Research Submissions
Research submissions to parliamentary inquiries are undertaken by LRSJ Research Hub. The project researches and drafts submissions for topical legal issues under the supervision of ANU Law academics.
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Research Submissions 2021
Collaboration with the Council of International Students Australia (CISA) to the Inquiry into Australia’s skilled migration program – 31st March 2021
- Student Authors: Kevin Marco Tanaya, Sabine Mitchell, Habeela Maricar, Himali Wijesinghe
Inquiry into 2020 ACT Election and the Electoral Act – 5th May 2021
- Student Authors: Liam Brodrick and Sebastian Mazay
- Student Editors: Jessica Hodgson and Ally Kemp
- Academic Supervisors: Ron Levy, ANU College of Law
- Cited at footnotes 225-228
Inquiry into the Operation of the Australian Crime Commission Amendment (Special Operations and Special Investigations) Act 2019 – 5th April 2021
- Student Authors: Isabella Keith, Alice Read, Johanna Biddle, Kara Banks, Ruby Donegan
- Student Editors: Jessica Hodgson and Ally Kemp
- Cited 5 times in the report at footnotes 22-23, 28-30, 39, 41 and 50-51.
Inquiry into the destruction of the 46,000 year old caves at the Juukan Gorge in the Pilbara region of Western Australia – 29th July 2021
- Student Authors: Amogh Ananth, Ariella Bucci, Liam Brodrick, Rachel Ferguson, Sebastian Judge
- Student Editors: Jessica Hodgson and Ally Kemp
Adequacy and efficacy of Australia’s anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CTF) regime – 23rd August 2021
- Student Authors: Holly Ashburner
- Student Editors: Jessica Hodgson and Ally Kemp
- Academic Supervisors: Dr Dominique Dalla-Pozza
- Invited to give oral evidence before the committee
Research Submissions 2020
Administration of Sports Grants Inquiry – 8th May 2020
- Student Authors: Kevin Marco Tanaya, Niroshnee Ranjan and Jeffrey Weng
- Student Editors: Saye Kaeo Saylan
- Academic Supervisors: Daniel Stewart, ANU College of Law
Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Amendment Bill 2020 – 26th June 2020
- Student Authors: Andrew Ray, Charlotte Michalowski, Mathilde Clark, Alexandra Touw, Sophie Hewitt, Melissa Camp
- Student Editors: Saye Kaeo Saylan and Jessica Hodgson
- Academic Supervisors: Associate Professor Anthony Hopkins, ANU College of Law
- Cited 5 times in the report at paragraphs 3.34, 3.51, 3.61, 3.100 and 3.159.
Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Donation Reform and Other Measures) Bill 2020 Inquiry – 7th July 2020
- Student Authors: Cherish Tay and Darcy Gunning
- Student Editors: Saye Kaeo Saylan and Jessica Hodgson
- Academic Supervisors: Daniel Stewart, ANU College of Law
- Cited 4 times in the report at paragraphs 2.42, 2.43, 2.67, 2.75.
Inquiry into the human rights of women and girls in the Pacific – 17th July 2020
- Student Authors: Ariella Bucci, Becca Crisp, Bella Dimattina, Kriti Mahajan, Nabeela Maricar
- Student Editors: Jessica Hodgson
- Academic Supervisors: Dr Miranda Forsyth (ANU School of Regulation and Global Governance – RegNet)
Inquiry into the high level of First Nations people in custody and oversight and review of deaths in custody – 7th September 2020
- Student Authors: Rebecca Emder, Holly Ashburner, Mara Burslem, Isabella Keith, Alice Read, Yasmin Poole, Maggie Tang, Elizabeth Sutton
- Student Editors: Rebecca Emder and Jessica Hodgson
- Academic Supervisors: Associate Professor Anthony Hopkins (ANU College of Law)
- Invited to give evidence at a public hearing
Review of AFP Powers – 10th September 2020
- Student Authors: Andrew Ray, Alexandra Touw and Charlotte Michalowski
- Student Editors: Jessica Hodgson
- Academic Supervisors: Associate Professor Anthony Hopkins (ANU College of Law)
Inquiry into Centrelink’s compliance program – 16th September 2020
- Student Authors: Andrew Ray, Annika Reynolds, Charles Evans, Pippi Callan, Sathyajith Sukumaran, Sebastian Judge
- Student Editors: Jessica Hodgson
- Academic Supervisors: Will Bateman (ANU College of Law)
General issues around the implementation and performance of the NDIS – 26th September 2020
- Student Authors: Ben Durkin, Joe Fox and Tanika Sibal
- Student Editors: Jessica Hodgson
- Academic Supervisors: Peter Sutherland (ANU College of Law)
Research Submissions 2019
Review of the Australian Citizenship renunciation by conduct and cessation provisions – 1st July 2019
- Student Authors: Shenpaha Ganesan, Rosie Kethel, Kevin Marco Tanaya, Alice Read, Holly Ashburner, Mara Burslem, Andrew Ray, Bridie Adams, Sophie Hewitt
- Student Editors: Jessica Hodgson, Saye Kaeo Saylan, Sophia Collins and Jess Pantinople
- Academic Supervisors: Matthew Zagor, Kim Rubenstein and Dominique Dalla-Pozza (ANU College of Law)
- Cited 7 times in the report.
Press Freedom – 6th September 2019
- Student Authors: Mara Burslem, Holly Ashburner, Bridie Adams, Andrew Ray
- Student Editors: Jessica Hodgson, Saye Kaeo Saylan
- Academic Supervisors: Jelena Gligorijević, Lecturer (ANU College of Law)
Adequacy of Newstart and Related Payments and Alternative Mechanisms to Determine the Level of Income Support Payments in Australia – 13th September 2019
- Student Authors: Becca Zhong, Erica Wardlaw- Kelly
- Student Editors: Jessica Hodgson, Saye Kaeo Saylan
- Academic Supervisors: Dr Liz Curran, Associate Professor (ANU College of Law)
- Cited in the report at 3.114.
Religious Freedom Bills 2019 – Exposure Drafts – 2nd October 2019
- Student Authors: Alice Read, Claire Gay, Jess Pantinople, Kevin Marco Tanaya, Phoebe Cook and Sarah Graham-Higgs
- Student Editors: Jessica Hodgson, Saye Kaeo Saylan
- Academic Supervisors: Margaret Thornton (Emerita Professor, ANU College of Law) and Wayne Morgan, (Associate Professor, ANU College of Law)