The Hon Justice Dyson
HEYDON, AC was educated at Sydney Grammar School and the University
of Sydney (BA, 1964). As NSW Rhodes Scholar for 1964 he took further
degrees (MA, BCL) at University College, Oxford (1964-67), where
he was Vinerian Scholar for 1967. Admitted to the Bar in 1971
(Gray's Inn, London) and 1973 (NSW), he became Professor of Law
at Sydney University (1973-81) and Editor of the Australian Law
Reports (1980-2000) and the NSW Law Reports (1981-2000). After
practising at the Sydney Bar (QC, 1987) he was appointed a Judge
of the NSW Court of Appeal (2000) before appointment as Justice
of the High Court of Australia in 2003. As well as many articles
in the law journals, he is also the author, either in his own
right or with other distinguished legal scholars (former Justice
Roderick Meagher, Justice William Gummow, Sir James Gobbo and
others), of numerous books on the law.
Dr
Janet ALBRECHTSEN was educated at Seacombe High School, Adelaide
and the University of Adelaide (LLB Hons, 1987). After admission
to the NSW Bar in 1988 she worked as a solicitor with Freehill,
Hollingdale and Page (1988-91), and as a tutor at the University
of Sydney Law School while studying for her PhD in Law which she
completed in 2000. Subsequently, as a journalist, she has written
for The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and The Australian Financial Review. Nowadays, she contributes
a regular weekly column to The Australian. In 2005 she was appointed to the Board
of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
2.
Conference Contributors
Professor James ALLAN,
a Canadian by birth, was educated at WA Porter Collegiate, Scarborough,
Toronto and at Queen's University, Ontario (BA, 1982; LLB, 1985),
the London School of Economics (LLM, 1986) and the University
of Hong Kong (PhD, 1994). After working at the Bar in Toronto
and in London, he has since taught law in New Zealand, Hong Kong,
Canada and the United States before appointment as Garrick Professor
of Law at the University of Queensland in 2004. The author of
numerous articles in professional legal journals, he says that,
since moving to Queensland, he "has been revelling in a country
not burdened with a Bill of Rights".
Ben
DAVIES was educated at Melbourne High School, at the University
of Melbourne (BA, 2001) and at Monash University (LLB, 2005).
In 1996 he won the Australian Universities Debating Championship,
and represented Melbourne University in the 2000 World Universities
Debating Championship. A man of widely diverse interests (film-making,
car restoration), he has been an adviser to two federal Ministers
(Hon Tony Abbott and Hon Kevin Andrews), as well as being a member
of the Victorian "No" Campaign Committee for the 1999
Republic Referendum. A member of the Board of The Samuel Griffith
Society since 2003, he was the inaugural winner, in 2005, of the
Governor-General's Prize for essays on the Australian Constitution.
He is currently completing his articles in a Melbourne law firm.
Professor
David FLINT, AM was educated at Sydney Boys High School, at the
Universities of Sydney (LLB, 1961; LLM, 1975) and London (BScEcon,
1978), and at L'Université de Droit, de l'Économie
et des Sciences Sociale, Paris (DSU, 1979). After admission as
a Solicitor of the NSW Supreme Court in 1962, he practised as
a solicitor (1962-72) before moving into University teaching,
holding several academic posts before becoming Professor of Law
at Sydney University of Technology in 1989. In 1987 he was appointed
Chairman of the Australian Press Council, and in 1992 Chairman
of the Executive Council of the World Association of Press Councils.
In October, 1997 he became Chairman of the Australian Broadcasting
Authority, resigning that post in 2004. He is the author of numerous
publications and in 1991 was honoured by the World Jurists Association.
During the 1999 Republic Referendum campaign he played a prominent
part in the "No" Case Committee, and remains today National
Convenor of Australians for Constitutional Monarchy.
The
Hon Tom HUGHES, AO, QC was educated at St Ignatius College (Riverview),
Sydney and the University of Sydney (LLB, 1948). After service
in the RAAF (1942-46) he was called to the NSW Bar in 1949 and
practised there (QC, 1962) before becoming the Liberal Member
for Parkes (1963-69) and Berowra (1969-72) in the federal Parliament.
In 1969, as Attorney-General in the Gorton Government, he recommended
to Cabinet, and subsequently to the Governor-General, the appointment
of the then Harry Gibbs to the High Court of Australia. Today,
he remains heavily engaged at the Sydney Bar. In 2005 he was created
Chevalier in the French Legion of Honour.
David
JACKSON, QC was educated at the Marist College, Ipswich and the
University of Queensland (BA, 1963; LLB, 1964). After serving
(1963-64) as Associate to Justice Harry Gibbs in the Supreme Court
of Queensland, he was called to the Queensland Bar in 1964 and
practised there (QC, 1976) until 1985 before becoming a Judge
of the Federal Court (1985-87). Following his resignation from
that office he moved to the Sydney Bar in 1987, where he has since
practised as the leading silk on constitutional issues. In 1985-87
he was Chairman of the federal Constitutional Commission's Advisory
Committee on the Australian Judicial System, and in 1995-98 a
member of the Judicial Commission of NSW. A Major in the CMF Australian
Intelligence Corps (1959-71), he was also created (1979) Knight
of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. He has published numerous
articles on constitutional and other legal topics.
The
Hon Dr Gary JOHNS was educated at Flemington High School, Melbourne
and at Monash University (BEc, 1973; MA, 1977) and the University
of Queensland (PhD, 2001). As the Labor Member for Petrie in the
federal Parliament (1987-96), he served as Special Minister of
State (1994-96) and as Assistant Minister for Industrial Relations
(1993-96). Since leaving Parliament in 1996, he has completed
a PhD, while also serving as a Senior Fellow at the Institute
of Public Affairs (1997-2006) and as an Associate Commissioner
of the Productivity Commission (2002-04). He is currently a senior
consultant with ACIL Tasman, President of the Bennelong Society
and a regular contributor to the Opinion pages of Australia's
leading newspapers and magazines.
The
Hon Justice Michael KIRBY, AC, CMG was educated at Fort Street
High School, Sydney and the University of Sydney (BA, 1959; LLB,
1962; BEc, 1966; LLM, 1967). After a brief career in NSW as a
solicitor (1962-67) and barrister (1967-74), he became Chairman
of the Commonwealth Law Reform Commission (1975-84) and a Deputy
President of the then Australian Conciliation and Arbitration
Commission (1975-83), before becoming a Judge of the Federal Court
(1983-84). In 1984 he became a Judge (and President) of the NSW
Court of Appeal (1984-96) before being appointed to the High Court
of Australia in 1996. Among a wide range of other interests, he
was President (1987-89) of the Australian Academy of Forensic
Sciences (in succession to Sir Harry Gibbs), and in 1992 was a
founding member of Australians for Constitutional Monarchy. A
prolific writer and speech-maker, he has been involved in numerous
causes both in Australia and overseas.
Julian
LEESER was educated at Cranbrook, Sydney and the University of
New South Wales (BA Hons, 1999; LLB, 2000). He was an elected
delegate for Australians for Constitutional Monarchy at the 1998
Constitutional Convention, and subsequently served as a member
of the "No" Case Committee for the Republic referendum.
He has since served as Associate to High Court Justice Callinan
(2000) and as Adviser to the then Minister for Employment and
Workplace Relations, Hon Tony Abbott (2001) as well as, more recently,
Special Adviser to the Attorney-General, Hon Philip Ruddock (2004-06),
with responsibility for constitutional law and court administration.
A solicitor, he has recently been appointed Executive Director
of the Menzies Research Centre. He is currently working on a biography
of the late Sir William McMahon.
John
ROSKAM was educated at Xavier College, Melbourne and the University
of Melbourne (LLB, 1990; BCom, 1991). After working for the then
Victorian Minister for Education, Hon Don Hayward (1990-96) he
also worked for Hon David Kemp, then federal Minister for Education,
Training and Youth Affairs (1996-98). Having been Manager, Corporate
Affairs with Rio Tinto (1998-2000) and Executive Director of the
Menzies Research Centre (2000-02), he is now Executive Director
of the Institute of Public Affairs, and is completing his doctorate
at the University of Melbourne on Liberalism and the Liberal Party.
He is a regular columnist in The Australian Financial Review, and also writes for
The Age in Melbourne.
Sir
David SMITH, KCVO, AO was educated at Scotch College, Melbourne
and at Melbourne and the Australian National Universities (BA,
1967). After entering the Commonwealth Public Service in 1954,
he became in 1973 Official Secretary to the then Governor-General
of Australia (Sir Paul Hasluck). After having served five successive
Governors-General in that capacity, he retired in 1990, being
personally knighted by The Queen. In 1998 he attended the Constitutional
Convention as an appointed delegate, and subsequently played a
prominent role in the "No" Case Committee for the 1999
Republic referendum. He is now a visiting Scholar in the Faculty
of Law of the Australian National University, where his researches,
culminating in his book Head of State (2005), have greatly
clarified the role of the Governor-General in Australia's constitutional
arrangements. In early 2006 he became President of The Samuel
Griffith Society.
John
STONE was educated at Perth Modern School, the University of Western
Australia (BSc Hons, 1950) and then, as a Rhodes Scholar, at New
College, Oxford (BA Hons, 1954). He joined the Australian Treasury
in 1954, and over a Treasury career of 30 years served in a number
of posts at home and abroad, including as Australia's Executive
Director in the Executive Boards of both the International Monetary
Fund and the World Bank in Washington, DC (1967-70). In 1979 he
became Secretary to the Treasury, resigning from that post---and
from the Commonwealth Public Service---in 1984. He has since been,
at one time and another, a Professor at Monash University, a newspaper
columnist, a company director, a Senator for Queensland and Leader
of the National Party in the Senate (1987-90) and Shadow Minister
for Finance. In 1996-97 he served as a member of the Defence Efficiency
Review, and in 1999 he was a member of the Victorian Committee
for the No Republic Campaign. A principal founder of The Samuel
Griffith Society, he has served on its Board since its inception
in 1992, and is the Editor and Publisher of its Proceedings.
Stuart
WOOD was educated at Scotch College, Melbourne and the University
of Melbourne (BSc, LLB, 1992). After briefly working as a solicitor
(1993-95) he was called to the Melbourne Bar in 1995, where he
has since practised almost exclusively in the field of employment
and labour law. He writes and speaks, from time to time, about
industrial and legal matters.