I recently spoke on a panel of three at the second annual Australian Progressive Legal Studies Conference. The theme of the conference was ‘Law and Class in the 21st Century: Australia and Beyond.’
The roundtable comprised Scarlet Wilcock (University of Sydney Law School), Asher Wolf (independent activist) and me. It was focused on robodebt. The text of my address is below.

This month has been a busy month for my semi-scholarly work. At the start of the month, I wrote this piece for the Conversation about the so-called crackdown on the cosmetics procedures sector announced by AHPRA around 7 September 2023. Following the publication of that piece, I was lucky to be asked to appear on […]

In November I delivered two conference papers. I summarise them below.

This post is a provisional opinion, expressed in a moment in time. It does not represent the view of my employer. Nor is it legal advice. It is also not offered as a scholarly contribution. Recently, Bernie Fraser has said he’d prefer the ACTU Secretary Sally McManus be appointed to review the RBA over an […]

I’ve begun a substack blog titled Welfare Law in Australia. The purpose of the blog is to write and compile a bunch of informal notes about welfare law in Australia, primarily in the Administrative Appeals Tribunals, as I develop my interest in this field. Please visit the substack at https://welfare.substack.com/ Although my primary interest remains […]

I recently submitted the following abstract to Neuroscience and Society: Ethical, Legal and Clinical Implications of Neuroscience Research — a conference scheduled for mid-September, 2017. Please do not use or reproduce this work without attribution.

Fisher’s critique of capitalist realism Although a few books, numerous essays, an art movement, a literary tradition, and an ideology have all been given the title “Capitalist Realism,” it is likely that what first springs to mind when a cultural studies scholar hears those two words is a small book published in 2009. More than six years since its publication, that […]

Models of scholarly success I assume that, on occasion, many early-career researchers are tempted, as I am, to reach for those kinds of books that offer a system or model for publishing success. After all, what better way to reassure oneself that an academic career is feasible than to learn about others’ achievements? Dean A. Shepherd’s The Aspiring […]

Academic blogging and the value of work Busywork, or work that keeps one busy but serves no value in and of itself, is variously familiar to us all. But busywork seems just as likely to affect the lives of researchers, of “knowledge workers,” as it is to bear upon those of other professionals—if not more likely. Indeed, […]

I’ve been working as editor of the postgraduate journal Philament for around two years now. It has not always been an easy endeavour. For one thing, I am not paid to undertake the huge task of editing and producing the journal, a fact that certainly makes the work difficult to justify. But, despite the many […]