Michael Kirby – Law, Justice and Other Challenges
Podcast available here https://youtu.be/qJBEI4R6aHQ
THE MENZIES ASCENDENCY BOOK LAUNCH – MICHAEL KIRBY
In 2025, the Robert Menzies Institute published the third volume in its Menzies series – titled The Menzies Ascendency - Fortune, Stability, Progress 1954–1961. The Sydney launch took place at The Sydney Institute on Monday 3 February. The book was launched by former High Court judge The Hon Michael Kirby and The Australian’s Paul Kelly. [...]
Michael Kirby & Paul Kelly – The Menzies Ascendency
Podcast available here https://youtu.be/m_zfTZxp5Vk
SUSPECT CONVICTIONS AND A CRIMINAL CASES REVIEW COMMISSION – MICHAEL KIRBY
Justice Michael Kirby AC CMG is an international jurist, educator and former judge. It is his view that an Australian Criminal Cases Review Commission is needed due to the number of cases of suspect convictions occurring and that sometimes that demands are too heavy on judges to get to the bottom of the detail of the facts [...]
The Hon Michael Kirby – Suspect Convictions and a Criminal Cases Review Commission
Podcast available here https://youtu.be/YZck9U49KTo
Suspect Convictions and a Criminal Cases Review Commission – The Hon Michael Kirby AC [ZOOM]
Title: Suspect Convictions and a Criminal Cases Review Commission Speakers: The Hon Michael Kirby AC Date: Wednesday 21 August 2024 Time: 5.30 for 6pm, Venue: Online via Zoom LIGHT REFRESHMENTS PLEASE NOTE: THIS MEETING IS FOR PAID ASSOCIATE MEMBERS OF THE SYDNEY INSTITUTE ONLY & 1 GUEST - If you would like to renew your [...]
Michael Kirby – The Commonwealth of Nations: From Allegiance to Commonwealth Charter Values
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THE COMMONWEALTH OF NATIONS: FROM ALLEGIANCE TO COMMONWEALTH CHARTER VALUES
In 2009, Justice Kirby was appointed a member of a high-level group tasked with identifying the “common values and aspirations” of this unique body. Chaired by Tun Abdullah Badawi (past PM of Malaysia) and including Sir Malcolm Rifkind (past UK Foreign Secretary) and 7 others the group recommended adoption of a Charter to support cohesion, [...]
John Howard, Michael Kirby & Anne Henderson – Menzies vs Evatt: Australia’s Great Political Rivalry
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MENZIES VERSUS EVATT: THE GREAT RIVALRY OF AUSTRALIAN POLITICS – Michael Kirby
No two contestants in Australian political history could be said to have affected each other as much as Robert Menzies and Bert Evatt – one to have helped to establish a workable platform – the United Nations - to bring nations together in the cause of peace, the other to establish himself as Australia’s longest [...]