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Research biography

Dominique Dalla-Pozza is a senior lecturer at the ANU College of Law working in the field of Australian Public Law. Her primary research deals with the Australian Parliament and the legislative process, especially the process by which Australian National Security Law is made. She is particularly interested in the work done by parliamentary committees.

Dominique’s other field of interest is in National Security Law – her PhD focused on the process by which the Australian Parliament enacted counter-terrorism between 2001 and 2006. She is currently working on issues relating to the way Australian national security activity is subjected to oversight and accountability.

A distinctive feature of the approach Dom takes to legislative process is her use of ideas drawn from deliberative democratic theory as a core theme in her work. One of her main aims as a researcher is to continue to bring together ideas from the disciplines of political science and law to provide a richer understanding of the law- making process.

Research projects & collaborations

Dominique is continuing to publishing work on the development of the Australian counter-terrorism law framework and on national security accountability and oversight mechanisms.

Refereed journal articles

• 'Promoting Deliberative Debate? The Submissions and Oral Evidence Provided to Australian Parliamentary Committees in the Creation of Counter-Terrorism Laws’ (2008) 23(1) Australasian Parliamentary Review, 39.
• ‘The Constitutional Validity of Declarations of Incompatibility in Australian Charters of Rights’ (2007) 12(1) Deakin Law Review, 1 (co-authored with Professor George Williams).

Conference papers & presentations

• Parliamentary Committees and the Continuing Challenge of Australian Counter-Terrorism Law Reform: Are Some Committees More Effective than Others?' National Law Reform Conference 2016, Canberra, 14 April 2016.
• 'Refining the Australian Counter-Terrorism Law Framework: How Deliberative has Parliament Been Able to Be?,; Deliberative Constitutionalism Workshop, University College London, London 10 November 2015.
• ‘Williams II and the Extent of Commonwealth Spending Powers’, Australian Political Studies Association Annual Conference 2014, Sydney, 29 September 2014.
• ‘A Decade of Making Counter-Terrorism Laws’ Centre for International and Public Law, Public Law Weekend, Canberra, 9 September 2011.
• Why Should Lawyers Be Interested in Legislative Process?” Centre for International and Public Law Public Law Weekend, Canberra, 12 November 2009.

Committees

EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS

• A co-convenor in the ACT of the Electoral Regulation Research Network (ERRN) (2012- current).
• ACT Chapter convenor of the Australian Association of Constitutional Law (AACL) (May 2010 - October 2012)

INTERNAL ANU COMMITTEES

• Academic Editor, Federal Law Review (2010-2012).
• Acting Stream Convenor, International Security Law (LLM Program) (from July 2016)
• Member of the ANU College of Law LLB Honours Program Committe (from July 2016)
• Member of the ANU College of Law JD Program Committee (2014-2015)
• Member of the ANU College of Law Research Committee (mid 2009-2012)

Other

• ‘Constitutional Constraints on the Redesign of the Senate Voting System’ Presentation at ‘A New Senate Voting System’ Electoral Regulation Research Network and ANU College of Law Worksop, ANU College of Law, Canberra, 11 April 2014.
• Presentation at ‘The Plain Packaging of Tobacco Products: A Roundtable Discussion of the High Court of Australia’s Landmark Ruling, Australian National University, Canberra 24 October 2012,’
• Research in Progress Seminar ‘Assessing Parliament's Contribution to the Process of Law-Making: The Legislative Response to Williams v The Commonwealth’., ANU College of Law, Canberra, 12 September 2012.
• ‘Dickson v The Queen [2010] HCA 30’ Presentation at Talking Constitution: Australian Association of Constitutional Law, Canberra, 13 December 2010.
• ‘Habib v The Commonwealth [2010] FCFCA 12’ Presentation at the Talking Constitution: Australian Association of Constitutional Law, Canberra, 1 June 2010.