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Shireen Morris researches, teaches and publishes in constitutional law and constitutional reform, Indigenous constitutional recognition, as well as public law more generally, specialising in the concept of a First Nations constitutional voice. Her research includes work on free speech and the implied freedom political communication, Australian republicanism, Australian monetary sovereignty and challenges of political polarisation, social media and democratic decline.
Shireen was honoured to deliver the recent John Button Oration, making the case for radical centre economic reform in pursuit of true full employment. As Director of the Radical Centre Reform Lab at Macquarie University Law School, which collaborates across political divides to build consensus for innovative reform, Shireen works with a Research Assistant and 6 interns spanning 5 different universities, helping build consensus for a First Nations voice referendum. The Reform Lab works in partnership with Cape York Institute and operates with generous support from foundation donors, Henry and Marcia Pinskier.
Prior to coming to Macquarie Law School, Shireen was a McKenzie Postdoctoral Fellow at Melbourne Law School, and before that she spent 7 years working at Cape York Institute as the senior adviser on Indigenous constitutional recognition. Shireen completed her PhD at Monash University, with a thesis on Indigenous constitutional recognition through a First Nations constitutional voice - now published as a book, A First Nations Voice in the Australian Constitution, with Hart Publishing. She completed a Juris Doctor (Master of Laws) at Monash and a Bachelor of Arts (English Major) at the University of Melbourne.
Other books include Radical Heart: Three Stories Make Us One (MUP, 2018), A Rightful Place: A Roadmap to Recognition (Black Inc, 2017) and The Fogotten People: Liberal and Conservative Approaches to Recognising Indigenous Peoples (MUP, 2016). Shireen has also published in journals like the Australian Law Review, Melbourne University Law Review, Sydney Law Review, UNSW Law Journal, Monash University Law Review and the Public Law Review. She regularly contributes opinion pieces to The Australian, The Guardian, The Age, Sydney Morning Herald, Courier Mail, and ABC Religion and Ethics, and often appears on TV and radio.
Shireen is available to supervise PhD students in the areas of constitutional law, constitutional reform, Indigenous rights, free speech, democratic decline and related issues.
Education/Academic qualification
Law, PhD, Monash University
Award Date: 23 Aug 2017
Law, Juris Doctor (Master of Laws), Monash University
Award Date: 3 May 2012
Arts, Bachelor of Arts (English Major), The University of Melbourne
Award Date: 28 Aug 2002
External positions
Managing Committee Member, John Curtin Research Centre
Research Fellow, Per Capita Think Tank
Academic Fellow, Trinity College
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A constitutional Voice to Parliament: ensuring parliament is in charge, not the courts
Morris, S., 27 Oct 2022, The Conversation.Research output: Contribution to Newspaper/Magazine/Website › Article
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Balancing impartiality and free speech: an empirical study of 'on the ground' experiences of Australian public servants
Sorial, S. & Morris, S., 18 Aug 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: Adelaide Law Review.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Balancing public servants' responsibilities with the implied freedom of political communication: what can we learn from Banerji?
Morris, S. & Sorial, S., 2 Sep 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) Monash University Law Review, 48 39 p.Research output: Contribution to Newspaper/Magazine/Website › Article
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Changes in policy (and politics), not politicisation – The federal government’s decision not to pursue the appeal in Montgomery
Murphy, J. R. & Morris, S., 16 Aug 2022, AusPubLaw : the Australian Public Law Blog.Research output: Contribution to Newspaper/Magazine/Website › Article
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Does it exist? LibertyWorks and Australia's shrinking implied freedom of political communication
Sorial, S. & Morris, S., 14 Dec 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: University of Queensland Law Journal.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Castan Centre for Human Rights Law ‘field to journal’ bursary prize
Morris, Shireen (Recipient), 2012
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John Button Oration: A New Radical Centre
Shireen Morris (Speaker)
10 Sep 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Balmoral Lecture: ‘Indigenous Constitutional Recognition: Australia’s Greatest Moral Challenge'
Shireen Morris (Speaker)
7 Jun 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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From the Heart and Soul
Shireen Morris (Speaker)
27 May 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation
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Referendums in Australia and New Zealand
Shireen Morris (Speaker)
13 Oct 2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Indigenous constitutional recognition in comparative perspective: lessons from New Zealand and Canada for Australia
Shireen Morris (Speaker)
17 Jan 2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation
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Shireen Morris, abogada australiana: “Diría que es una Constitución muy progresista y ambiciosa”
5/08/22
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