian Curriculum (version 9.0).
Really? Where is the Civics and Citizenship 7-10 curriculum? Its presence is clearly stated in the Australian Curriculum, but omitted from NESA 7-10 syllabuses. Why? When democracies around the world are experiencing backsliding and the rise of extremism the need for active and informed citizens is clearly evident.
7 December 2023 |
Part II: Human Rights Breaches- Arbitrary Interference on Right to Privacy How does NSW ICAC...
Read More23 November 2023
See our letter to all NSW MPs asking them to take action to add explicit civic content to the NSW Curriculum
Read More15 November 2023
Victorian Commercial Teachers Association Conference Held in Melbourne on 20th and 21st November...
Read More25 October 2023
The real cause for the rejection of the Voice to Parliament in the 2023 Referendum probably and why people voted No has as much to do with the referendum process as it does with the substance of the proposed new entity.
Read More28 September 2023 |
Shoutout to NSW State Archives for providing us with a copy of the original transcript for the first Civil Case in NSW between a poor convict couple and a powerful ships captain over a parcel of goods lost on the First Fleet.
Read More22 September 2023
Confused by some of the contradictory claims on the yes no pamphlet? one of our paralegals looked at the legal basis of yes and no cases
Read More20 September 2023
Discussion on the legal realities of the Voice, featuring two legal experts, Professor Greg Williams on NO side of the voice debate, and Chris Merritt on the YES side. The Debate can be found at https://youtu.be/AULx4WKDkPY. This document outlines the points made by both experts during the debate.
Read More13 September 2023
NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) submission regarding the draft syllabus for the proposed History Curriculum NSW Stages 1-5.
Read More9 August 2023
What is the purpose of the Constitution and what are the key features of Government outlined in it? including separation of powers and division of powers. How will the Voice to Parliament impact the Constitution? What are both sides of the YES and NO argument
Read More8 August 2023
The Voice Reerendum: Arguments for Voting No on First Nations Voice to Parliament at Referendum. The Case for No on the Indigenous Voice to Parliament and the pros and cons, with both sides of argument of a Voice to parliament and why we should vote no
Read More1 August 2023
The education system is not preparing Australians to be well equipped to make an informed decision in a referendum.
Read More20 July 2023
Defamation Allegations of Murder and War Crimes The paper includes a discussion of details of...
Read More19 July 2023
Presentation to the NSW Legal Studies Association Conference 2023 on Defamation, Law Reform and Social Media
Read More22 June 2023
This lecture is named in honour of the founder of Speed and Stracey Lawyers and the Rule of Law Education Centre, Robin Speed OAM, who passed away in February 2023. The Robin Speed Memorial Lecture will be held annually to coincide with the anniversary of the sealing of the Magna Carta on 15 June.
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