Opening address

Session 1

Chair

Senator Dana Wortley, Chair of the Senate Standing Committee on Regulations and Ordinances

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Session 2

Chair:

Mrs Jo-Ann Miller MP, Chair of the Scrutiny of Legislation Committee, Queensland

Session 3

Chair

Senator Chris Back, Member of the Senate Standing Committee on Regulations and Ordinances

Session 4

Chair:

Senator the Hon Judith Troeth, Member of the Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills

The contribution specialist legislative scrutiny committees can make to better governance
Mr Andrew Murray, former Senator and member of the Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills (1996-2008)

Session 5

Chair:

Hon Adele Farina MLC, Chair of the Uniform Legislation and Statutes Review Committee, Western Australia

Session 6

Chair:

Senator Claire Moore, Member of the Senate Standing Committee on Regulations and Ordinances

Learning from the past and looking to the future
Mr Charles Chauvel MP, Chair
Mrs Amy Adams MP, Deputy Chair
Mrs Renée Riddell-Garner, Legislative Counsel
Regulations Review Committee, New Zealand

Session 7: Panel discussion

Chair:

Senator the Hon Helen Coonan, Chair of the Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills

Appropriate delegation of legislative powers in modern circumstances
Adjunct Professor Sue Tongue, Legal Adviser to the Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills

Panellists:

Mr Peter Quiggin PSM, First Parliamentary Counsel, Office of Parliamentary
Counsel, Commonwealth
Professor Stephen Bottomley, Legal Adviser to the Senate Standing
Committee on Regulations and Ordinances
Professor John McMillan, Commonwealth Ombudsman

Session 8

Chair:

Hon. Ruth Forrest MLC, Chair of the Subordinate Legislation Committee, Tasmania

Accountability Issues in Scrutinising Subsidiary Legislation made under Skeletal Acts
Mr Joe Francis MLA, Chairman of the Joint Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, Western Australia

Session 9

Chair:

Mrs Vicki Dunne MLA, Chair of the Standing Committee on Justice and Community Safety, Australian Capital Territory

The role of the Legislation Review Digest in the NSW Parliament
Mr Allan Shearan MP, Chairperson of the Legislation Review Committee, New South Wales

Guest speaker:

Mr Stephen Gageler SC
Solicitor-General of Australia

Session 10

Chair:

Mr Andrew Kania MP, Joint Chairman of the Standing Joint Committee for the Scrutiny of Regulations, Canada

The role of Parliament under an Australian Charter of Human Rights
Professor George Williams, Anthony Mason Professor of Law and Foundation Director of the Gilbert & Tobin Centre of Public Law, University of New South Wales

Bills of rights and legislative scrutiny: two different worlds
Mr Harry Evans, Clerk of the Australian Senate

Session 11

Chair:

Mr Charles Chauvel MP, Chair of the Regulations Review Committee, New Zealand

Scrutiny and the Charter of Rights and Responsibilities
Mr Carlo Carli MP, Chair of the Scrutiny of Acts and Regulations Committee, Victoria

Scrutiny of bills under bills of rights: Is Victoria’s model the way forward?
Dr Jeremy Gans, Legal Adviser to the Scrutiny of Acts and Regulations Committee, Victoria

General open forum discussion on the implications of bills of rights for all legislative scrutiny committees

Session 12: Open forum

Chair:

Senator Jacinta Collins, Member of the Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills

Where to from here?
General open forum discussion on issues identified during the Conference