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Tarunabh Khaitan
Academic profile on Professor Tarunabh Khaitan, Melbourne Law School

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Ian Bailey
Academic profile of Professorial Fellow Professor Ian Bailey AM SC, Melbourne Law School
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Find out more about seminars hosted by the Competition Law and Economic Network

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Bernadette McSherry
Academic profile of Professor Bernadette McSherry, Melbourne Law School

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Faiza Rahman

Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness
The Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness aims at reducing statelessness and protecting the rights of stateless people.

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The potential of s100A ITAA36 to address tax avoidance using trusts
On 17 August 2023, Sonali Walpola, Senior Lecturer in the College of Business and Economics at the Australian National University, presented a hybrid seminar on the potential of s100A ITAA36 to address tax avoidance using trusts and why the Full Federal Court’s approach in Guardian should be treated with caution.Seminar abstractSection 100A of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 (ITAA36), enacted in 1979, is an important integrity measure in the trusts arena.The provision applies where a beneficiary is made presently entitled to trust income where the economic benefits relating to the present entitlement are enjoyed by another party. Currently, Section 100A ITAA36 is in the spotlight. The Commissioner relied on s100A in two cases which were the subject of Federal Court appeals in 2023—Commissioner of Taxation v Guardian AIT Pty Ltd [2023] FCAFC 3 (Guardian), where the Commissioner was unsuccessful (at least on s100A) and the ‘BBlood’ litigation (B&F Investments (as trustee for the Illuka Park Trust) v Commissioner of Taxation [2023] FCAFC 89), where the Commissioner was successful. It is centrally argued that the Full Court’s approach to s100A in Guardian is overly narrow, and the decision should be treated with caution due to its failure to consider the most authoritative and salient s100A precedents. While the general anti-avoidance rule in Part IVA ITAA36 was successfully used in Guardian, prior case law shows that s100A is the more robust anti-avoidance mechanism in the trusts arena because it is not hindered by problems that have beset Part IVA, including establishing a dominant tax avoidant purpose. This paper highlights that a broad, non-technical approach to s100A was authoritatively laid down in the only High Court decision on s100A, Raftland Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Taxation [2008] HCA 21 (Raftland), but extraordinarily, the Full Court in Guardian does not once discuss or cite Raftland.

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2021 CILIS Islamic Studies Postgraduate Conference
2021 CILIS Islamic Studies Postgraduate Conference - This conference aims to bring together postgraduate students, from around Australia and overseas, who are researching topics relating to Islam.

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Centre for Media and Communications Law staff, and faculty members associated with the centre and institute, teach in the degree programs of Melbourne Law School and supervise graduate researchers.

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Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness Resource Hub contains factsheets, presentations and podcasts, blog and briefing notes.

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Dr Yousef Kowsar joined Amazon Research Team
We farewelled Dr Yousef Kowsar, our doctoral fellow based at the Computing and Information Systems last month. Yousef has accepted a position at an Amazon Research team based in Melbourne. He will still be an Honorary at the University of Melbourne.Congratulations to Yousef and wishing him all the best in his new role.Postdoctoral fellow, Dr Anjalee de Silva has been awarded WLIA fellowship 2022

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Melanie Baker
Academic profile of Senior Fellow Melanie Baker, Melbourne Law School

Readings with IILAH
The Institute for International Law and the Humanities hosts a range of reading groups throughout the academic year at the Melbourne Law School.

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Competition Law and COVID-19 in Asia: Vietnam
Thursday 25 June, 2020

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Kathryn James
Academic profile of Dr Kathryn James, Melbourne Law School

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Publications
Publications resulting from The Meaning of Home for Children and Young People after Parental Separation - Australian Research Council Discovery Project.

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Newsletters
Until the end of 2018, the Asian Law Centre published a bi-annual newsletter about its recent news and events.

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Advisory Board
Current members of the Centre for Employment and Labour Relations Advisory Board.

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Australian Capital Television v Commonwealth: 30 Years of the Implied Freedom of Political Communication
In this seminar, our panellists critically reflected upon the development of the constitutional freedom over the last 30 years and shared their thoughts in relation to its future. The panel consisted of barrister Kathleen Foley S.C., Professor Dan Meagher (Faculty of Business and Law, Deakin University) and Professor Adrienne Stone (Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne). Professor Michael Crommelin AO (Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne) chaired the event.In this seminar, our panellists critically reflected upon the development of the constitutional freedom over the last 30 years and shared their thoughts in relation to its future. The panel consisted of barrister Kathleen Foley S.C., Professor Dan Meagher (Faculty of Business and Law, Deakin University) and Professor Adrienne Stone (Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne). Professor Michael Crommelin AO (Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne) chaired the event.

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Cally Jordan
Academic profile of Associate Professor Cally Jordan, Melbourne Law School

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Ian Ramsay
Project by Associate Professor Paul Ali and Professor Ian Ramsay, Financial exclusion, poor insurer practices and consumer protection.

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Tim Lindsey
Academic profile of Professor Tim Lindsey, Melbourne Law School

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Precedent in Tax Law: A Case Study in Empirical Method
How important is case law in establishing precedent to guide taxpayers and the revenue authority? On 17 April 2023, Associate Professor Michael Blackwell discussed this question in a seminar hosted by the Tax Law and Policy Research Program, Melbourne Centre for Commercial Law. Using a data science approach, Associate Professor Blackwell presented some preliminary findings on his research into precedent in tax law.
