Bret Walker

Bret Walker
Biography
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Bret Walker has been a barrister practising at the NSW Bar since 1979 and was appointed Senior Counsel in 1993 and Queen’s Counsel in 1994. He is a Foundation Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law. He has at various times been President of the Law Council of Australia, President of the NSW Bar Association, a member of a number of advisory committees to the Australian Law Reform Commission, a Commissioner of Inquiry to a number of NSW Commissions of Inquiry and editor of the New South Wales Law Reports. He was the inaugural Independent National Security Legislation Monitor from 2011-2014 and has been a member of the NSW Health Clinical Ethics Advisory Panel and a director of the Sydney Writers Festival. He is currently Chairman of the Red Room Company.

Bret's practice centres on general appellate advocacy, equity and commercial, administrative and commercial law.

Encryption does not create privilege
Encryption does not create privilege
Eavesdropping, colloquially, has a bad name, but when justified by law and properly regulated, what’s the objection?
What problem, exactly, would a foreign agents law fix?
What problem, exactly, would a foreign agents law fix?
Australia already has adequate counter-espionage laws to target the sinister and untoward elements of influence.
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