Julian Burnside

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Julian William Kennedy Burnside QC (born June 9, 1949) is an Australian barrister, human rights and refugee advocate, and author. He is known for his staunch opposition to the mandatory detention of asylum seekers, and has provided legal counsel in a wide array of high-profile cases.

Burnside was born to Kennedy Byron Burnside and Olwen Lloyd Burnside. He graduated with a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Melbourne in 1972, and a Bachelor of Laws in 1973. He was admitted as Barrister for the state of Victoria in 1972, and appointed a QC in 1989.

Contents 1 Cases in which Burnside has been involved 2 Publications 3 Bibliography 4 External links

[edit] Cases in which Burnside has been involved

• Defending Alan Bond
• Interrogating John Laws and Alan Jones as counsel assisting the Australian Broadcasting Authority's 'cash-for-comment' inquiry
• Assisting the Maritime Union of Australia defeat Patrick Stevedores in the High Court (see also 1998 Australian waterfront dispute)
• Defending Ok Tedi natives against BHP
• Acting for Rose Porteous in numerous actions against Gina Rinehart
• Acting for Liberty Victoria in the Tampa litigation.
• Taking class actions against Esso for the gas explosion at Longford, Victoria.

[edit] Publications

Burnside has written two books:

• Wordwatching: Fieldnotes of an Amateur Philologist (ISBN 1-56025-840-3)
• Matilda and the Dragon - A children's book (ISBN 1-86373-127-X)

He has also edited From Nothing to Zero - a book of letters written by asylum seekers held in Australia’s detention camps (ISBN 1-74059-668-4)

[edit] Bibliography

[edit] External links

• Julian Burnside's web page