Australasian PCC/CALC 2025 Regional Drafting Conference - Perth, Australia
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| DAY 1 |
Wednesday, 26 February 2025 |
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Welcome to Country and smoking ceremony |
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| Welcome |
Welcome from APCC and CALC Annette O'Callaghan (APCC) Andy Beattie (CALC) |
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| Opening address |
Hon John Quigley JP MLA, Attorney General of Western Australia (Introduction: Geoff Lawn) |
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| Session 1 |
Recent statutory interpretation cases Eamonn Moran (Chair: Tony Keyes) |
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| Break |
Lunch |
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| Session 2 |
George Tanner Memorial Address: The role of the purposive interpretation rule in the Legislation Act 2019 (NZ) section 10 Cassie Nicholason (recording) (Chair: Geoff Lawn) |
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| Session 3 |
The law and practice of urgent Bills in Singapore Seow Zhixiang (Chair: Andy Beattie) |
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| Session 4 |
What instructors want from drafters Dom Fernandes |
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| Break |
Afternoon tea |
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| Session 5 |
Reflections on working on secondment outside a drafting office Eleanor Furniss and Polly Walton (Chair: Andrew Jones) |
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| Session 6 |
Making those fine judgements—developing drafting values John King |
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Welcome reception at Government House |
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| DAY 2 |
Thursday, 27 February 2025 |
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| Session 7 |
Legislative Cousins: Drafting Styles and Conventions in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand Archie Zariski (a separate paper by John Mark Keyes will also be made available) (Chair: Alexa Reid) |
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| Session 8 |
The Wider Impact of Modern Legislative Drafting Style – An Orange Swan? Dr Naseem Ameer Ali (Chair: Elizabeth Larbalestier) |
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| Session 9 |
Financial Initiative of the Crown Michael Kirby |
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Break |
Conference photo followed by morning tea |
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Session 10 |
Crafting by Prompt – Using AI to Review and Supplement Instructions or Legislation Roy Lee (Chair: Jess Chanin) |
Interacting with the law: Delivering digital algorithms using “Rules as Code” Adrian Kelly (Chair: Caroline MacBeath) |
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Session 11 |
How to ensure regulatory completeness, with classic tools and Large Language Models? Manfred Kohler |
The European AI Act: Lessons to be drawn. Nikos Koutras |
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Session 12 |
Legislative Quality Assurance by Computer Simulation Michael Fairweather (Chair: Meredith Leigh) |
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Session 13 |
Update on Computer-readable Legislation Project Matthew Waddington (recording) Michael Fairweather |
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Break |
Lunch |
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| Session 14 |
The Errors Tour: making, correcting and learning from drafting errors Jess Braithwaite and Ben Fraser (Chair: Seow Zhixiang) |
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| Session 15 |
Public participation in the legislative process: a perspective from Indonesia (recording) Stephfanie Winoto and Riyani Shelawati |
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| Session 16 |
Drafting a new Compulsory Examination power for a Commonwealth Regulator – key learnings and pitfalls to avoid from the AML/CTF Bill 2024 Andrew Fernbach (Chair: Marleen Akop) |
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| Break |
Afternoon tea |
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| Session 17 |
Role of the legislative drafter: policy officer, legal counsel, Parliamentary advisor, keeper of the statute book and statutory interpreter Panel of drafters from Belize, Canada, Papua New Guinea and New Zealand (Chair: Emily O'Leary) |
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Conference dinner at Beaumonde on the Point |
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| DAY 3 |
Friday, 28 February 2025 |
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| Session 18 |
A drafter’s contribution to the integrity landscape Theresa Johnson (Chair: Kate Woodward) |
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| Session 19 |
Plumber or Architect? Training Drafters for the 21st Century Roy Lee |
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| Session 20 |
Issues related to the regulation of Aluminium Composite Panel cladding and specifically the lessons learned from the regulatory failures detailed in the second Grenfell report Patrick Orr (Chair: Florence Tagini) |
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Break |
Morning tea |
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| Session 21 |
Managing the drafting of subordinate legislation with a dispersed cadre of drafters – the UK SI Hub experience Anna Ross and Hugo Bassa (Chair: Karina Dearden) |
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| Session 22 |
Drafting office management issues Meredith Leigh and panel (Chair: Annette O'Callaghan) |
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| Closing address |
Closing address followed by lunch Geoff Lawn, Parliamentary Counsel (WA) |
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