Julian Burnside

@julianBurnside

About

Julian Burnside is a Melbourne barrister. He joined the Bar in 1976 and took silk in 1989. He specialises in commercial litigation, and has acted in many very contentious cases – the MUA Waterfront dispute; the Cash-for-Comment enquiry; cases for Alan Bond and Rose Porteous – but has become known for his human rights work and has acted pro bono in many refugee cases.

He is an outspoken opponent of the mistreatment of people who come to Australia seeking protection from persecution. His latest book is Watching Out: Reflections on Justice and Injustice (Scribe).

Past Events

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Lunchbox / Soapbox

Julian Burnside: Mind Your Language

Julian Burnside

3 Jun

Matter of Life and Death - MIAF

Good Life, Good Death: The Morality of Mortality

Julian Burnside, Tony Coady, Phillip Adams, Amanda Lohrey

11 Oct

Secrets & Lies - How WikiLeaks Has Changed the World

Suelette Dreyfus, Lyndal Curtis, Julian Burnside, Paul Ramadge

18 Feb

Unaccustomed as I am...

Sam Pang, Julian Burnside, Tony Birch, Sonya Hartnett, Lisa Gorton, Sophie Black, Noni Hazlehurst, Dave Graney

21 Jul

Injustice Anywhere: Human Rights in Practice

Debbie Mortimer, Julian Burnside, Alan Attwood, Rob Stary

16 May

Intelligence Squared Debates

Freedom of Speech is Over-Rated

Michael Gawenda, Julian Burnside, Gretel Killeen, Catherine Deveny, Marcia Langton, Simon Longstaff, Arnold Zable

8 May

Secrets, Lies and Digital Privacy: Liberty Victoria

Melissa Fyfe, Julian Burnside, Peter Norden, Spencer Zifcak

14 Mar

Epic Fail

Sam Bramham, Julia Morris, Rob Oakeshott, Erik Jensen, Nahji Chu, Sarah Blasko, Julian Burnside, Clare Wright

30 Jul

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