Roundtable Discussion:
‘Reforming the Constitution’
Date: Thursday 1 May 2008 | Time: 9:00am – 5:00pm
Venue: Committee Room 1R4, Parliament House, Canberra
The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs is holding a roundtable on constitutional reform in Australia with specialists in the area. The general aim of the roundtable is to explore the current debates surrounding constitutional reform, with a view to assisting the Committee in assessing the priority and feasibility of change in key areas. Issues to be discussed include:
the process for amending the constitution
federal-state relations
citizenship
election terms and
the inclusion of a preamble.
As well as the Committee Members, participants will include:
Professor Larissa Behrendt
Mr Peter Black
Professor Tony Blackshield
Professor Hilary Charlesworth
Professor Greg Craven
Professor David Flint
Mr Peter Hanks QC
Professor The Honourable Michael Lavarch
Professor Kim Rubenstein
Professor Cheryl Saunders
Ms Khatija Thomas
Ms Anne Twomey
Professor George Williams
Professor Leslie Zines
Members of the public are welcome to listen to the roundtable discussions, which will be broadcast on FM 97.1 in Parliament House and via webcast on the APH website: http://webcast.aph.gov.au/livebroadcasting/
More information, including a program for the day, is available from the Committee’s website: