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Issue 217 June 2009: Contents	members only
articles Lesley Lynch, "Somebody's Watching You" NSWCCL’s ICCPR Shadow Report Presented to United Nations Human Rights Committee, by Leah Friedman Michael Walton, "UN says Australia should prohibit AFP information sharing in death penalty cases" Ian Bryce, "CCL overturns charges against religious crimes protester" book reviews Jane Mayer, The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How The War on Terror Turned Into A War on American Ideals(2008). Reviewed by Fleur Beaupert Dalton Fury, Kill Bin Laden(2009). Reviewed by Jeremy Adair
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Issue 216 March 2009: Contents	download (0.6M)
articles David Bernie, "Human Rights Consultation Announced" David Hempton, "2AM Lockouts - Why it is the wrong legislation" speaches Hugh Mackay, "Community, Morality & Liberty" notes from the frontline Dr Michael Kennedy, "the Disfunctional Family" Book review Jennifer Clark, Aborigines & Activism: Race, Aborigines & the Coming Of the Sixties to Australia(2008). Reviewed by Michael Bozic SC Michael Bechelard, Behind the Exclusive Brethren(2008). Reviewed by Cameron Murphy
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Issue 215 december 2008: Contents	download (1.5M)

Reports

• Annual General Meeting (October 2008)
• The 2nd Ken Buckley / John Marsden Memorial Fundraising Dinner (November 2008)

Articles

• Rita Mallia, "Tough Laws in the Building and Construction Industry Trample Civil Liberties"

Speeches

• Pauline Wright, "The Nanny State"
• Margot O'Neill, "When Politics is Personal"

Civil Rights watch

• The Naked Truth
• Want longer lasting sex?
• Tasers
• Media avoidance

Book Reviews

• Ken Buckley, Buckley's! (2008). Reviewed by Kep Enderby.
• Linda Briskman, Susie Latham & Chris Goddard, "Human Rights Overboard" (2008). Reviewed by Jeremy Adair.

Issue 214 September 2008: Contents

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Speeches

• Stuart Rees, "Thinking War or Crafting Peace"

Civil Liberties watch

• Pope's Visit
• Climate Camp - Newcastle
• Henson Affair
• $418,265 Damages for Trespass

Publishing News

• Buckley's! (2008) - The Autobiography of Ken Buckley: Historian, Author and Civil Libertarian. By Berenice Buckley

Book Reviews

• Mahvish Rukhsana Khan, My Guantanamo Diary (2008). Reviewed by Jeremy Adair.
• Keith Laidler, Surveillance Unlimited (2008). Reviewed by Jeremy Adair.

Issue 213 June 2008: Contents

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Articles

• Michael Walton & Cameron Murphy, "UN Torture Committee Blasts Australia"
• Dr Michael Kennedy, "Taxi to the 'Progressive' Side"

Civil Liberties watch

• Asleep on the job
• Haneef
• Tibet Protests
• Corruption
• Sniffer Dogs
• Surveillance Society

Book Reviews

• Katherine Gelber & Adrienne Stone (ed), Hate Speech in Australia (2007). Reviewed by John Benson.
• Harry Blag, Crime, Aboriginality and the Decolonisation of Justice (2008). Reviewed by Fleur Beaupert.

Issue 212 March 2008: Contents

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Civil Liberties watch

• Mick Keelty
• Violence on Oxford St
• Tasers and Pepper Spray
• Sorry, Mr Habib

reports

• Canberra Launch of The Liberating of Lady Chatterley (February 2008)
• Dr Michael Kennedy, "The Green Light"

obituary

• Peter McGregor (1947-2008)

Book Reviews

• Naomi Wolf, The End of America (2007). Reviewed by Ian Edwards.
• Dean Lusher & Nick Haslam (ed), Yearning to Breathe Free: Seeking Asylum in Australia (2007). Reviewed by Ian Edwards.

Issue 211 December 2007: Contents

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Articles

• Michael Walton, "NSWCCL at UN Committee against Torture in Geneva"
• Dale Mills & Tessa Dowdell, "Civil Liberties and APEC"
• Michael Kennedy, "AFP, APEC, Dr Haneef and the Bloomsbury Set"

reports

• Annual General Meeting (October 2007)
• Ken Buckley/John Marsden Memorial Fundraising Dinner (November 2007)
• Launch of The Liberating of Lady Chatterley (November 2007)

speeches

• Dorothy Campbell, Liberating Lady Chatterley
• Scott Campbell, Liberating Lady Chatterley

Book Reviews

• Julian Burnside, Watchig Brief (2007). Reviewed by Jeremy Adair.
• Joe Bageant, Deer Hunting with Jesus (2007). Reviewed by Jeremy Adair.

Issue 210 September 2007: Contents

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Articles

• Pauline Wright, "The Northern Territory Emergency Response Bill"
• Dale Mills, "APEC and all that..."
• Michael Walton, "Australia and Torture"
• Scott and Dorothy Campbell, "The Liberating of Lady Chatterley" (book extract)

Book Reviews

• Al Gore, The Assault on Reason (2007). Reviewed by Ian Edwards.
• Joan Kersey, My Life: While Busy Making Other Plans (2006). Reviewed by Rita Mallia.

Issue 209 June 2007: Contents

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Articles

• Jeremy Adair, "Lost Harmony"
• Fleur Beaupert, "Mental Health and the Law: 'On Liberty' Reconsidered?"
• Michael Walton, "How Canadian Police Share Information Across Borders"
• Dale Mills, "Sydney City Speech and Free Speech"
• Michael Kennedy, "The Deserving Few and the Undeserving Many"

Book Reviews

• Sarah Hopkins, The Crimes of Billy Fish (2007). Reviewed by Cameron Murphy.
• Stephen Grey, Ghost Plane (2007). Reviewed by Matcham Caine.

Issue 208 March 2007: Contents

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Articles

• Frank Moorehouse, "The Hard Pill to Swallow"
• Michael Walton, "A Canadian Antidote for an Australian Malaise"
• Michael Kennedy, "The New York Miracle"

Speeches

• Brian Walter SC, "Law and Protest" (August 2006)

Book Reviews

• Omar Nasiri, Inside the Global Jihad (2006). Reviewed by Jeremy Adair.
• Clive Hamilton & Sarah Maddison, Silencing Dissent (2007). Reviewed by Ian Edwards.

Issue 207 December 2006: Contents

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Articles

• Cameron Murphy, "President's Report 2006"
• Tom Roberts, "Australian Industrial Laws and Freedom of Political Speech"
• Dale Mills, "Ombudsman slams use of police drug dogs"
• Adam Courtenay, "AML/CTF legislation too high a cost for privacy advocates"
• Michael Kennedy, "The Shallow Pond of Identity Politics"

Speeches

• George Williams, "Victoria's Charter of Rights and Responsibilities" (17 Nov 2006)

Book Reviews

• Clinton Fernandes, Reluctant Indonesians: Australia, Indonesia and the future of West Papua (2006). Reviewed by Thomas Spohr.
• Anna Doukakis, The Aboriginal People, Parliament and 'Protection' (2006). Reviewed by Jeremy Adair.

film Reviews

• Road to Guantanamo (2006). Directed by Michael Winterbottom & Mat Whitecross. Reviewed by Sarah Bassiuoni.

Issue 206 September 2006: Contents

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Articles

• Dale Mills, "Protest against IMF in Singapore to be illegal"
• Dale Mills, "McASIO Inc."
• Dr Michael Kennedy, "Aggressive policing strategies will always enable the ends to justify the means?"

Obituaries

• Ken Buckley (1922-2006).

Book Reviews

• James Carroll, House of War (2006). Reviewed by Matcham Caine.
• Mary Crock, Ben Saul & Azadeh Dastyari, Future Seekers II (2006). Reviewed by John Benson.
• Win Hong Chui & Jill Wilson (eds), Social Work and Human Services Best Practice (2006). Reviewed by Fleur Beaupert.

Play Reviews

• Fear (2006). Written & Directed by Stephen Hopley. Reviewed by Dale Mills.

Issue 205 June 2006: Contents

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Speeches

• Dermot Feenan, "Freedom of Expression and Human Rights after 9/11" (12 May 2006)

Articles

• Martin Bibby, "The End of Privacy?"
• Dale Mills, "David Hicks...still detained"
• Dr Michael Kennedy, "The Big Lie: well it appears on the surface to be a contradiction, but in reality it's not?"

Obituaries

• John Marsden. Written by Mary McNish.
• Kathleen Helen 'Kay' Sweeney. Written by Berenice Buckley.

Book Reviews

• Cindy Wockner & Madonna King, One-way Ticket: the untold story of the Bali-9 (2006). Reviewed by Jeremy Adair.

Film Reviews

• Water (2006). Directed by Deepa Mehta. Reviewed by Sarah Bassiuoni.

Issue 204 March 2006: Contents

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Speeches

• Agnes Chong, "Terror, Muslims and Civil Liberties: consequences of the new anti-terror laws" (25 November 2005)
• Susan Ryan, "A Human Rights Act for Australia: it's up to us" (24 February 2006)

Articles

• Michael Walton, "Two Attorneys-General, Counter-terrorism and Liberty"
• Martin Bibby, "Fighting Dangerous Laws"
• Dale Mills, "Penalty Notices trialed for Criminal Offences"

Book Reviews

• Gwynne Dyer, Future: tense - the coming world order (2006). Reviewed by Jeremy Adair.

Film Reviews

• Good Night and Good Luck(2005). Reviewed by Jeremy Adair.

Issue 203 december 2005: Contents

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Obituaries

• Judith Henstock-Muru

Speeches

• Senator Kerrie Nettle, "Defending Civil Liberties in a Government Controlled State" (26 August 2005)
• Petro Georgiou MP, "Terrorism and Civil Liberties" (21 October 2005)
• David Bernie, "Secrecy and Laws against Dissent" (5 November 2005)

Articles

• Michael Walton, "Van Nguyen's Execution"
• Kevin O'Rourke, "Innocents Abroad: An Australian Teenager Imprisoned in Cambodia"
• Michael Walton, "The Anti-Terrorism Bill Explained"
• Professor Ian Hunt, "A Recipe for Dictatorship?"

Book Reviews

• Sean Brennan, Larissa Behrendt, Lisa Strelein & George Williams, Treaty (2005). Reviewed by Pauline Wright.

Issue 202 September 2005: Contents

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Speeches

• Dr Alison Broinowski, "A Third Try: Can the UN Work?" (20 May 2005)

Articles

• Christopher Michaelsen, "Hardline Security is not a Human Right"
• Dierdre D'Arcy-Searle, Submission to Cornelia Rau Inquiry

Interviews

• Donna Lieberman, Executive Director, New York Civil Liberties Union
• Tony Kevin, author of "A Certain Maritime Incident" (about SIEV X)

Book Reviews

• Tony Kevin, A Certain Maritime Incident (2004). Reviewed by Mark Hanna.

Issue 201 June 2005: Contents

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Articles

• Tom Roberts, "Into the Industrial Dark Ages"
• Leah Friedman, "Seeking Asylum in No Man's Land"
• Dr Martin Bibby, Submission to Cornelia Rau Inquiry

Speeches

• Julian Burnside SC, "You Can't Fight City Hall, Can You?" (4 March 2005)
• John Marsden, "Upon Receiving Lifetime Membership of CCL" (4 March 2005)

Issue 200 April 2005: Contents

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Articles

• Ken Buckley, "Tribute to John Marsden"
• Larissa Behrendt, "Reconciliation & Human Rights: The Challenge for All Australians"
• Frank Brennan, "Is There a Right to Palliative Care?"

Speeches

• Hon. Peter Breen MLC, "Recent High Court Decisions"

Issue 199 December 2004: Contents

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Articles

• Natasha Posner, "Manufacturing Fear"
• Rugmini Venkatraman, "Elimination of Violence Against Women"
• Alison Cripps, "Workplace Surveillance"

Book Reviews

• Chris Ronalds & Rachel Pepper, Discrimination Law and Practice (2004, 2nd ed). Reviewed by Doug Nicholson.

Issue 198 September 2004: Contents

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Articles

• Michael Walton, "A Welcome for Australia's First Bill of Rights"
• Justice Jeff Shaw, "The Courts, the Legislature and Human Rights"
• Kate Beattie, "Anti-Terrorist Measures in the UK"
• Pauline Wright, "Abolishing Short Term Prison Sentences"
• Cameron Murphy, "Proposals to Abolish Terms of Imprisonment of 12 Months or Less and Aspects of the Progression to Mandatory Sentencing"

Obituaries

• John Shaw (1931-2004)

Book Reviews

• George Williams, The Case for an Australian Bill of Rights: Freedom in the War on Terror (2004). Reviewed by Cameron Murphy.
• Alistair Greig, Frank Lewins and Kevin White, Inequality in Australia (2003). Reviewed by Sol Encel.

Issue 197 June 2004: Contents

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Articles

• The Hon Justice Michael Kirby AC CMG, "Terrorism: Keeping Calm" (speech)
• Michael Walton, "Big Day Out for Police Dogs" (reprint)
• Jeremy Styles, "Regarding 'The Sex Allegation Industry'"

Book Reviews

• Lenore Coltheart (ed), Jessie Street: A Revised Biography (2004). Reviewed by Ken Buckley.

Issue 196 March 2004: Contents

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Articles

• Alan Morris, "The Right to Adequate Housing: the crisis in accommodating Australia's ageing population"
• Gene Simring, "The Sex Allegation Industry"

Book Reviews

• Sam Garkawe, Loretta Kelly & Warwick Fisher (eds), Indigenous Human Rights (2001). Reviewed by Emeritus Professor Garth Nettheim.

Issue 195 December 2003: Contents

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Articles

• Stephen Blanks, "Migration Legislation Update"
• Stephen Blanks, "Australia's Secret Shame"
• Hon. Peter Breen MLC, "Prison...and the drugs dilemma"
• Professor David Brown, "The Nagle Royal Commission 25 Years On" (speech)
• Cameron Murphy, "ABC in Crisis: Public Forum"

Issue 194 September 2003: Contents

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Obituaries

• R. J. B. (Bob) St John (1925-2003). Written by Ken Buckley.

Articles

• Larissa Behrendt, "Unfinished Journey: indigienous self-determination" (reprint)
• Stephen Blanks, "The Right to Protest: the next instalment"
• Stephen Blanks, "Schools and Police"
• Stephen Blanks, "Music Copyright and the Universities"
• Michael Walton & David Leung, "The PM Could Protect Us from the Death Penalty"
• Michael Walton, "Transsexual Marriage in Australia"

Book Reviews

• Larissa Behrendt, Achieving Social Justice: indigenous rights and Australia's future (2003). Reviewed by Daniel Brezniak.

Issue 193 June 2003: Contents

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Obituaries

• Joan Marie Locke (1934-2003). Written by Cameron Murphy.

Articles

• Jeremy Styles, "Chipping Away at HREOC"
• Stephen Blanks, "The Right to Protest"
• Sen. Natasha Stott-Despoja, "Too Much Democracy? The lie of the 21st century" (speech)
• Jeremy Styles, "Resurfacing of the Rule Against Double Jeopardy"

Book Reviews

• G. D. Woods, A History of Criminal Law in New South Wales: the Colonial period (1788-1900) (2002). Reviewed by Ken Buckley.
• Anne Bayefsky, How to Complain to the UN Human Rights Treaty System (2002). Reviewed by Michael Walton.

Issue 192 March 2003: Contents

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Articles

• Ian Latham, "Observing Columbian Justice"
• David Bernie, "Spectre of Terrorism Has Some Law Makers Jumping The Gun"
• Cameron Murphy, "Review of the Law of Manslaughter in NSW"

Book Reviews

• Tim Prenzler & Janet Ransley (eds), Police Reform: building integrity (2002). Reviewed by Ken Buckley.

Issue 191 December 2002: Contents

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Articles

• Stephen Blanks, "Migration Legilsation: further border protection measures"
• Dorothy Campbell, "Visiting Villawood"
• Daniel Brezniak, "Protection of Human Genetic Information"
• David McElrea, "The Cole Royal Commission: the case for bias"

Book Reviews

• David Brown & Meredith Wilkie (eds), Prisoners as Citizens: human rights in Australian prisons (2002). Reviewed by Daniel Brezniak.
• Luke McNamara, Regulating Racism: racial vilification laws in Australia (2002). Reviewed by Natasha Posner.

Issue 190 September 2002: Contents

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Articles

• David Bernie, "Update on Commonwealth ASIO Legislation"
• Cameron Murphy, "Dog Squad: sniffer dogs"
• Hon. Peter Breen MLC, "Crimes Amendment (Police & Other Law Enforcement Officers) Bill 2002" (speech to Parliament)
• Professor George Williams, "Australia's Legal Response to September 11: New Terrorism Laws" (speech)

Book Reviews

• Dianne Johnson, Lighting the Way: Reconciliation Stories (2002). Reviewed by Gillian Moon.

Issue 189 June 2002: Contents

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Articles

• Cameron Murphy, "ASIO Legislation Amendment (Terrorism) Bill 2002"
• Ken Buckley, "The Ousting of Peter Ryan"
• Cameron Murphy, "Dogs vs Trains: developments in the shaggy dog story"
• Stephen Blanks, "Moving Towards A Totalitarian State: more amendments to the Migration Act"
• Jeremy Styles, "Globalisation and Human Rights"
• Philip Gibson, "Criminal Law: sniffer dog snuffed by magistrate" (reprint)
• Kep Enderby, "Suicide and the Law" (speech)

Book Reviews

• Tony Blackshield & George Williams, Australian Constitutional Law & Theory (2002, 3rd ed). Reviewed by Jeremy Styles.
• Mary Crock & Ben Saul, Future Seekers: refugees and the law in Australia (2002). Reviewed by Ken Buckley.
• Phillip A. Swain, In the Shadow of the Law: the legal context of social work (2002, 2nd ed). Reviewed by Doug Nicholson.