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Volume 14 · Issue 2 · 2026

The Australian Law Review

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Constitutional Law

The Implied Freedom of Political Communication: Revisiting the Lange Test After NSWCCL v Commonwealth

This article examines the High Court's evolving approach to the implied freedom of political communication, with particular attention to the proportionality framework established in McCloy v New South Wales.

Professor Sarah Chen

University of Melbourne

15 May 2026

Private Law

Unjust Enrichment and the Absence of Basis: A Comparative Analysis of Australian and English Approaches

Dr James Whitfield

2 May 2026

Administrative Law

Jurisdictional Error After MZAPC: Coherence, Uncertainty and the Limits of Judicial Review

Associate Professor Lena Park

18 April 2026

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Submissions close31 August 2026

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"An exceptional contribution to the scholarship on proportionality review in Australian administrative law."

Emily Nguyen

University of Queensland · LLB (Hons)

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