7-9 October 2016, Canberra

Program

Friday 7 October

Keynote Address

Chief Justice Robert French, AC Seeing Visions and Dreaming Dreams (pdf) (212KB)

Muslims, Law and the Legal System

Professor Tim Lindsey, Professor of Asian Law, The University of Melbourne Muslims, Law and the Legal System (pdf) (3.9MB)
Chair: Justice Glenn Martin, AM

Reception: Government House as guests of Their Excellencies the Governor-General and Lady Cosgrove

Saturday 8 October

State of the Country: Future Challenges

Lt Gen David Morrison, AO
George Megalogenis
Professor Ian Chubb, AC State of the Country: Future Challenges (pdf) (99KB)
Chair: Chief Justice Alan Blow, OAM

From ex temps to treatises: How leading judges write

Justice Margaret McMurdo AC, Supreme Court of Queensland From Ex-Temps to Treatises: How Leading Judges Write (pdf) (244KB)
Justice Jayne Jagot, Federal Court of Australia
Magistrate Jan Maclean, Magistrates’ Court of Victoria
Chair: Justice Robert Beech-Jones

Colloquium Dinner: National Museum of Australia, Peninsula Room

After dinner speaker: James O’Loghlin, ABC television and radio presenter

Sunday 9 October

Giving of evidence by victims of trauma

Dr Angela Williams, Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine
Associate Professor Vanita Parekh, Australian National University Fight or Flight or…? Victim Reactions to Interpersonal Violence (pdf) (3.0MB)
Chair: Magistrate Marc Sargent

Well-being in a court
The Hon Justice Margaret Beazley, AO Judicial Well-Being (pdf)
Dr Bernadette Healy, Re-Vision Group, Psychologist
Allan Fenbury, Retired Judge of the District Court of WA
Moderator: Justice Margaret Beazley, AO