Past events are archived for future reference.
Building the Past, Building the Future: Immigration, Refugees, Multiculturalism
Each year the Fairley Foundation partners with La Trobe University to present a free public lecture from a prominent Australian. We are delighted that Julian Burnside, human rights lawyer and author, will present the 2019 lecture.
Julian Burnside is a barrister based in Melbourne. He specialises in commercial litigation. He joined the Bar in 1976 an took silk in 1989.
He acted for the Ok Tedi natives against BHP, for Alan Bond in fraud trials for Rose Porteous in numberous actions against Gina Rinehart, and for the Maritime Union of Australia in the 1998 waterfront dispute against Patrick Stevedores. He was Senior Council assisting the Australian Broadcasting Authority in the "Cash for Comment" inquiry and was senior counsel for Liberty Victoria in the Tampa litigation.
