Geoffrey Lindell

Geoffrey Lindell is currently an Emeritus Professor of Law at the University of Adelaide. He has taught and published widely in the field of Australian constitutional law having served as a full time academic at the University of Melbourne (1993 – 2001) where he became a Professor and at the Australian National University (1975 – 1993) after rising to a senior position in the Federal Attorney-General’s Department in Canberra (1966 – 1975). He has also assisted in major reviews of the Australian Constitution by serving as a member of the Distribution of Powers Advisory Committee to the Constitutional Commission (1986 - 1987), and acted as a consultant to the Australian Constitutional Convention (1975 - 1985). In addition he was appointed as a consultant on a standing retainer by the Department of the House of Representatives (2003 - 2014). He has also provided other constitutional and parliamentary legal advice to governments and parliaments.

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02.03.21 The relationship between Parliament and the Voice and the importance of enshrinement