Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs

Committee inquiries and reports

Inquiry into Constitutional Reform

Media Releases | Report

On 20 March 2008 the Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs resolved to inquire into and report on Constitutional reform. The Committee hosted a roundtable seminar on 1 May 2008 with experts exploring current debates surrounding key areas including:

the process for amending the constitution

federal-state relations
citizenship
election terms and
the inclusion of a preamble.

Roundtable seminar program (PDF 41KB)
Roundtable seminar transcript (PDF 689KB)

As well as the Committee Members, participants included:

Professor Larissa Behrendt (PDF 18KB)
Mr Peter Black (PDF 23KB)
Professor Tony Blackshield (PDF 16KB)
Professor Hilary Charlesworth (PDF 19KB)
Professor Greg Craven (PDF 23KB)
Professor David Flint AM (PDF 27KB)
Mr Peter Hanks QC (PDF 22KB)
Professor The Honourable Michael Lavarch (PDF 36KB)
Professor Lowitja O'Donoghue (PDF 22KB)
Professor Kim Rubenstein (PDF 39KB)
Professor Cheryl Saunders (PDF 17KB)
Ms Khatija Thomas (PDF 17KB)
Ms Anne Twomey (PDF 20KB)
Professor George Williams (PDF 19KB)
Professor Leslie Zines (PDF 29KB)