Opinion Piece in ‘The Canberra Times’ (1 December 2020)
Put the spotlight on safety, harassment in Parliament's workplaces.
Opinion Piece in ‘The Canberra Times’ (3 November 2020)
Citizenship test changes deserve an ‘F’
Opinion Piece in the ‘Australian Financial Review’ (29 October 2020)
There is a fairer and open way to appoint the best High Court judges.
Kim Rubenstein on ABC News with Lorna Dunkley (28 October 2020)
Kim Rubenstein joined Lorna Dunkley on ABC News to discuss to the appointment of Amy Coney Barrett to the US Supreme Court.
Opinion Piece in ‘The Canberra Times ‘ (22 October 2020)
A chance to swing the balance on our High Court the other way.
Radio Interview on RN Breakfast with Fran Kelly (15 September 2020)
Can the Federal Government legally stop Australians from returning home?
Featured: Kim Rubenstein, Professor of constitutional and citizenship law, University of Canberra
Kim Rubenstein on Q&A ‘Border Wars’ (8 September 2020)
The political battle over state borders is heating up, while thousands of Australians remain stranded overseas with a cap on international arrivals.
Panellists:
Kim Rubenstein, Legal scholar and citizenship expert;
Michael McCormack, Deputy Prime Minister;
Krisitina Keneally, Shadow Home Affairs Minister;
Dr Omar Khorshid, Australian Medical Association President;
Tania de Jong, Social and business entrepreneur.
This episode was broadcast on Monday, September 7 2020.
Q+A is a television discussion program that focuses mostly on politics but ranges across all of the big issues that set Australians thinking, talking and debating.
Opinion Piece in ‘The Canberra Times’ (1 August 2020)
Equal representation first step on path to necessary changes
Opinion Piece in the ‘Australian Financial Review’ (12 August 2020)
Time's up for old boys' club on the High Court.
The constitution and the COVID-19 crisis - ABC RN Podcast ‘Big Ideas’ with Paul Barclay (9 July 2020)
To mark Constitution Day on July 9, Paul Barclay talks to a panel of experts about the COVID-19 pandemic and the constitution. How have state and federal relationships (the Federation) equipped the nation to address this ongoing public health, and economic, crisis? What historic precedents are there for this pandemic in Australia? How effectively have we limited the spread of the virus into Indigenous communities? Presented in conjunction in with the National Archives of Australia.
Television Interview on ABC Insiders (16 February 2020)
Kim Rubenstein joined David Speers on Insiders to discuss the implications of the High Court's decision.
Opinion Piece in ‘The Australian’ (20 August 2019)
Section 44 trap is irrational and should be axed.
Interview on RN ABC Podcast ‘Late Night Live’ with Phillip Adams (15 July 2019)
Kim Rubenstein reviews the current provisions for terrorism-related loss of citizenship.
Opinion Piece in ‘The Australian’ (10 May 2019)
More women in Canberra would be good for us all.
Television Interview with David Speers on Sky News (30 January 2019)
Fijian experts were not consulted before the Morrison government stripped terrorist Neil Prakash of his Australian citizenship.
Citizenship law expert Kim Rubenstein: If the evidence shows Mr Prakash is not a Fijian citizen, or one of any other country - then that legislation cannot apply to him.
Kim Rubenstein on Network 10 (18 May 2018)
Kim Rubenstein on Network 10 discussed the Dual-Citizenship crisis in Parliament.
Opinion Piece in ‘The Australian’ (10 May 2018)
Parliament needs to reform section 44(i) and be done with it.
Television Interview with David Speers on Sky News (9 May 2018)
Professor of Law at ANU Kim Rubenstein discussed with David Speers the constitutional imperatives in the High Court ruling against Katy Gallagher.
Radio Interview with Lauren Williams on AM ABC Radio Adelaide (2 January 2018)
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has once again put the issue of a republic on the agenda, suggesting that a plebiscite could test public support for a popularly elected head of state. One constitutional expert says the move could overcome the political obstacles that scuttled the republican movement in the 1999 referendum.
Featured: Kim Rubenstein, professor, ANU Law School, Australian National University
Radio Interview with Michael Pachi on 2GB Sunday Evenings (5 November 2017)
Michael Pachi talks to citizenship expert Professor Kim Rubenstein from the Law school at ANU.