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Postdoc @uni_muenster | Assoc. ed @verfassungsblog | Environment, comparative public law & politics | @lizhicks.bsky.social
Nov 10, 2021 9 tweets 3 min read
Excellent explainer and critique of Victoria’s new Pandemic Bill from Kristen Rundle, @WPartlett (@MelbLawSchool) & @mariaosulliv (@MonashLawSchool) earlier this evening.

Main concerns of speakers 🧵:
/1 - Sidelining of Parliament: new model has incredibly limited role for Parliament (Premier declares pandemic and Parliament not needed to renew). Disallowance mechanisms require both houses of Parliament, rendering them of limited practical use.
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Nov 8, 2021 4 tweets 2 min read
This is such an excellent and timely piece from @sangpillai on what Australian citizenship means post 9/11: “Post-9/11 Australia has pushed a tradition of exclusion to constitutional extremes”

#constitutionallaw #auslaw “Ultimately, unable to reach agreement on these things, they simply left citizenship out. The Constitution says nothing direct about what it means to be Australian, when a person is entitled to Australia’s protection, or who can claim to ‘belong’ to Australia.”