From Conservatism to Activism

Mason , The Honourable Sir Anthony, address delivered at the launch of PILCH, 16 September 1994.

See above, ref 1.

ABC Radio Melbourne, transcript of interview between Jon Faine and the Hon. Daryl Williams, 23 October 2001.

New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, ‘New York Lawyers for the Public Interest: Celebrating 15 years’, 1991, p.2.

New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, above, pp.6–9.

Vermeulen J. , ‘Public Interest, Private Lawyers: The New York Experience’, New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, 28 April 1999.

Consumer Law Centre Victoria, ‘Public Interest Law Clearing House in Victoria: Application for funding to the Victoria Law Foundation’, May 1994, p.2.

Access to Justice Advisory Committee, Access to Justice: An Action Plan, AGPS, 1994.

Law Council of Australia, ‘Legal Aid Funding in the '90s’, 1994, quoted at <http://www.naclc.org.au/intro.html>.

Consumer Law Centre Victoria, above, ref 7, p.3.

Victorian Council for Civil Liberties v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs [2001] FCA 1297; Ruddock v Vadarlis [2001] FCA 1329.

Australian, 4 September 2001, p.6.

See above, ref 12.

Ruddock v Vadarlis, above, para 216.

By way of example, individuals and organisations have come together to contribute to submissions made to the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission inquiry into children in immigration detention. Organisations or networks such as ‘Spare Lawyers for Refugees’ and ‘Australians for Just Refugee Programs’ have also been established post Tampa.

Since October 2001 the HPLC has undertaken law reform projects including: Preparation of submissions regarding reform of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 (Cth), the Vagrancy Act 1966 (Vic) and the Equal Opportunity Act 1995 (Vic); and Involvement in the ‘Enforcement Review Project’ coordinated by the Department of Justice and the Magistrates' Court, and ‘Communities Against the Pokie Plague’, a coalition of organisations advocating for reform of the gambling industry.