The AACL is delighted to welcome Robert Orr PSM KC and Guy Aitken KC to speak on Wednesday 3 September 2025, 5:30pm-6:30pm on 'Getting your Act together: Some reflections on making valid and effective legislation'.
This is an in-person event which will also be live-streamed. For those attending in person, some nibbles and drinks will be available after the seminar, so we would be grateful if you could please register your attendance in advance, if possible.
Details of the seminar are below, including for the purposes of recording attendance for CPD points.
Seminar title: Getting your Act together: Some reflections on making valid and effective legislation.
Speakers: Robert Orr PSM KC and Guy Aitken KC
Date: Wednesday, 3 September 2025
Time: 5:30-6:30pm (Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney)
Venue: Australian Government Solicitor, Level 5, 2-4 National Circuit, Barton, ACT
Video link and dial in details: See below
Registration: https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1451957
Robert and Guy are former Chief General Counsels of the Australian Government Solicitor and co-authors of Sawer’s The Australian Constitution (3rd ed). Robert is currently Special Counsel at the Australian Government Solicitor and a Senior Member of the ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal.
Robert and Guy have extensive experience advising the Commonwealth Government on significant and complex public law issues, including on constitutional and administrative law and statutory interpretation. They have been closely involved in the development of many significant legislative reforms and initiatives and have represented the Commonwealth Government and its agencies before a wide range of courts and tribunals, including the High Court and Federal Court.