Dato' Param Cumaraswamy, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers, will present the keynote address, followed by eminent and high-profile specialists representing all sides of the mandatory sentencing debate. These include Sir Anthony Mason, former Chief Justice of Australia, and the Attorney-General of Western Australia, the Hon Peter Foss. Another former Chief Justice of Australia, Sir Gerard Brennan, now Scientia Professor of Law at UNSW, will moderate an audience question session.
Wider issues involved go to the core of law and justice policy across the nation and beyond.
The free Symposium runs from 9.00am to 3.30pm at UNSW's Clancy Auditorium. A small number of seats are still available to early comers on the day. Speaker at the Symposium, Attorney-General of Western Australia, the Hon Peter Foss .