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2017 Conference - Perth

The Samuel Griffith Society held its 2017 national conference in Perth. It beat the previous year's record as the Society's best-attended conference.

Key speakers included the 28th Prime Minister of Australia, a Justice of the High Court of Australia, and the Chief Justice of Western Australia.

“It is no part of the judicial function to search in the constitutional silences to contrive fetters on the legislative branch of government”

The conference featured a number of esteemed speakers, including senior judges, serving senators, media personalities, and academics.

A copy of the program can be found here.

A copy of the Speaker Biographies can be found here.

A copy of the flyer for the Sir Harry Gibbs Memorial Oration can be found here.

Some of the topics at the conference included federalism, the Senate, the role of the media, and the governance of Aboriginal Australians.

The following papers were presented at the conference:

The Hon. Wayne Martin, AC
Passing the Buck

The Hon. Nicholas Hasluck, AM, QC
Recognition Roulette

Videos of the speeches can be accessed by clicking here.