Kim Rubenstein is a constitutional expert and a professor of law at the University of Canberra.

Later this year, we'll be voting on a proposed change to the Australian constitution.

But many Australians are unaware of its existence; how it works and what it does even though it underpins so much of our way of life.

Kim explains how the constitution came to be and more about the underlying principles and assumptions of the people who framed it more than a century ago.

How proponents of bible-focused teaching overthrew a revered Principal -

Law academic and former PLC school captain Kim Rubenstein tells the story of the dispute, and the much bigger debate behind it, in her new book "The Vetting of Wisdom: Joan Montgomery and the Fight for PLC."

The Year that Made Me: Kim Rubenstein, 1982: By Julian Morrow on Sunday Extra

If you ever have a question about what it means to be an Australian citizen, your rights and responsibilities, Professor Kim Rubenstein is the person to ask. An expert in constitutional and citizenship matters, she is also a scholar and champion of Australian women in public life. Kim Rubenstein’s next step is a tilt at federal parliament, as an independent in the Senate. She talks to Julian about her formative final year at school.