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Monday 24 September
6:15 PM - 7:15 PM
When Michael Kirby retired from the High Court in 2009, he was Australia’s longest-serving judge. But it’s not his time on the bench that makes him so beloved; rather it’s his long record of human rights activism, his dynamic engagement with the law – and his courage in bringing his long-hidden private life into the public eye. He’ll talk with biographer Daryl Dellora.
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Michael Kirby
Michael Kirby is one of Australia’s most admired public figures. When he retired from the High Court of Australia in February 2009, Kirby was Australia’s longest serving judge.
In addition to his judicial duties, he has served on many national and international bodies, including the World Health Organisation’s Global Commission on AIDS, the International Commission of Jurists, the UNESCO International Bioethics Committee, the UNAIDS Reference Group on HIV and Human Rights, and the UNDP Global Commission on HIV and the Law.
Kirby’s book, A Private Life, is a very personal memoir in which he reflects on his early life, about being gay, about his 42-year relationship with Johan van Vloten, about his religious beliefs and even about his youthful infatuation with James Dean. The biography of Michael Kirby, written by Daryl Dellora, is called Michael Kirby: Law, Love and Life.
Daryl Dellora
Daryl Dellora is an award-winning documentary filmmaker. He is the recipient of an Australian Human Rights Award for his film Mr Neal is Entitled to be an Agitator, on the life of High Court Justice Lionel Murphy. Michael Kirby: Law, Love and Life is his first book.
Daryl won a Gold Plaque at the Chicago International Television Festival for The Edge of the Possible, a film about Jørn Utzon, the architect of the Sydney Opera House.
He has been an Australian Film Commission documentary fellow and in 2005 was awarded a residency at the Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Study Centre. He wrote and directed the film Michael Kirby: Don’t Forget the Justice Bit (2010) for ABC TV.
Daryl was a co-producer of the feature film Hunt Angels (2006), winner of the AFI Award for Best Documentary, and was an executive producer of Celebrity: Dominick Dunne (2008). He is a director of filmartmedia.com and the film production company Film Art Doco.