Dr Peter Billings is a Professor at the School of Law, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. His research interests are in particular areas of public law: administrative law, immigration and refugee law, social welfare law and human rights law. In 2016 he received an Australian Award for University Teaching - Award for Programs that Enhance Learning (Pro Bono Centre). Since 2010 he has received five teaching excellence awards within the School of Law for outstanding course/teacher evaluations, and in 2011 was awarded the Vice Chancellor's Equity and Diversity Award (UQ) for the Asylum and Refugee Law Project.
Recently, he has published several papers on 'crImmigration' law, policy and practice in Australia, including a chapter, "International crimes, refugee 'prisoner' swaps and duplicity in Australia's refugee admissions", in J Simeon (ed) Serious International Crimes, Human Rights and Forced Migration (Routledge, 2022). He authored a chapter (with Narelle Bedford) for the edited collection, Bringing Indigenous Voices into Judicial Decision-making (Routldedge, 2021). And he authored chapter one in his edited collection, Regulating Refugee Protection through Social Welfare: Law, Policy and Praxis (Routledge, 2022).
Peter's submission, on migration law reform, to the Australian Law Reform Commission for its project, Where next for law reform?, was cited in the final report: The Future of Law Reform: A Suggesdted Program of Work 2020-25, published on 2 December 2019. His submission to the Inquiry into a Possible Human Rights Act for Queensland: written submission no 468, Report No. 30, 55th Parliament, Legal Affairs and Community Safety Committee (June 2016). was cited on several occasions in the final parliamentary committee report. His written submission (with A/Prof Cassimatis) to the Administrative Review Council: Judicial Review in Australia, Administrative Review Council (Consultation Paper - Administrative Review Council, Canberra, ARC 2011) was cited throughout the ARC Report (No.50), Federal Judicial Review in Australia Sept. 2012. His research into crimmigration law and policy informed an expert panel discussion held at the Queensland Supreme Court (Banco Court) - "Unlawful Non-citizens: the Rise in Character Visa Cancellations" (Oct 5, 2017) chaired by Paul Barclay for ABC Radio National. The discussion was aired on on 8 December 2017. He regularly provides expert legal commentary on radio and features in print and online media; most recently in The Guardian (Australia) in May and September 2019.
Book Chapter: International crimes, refugee 'prisoner' swaps and duplicity in Australia's refugee admissions
Billings, Peter (2022). International crimes, refugee 'prisoner' swaps and duplicity in Australia's refugee admissions. Serious International Crimes, Human Rights and Forced Migration. (pp. 179-201) edited by James C. Simeon. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003094388-11
Journal Article: Getting rid of risky foreigners: promoting community protection at the expense of administrative justice?
Billings, Peter (2019). Getting rid of risky foreigners: promoting community protection at the expense of administrative justice?. Federal Law Review, 47 (2), 231-260. doi: 10.1177/0067205X19831818
Billings, Peter (2019). Regulating crimmigrants through the 'character test': exploring the consequences of mandatory visa cancellation for the fundamental rights of non-citizens in Australia. Crime, Law and Social Change, 71 (1), 1-23. doi: 10.1007/s10611-018-9786-7
Journal Article: Refugee protection and state security in Australia: piecing together protective regimes
Billings, Peter (2018). Refugee protection and state security in Australia: piecing together protective regimes. Australian Journal of Administrative Law, 24 (4), 222-233.
Journal Article: Regulating 'Fake' Assistance Animals - A Comparative Review of Disability Law in Australia and the United States
Harpur, Paul, Bronitt, Simon, Billings, Peter, Verreynne, Martie-Louise and Pachana, Nancy (2018). Regulating 'Fake' Assistance Animals - A Comparative Review of Disability Law in Australia and the United States. Animal Law, 24, 77-97.
Journal Article: Evaluating the pedagogic value of mooting and nooting at the Administrative Appeals Tribunal
Billings, Peter (2017). Evaluating the pedagogic value of mooting and nooting at the Administrative Appeals Tribunal. Monash University Law Review, 43 (3), 687-722.
Book Chapter: Protection seekers and preventive justice: immigration detention in Australia and the United Kingdom
Billings, Peter and Stevens, Dallal (2017). Protection seekers and preventive justice: immigration detention in Australia and the United Kingdom. Regulating preventive justice: principle, policy and paradox. (pp. 95-116) edited by Tamara Tullich, Rebecca Ananian-Welsh, Simon Bronitt and Sarah Murray. New York, United States: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315620978
Journal Article: Operation sovereign borders and interdiction at sea: CPCF v minister for immigration and border protection
Billings, Peter (2016). Operation sovereign borders and interdiction at sea: CPCF v minister for immigration and border protection. Australian Journal of Administrative Law, 23 (2), 76-101.
Journal Article: Whither indefinite immigration detention: re-thinking legal constraints on the detention of non-citizens
Billings, Peter (2015). Whither indefinite immigration detention: re-thinking legal constraints on the detention of non-citizens. University of New South Wales Law Journal, 38 (4), 1386-1420.
A Critical Evaluation of Procedural and Substantive Rules
(2011–2013) The Australasian Institute of Judicial Administration Incorporated
Building research capacity for quantitative analysis of Indigenous poverty and policy interventions
(2011–2013) UQ Collaboration and Industry Engagement Fund
(2008–2009) UQ New Staff Research Start-Up Fund
Sustainable protection of fish biodiversity in the Mekong River: the role of international environmental law and lessons from Australia
Doctor Philosophy
The Smuggling of Unaccompanied Minors: International Law and Domestic Contexts
(2018) Doctor Philosophy
Securing Freedom of Information in Vietnamese Government and Law
(2016) Doctor Philosophy
Crimmigration
For further information contact Professor Peter Billings, e: p.billings@law.uq.edu.au
International crimes, refugee 'prisoner' swaps and duplicity in Australia's refugee admissions
Billings, Peter (2022). International crimes, refugee 'prisoner' swaps and duplicity in Australia's refugee admissions. Serious International Crimes, Human Rights and Forced Migration. (pp. 179-201) edited by James C. Simeon. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003094388-11
Billings, Peter (2019). Getting rid of risky foreigners: promoting community protection at the expense of administrative justice?. Federal Law Review, 47 (2), 231-260. doi: 10.1177/0067205X19831818
Billings, Peter (2019). Regulating crimmigrants through the 'character test': exploring the consequences of mandatory visa cancellation for the fundamental rights of non-citizens in Australia. Crime, Law and Social Change, 71 (1), 1-23. doi: 10.1007/s10611-018-9786-7
Refugee protection and state security in Australia: piecing together protective regimes
Billings, Peter (2018). Refugee protection and state security in Australia: piecing together protective regimes. Australian Journal of Administrative Law, 24 (4), 222-233.
Harpur, Paul, Bronitt, Simon, Billings, Peter, Verreynne, Martie-Louise and Pachana, Nancy (2018). Regulating 'Fake' Assistance Animals - A Comparative Review of Disability Law in Australia and the United States. Animal Law, 24, 77-97.
Evaluating the pedagogic value of mooting and nooting at the Administrative Appeals Tribunal
Billings, Peter (2017). Evaluating the pedagogic value of mooting and nooting at the Administrative Appeals Tribunal. Monash University Law Review, 43 (3), 687-722.
Protection seekers and preventive justice: immigration detention in Australia and the United Kingdom
Billings, Peter and Stevens, Dallal (2017). Protection seekers and preventive justice: immigration detention in Australia and the United Kingdom. Regulating preventive justice: principle, policy and paradox. (pp. 95-116) edited by Tamara Tullich, Rebecca Ananian-Welsh, Simon Bronitt and Sarah Murray. New York, United States: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315620978
Billings, Peter (2016). Operation sovereign borders and interdiction at sea: CPCF v minister for immigration and border protection. Australian Journal of Administrative Law, 23 (2), 76-101.
Billings, Peter (2015). Whither indefinite immigration detention: re-thinking legal constraints on the detention of non-citizens. University of New South Wales Law Journal, 38 (4), 1386-1420.
An annotated guide to the Human Rights Act 2019 (Qld)
Jones, Nicky and Billings, Peter (2023). An annotated guide to the Human Rights Act 2019 (Qld). Chatswood, NSW Australia: LexisNexis.
Crimmigration in Australia: law, politics and society
Peter Billings ed. (2019). Crimmigration in Australia: law, politics and society. Singapore, Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-13-9093-7
Thomson Reuters Guide to Mooting
Cassimatis, Anthony E. and Billings, Peter (2016). Thomson Reuters Guide to Mooting. Pyrmont, NSW, Australia: Thomson Lawbook Co.
Judicial review in Australia: submission to the Administrative Review Council
Billings, Peter and Cassimatis, Anthony E. (2011). Judicial review in Australia: submission to the Administrative Review Council. Canberra, ACT, Australia: Administrative Review Council.
Billings, Peter (2023). Introduction. Regulating refugee protection through social welfare: law, policy and praxis. (pp. 1-9) edited by Peter Billings. London, United Kingdom: Routledge.
Regulating refugees through welfare: Australia's hostile response to unauthorised maritime arrivals
Billings, Peter (2023). Regulating refugees through welfare: Australia's hostile response to unauthorised maritime arrivals. Regulating refugee protection through social welfare: law, policy and praxis. (pp. 20-46) edited by Peter Billings. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003298595-4
International crimes, refugee 'prisoner' swaps and duplicity in Australia's refugee admissions
Billings, Peter (2022). International crimes, refugee 'prisoner' swaps and duplicity in Australia's refugee admissions. Serious International Crimes, Human Rights and Forced Migration. (pp. 179-201) edited by James C. Simeon. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003094388-11
Tickner v Chapman (1995) 57 FCR 451
Bedford, Narelle and Billings, Peter (2021). Tickner v Chapman (1995) 57 FCR 451. Indigenous legal judgments: bringing indigenous voices into judicial decision making. (pp. 73-91) edited by Nicole Watson and Heather Douglas. Abingdon, Oxon United Kingdom: Routledge.
Counter-terrorism and the exclusion of refugees and refugee-citizens from Australia
Billings, Peter and Ananian-Welsh, Rebecca (2020). Counter-terrorism and the exclusion of refugees and refugee-citizens from Australia. Terrorism and asylum. (pp. 175-214) edited by James C. Simeon. Leiden, the Netherlands: Brill Nijhoff. doi: 10.1163/9789004295995_008
Billings, Peter (2020). Governing felonious foreigners through crimmigration controls in Australia: administering additional punishments?. Causes and consequences of migrant criminalization. (pp. 43-68) edited by Neža Kogovšek Šalamon. Cham, Switzerland: Springer . doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-43732-9_3
Billings, Peter and Hoang, Khanh (2019). Characters of concern, or concerning character tests?: regulating risk through visa cancellation, containment and removal from Australia. Crimmigration in Australia: law, politics and society. (pp. 119-148) edited by Peter Billings. Singapore, Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-13-9093-7_6
Billings, Peter (2019). Introduction. Crimmigration in Australia: law, politics and society. (pp. 3-18) Singapore, Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-13-9093-7_1
Protection seekers and preventive justice: immigration detention in Australia and the United Kingdom
Billings, Peter and Stevens, Dallal (2017). Protection seekers and preventive justice: immigration detention in Australia and the United Kingdom. Regulating preventive justice: principle, policy and paradox. (pp. 95-116) edited by Tamara Tullich, Rebecca Ananian-Welsh, Simon Bronitt and Sarah Murray. New York, United States: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315620978
Australia's codification of judicial review: has the legislative effort been worth it?
Billings, Peter and Cassimatis, Anthony (2014). Australia's codification of judicial review: has the legislative effort been worth it?. Modern administrative law in Australia: concepts and context. (pp. 180-204) edited by Matthew Groves. Port Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/CBO9781107445734.011
Irregular migration, refugee protection and the 'Malaysian Solution'
Billings, Peter and Cassimatis, Anthony (2013). Irregular migration, refugee protection and the 'Malaysian Solution'. Protection of refugees and displaced persons in the Asia Pacific Region. (pp. 135-169) edited by Angus Francis and Rowena Maguire. Farnham, United Kingdom: Ashgate Publishing. doi: 10.4324/9781315602691-12
The Designation of "Safe" Countries and the Individual Assessment of Asylum Claims
Peter Billings and Rachel Trost (1998). The Designation of "Safe" Countries and the Individual Assessment of Asylum Claims. Current Issues in UK Asylum Law and Policy. (pp. 73-99) United Kingdom: Ashgate Publishing.
Billings, Peter (2019). Getting rid of risky foreigners: promoting community protection at the expense of administrative justice?. Federal Law Review, 47 (2), 231-260. doi: 10.1177/0067205X19831818
Billings, Peter (2019). Regulating crimmigrants through the 'character test': exploring the consequences of mandatory visa cancellation for the fundamental rights of non-citizens in Australia. Crime, Law and Social Change, 71 (1), 1-23. doi: 10.1007/s10611-018-9786-7
Refugee protection and state security in Australia: piecing together protective regimes
Billings, Peter (2018). Refugee protection and state security in Australia: piecing together protective regimes. Australian Journal of Administrative Law, 24 (4), 222-233.
Harpur, Paul, Bronitt, Simon, Billings, Peter, Verreynne, Martie-Louise and Pachana, Nancy (2018). Regulating 'Fake' Assistance Animals - A Comparative Review of Disability Law in Australia and the United States. Animal Law, 24, 77-97.
Evaluating the pedagogic value of mooting and nooting at the Administrative Appeals Tribunal
Billings, Peter (2017). Evaluating the pedagogic value of mooting and nooting at the Administrative Appeals Tribunal. Monash University Law Review, 43 (3), 687-722.
Disability assistance animals or not? Problems in policy and practice workshop
Harpur, Paul David, Verreynne, Martie Louise, Bronitt, Simon, Pachana, Nancy, Billings, Peter and Ritchie, Brent (2016). Disability assistance animals or not? Problems in policy and practice workshop. SSRN Electronic Journal doi: 10.2139/ssrn.2856824
Billings, Peter (2016). Operation sovereign borders and interdiction at sea: CPCF v minister for immigration and border protection. Australian Journal of Administrative Law, 23 (2), 76-101.
Billings, Peter (2015). Whither indefinite immigration detention: re-thinking legal constraints on the detention of non-citizens. University of New South Wales Law Journal, 38 (4), 1386-1420.
Billings, Peter (2013). Irregular maritime migration and the Pacific Solution Mark II: back to the future for refugee law and policy in Australia?. International Journal on Minority and Group Rights, 20 (2), 279-305. doi: 10.1163/15718115-02002007
Cassimatis, Anthony E. and Billings, Peter (2013). Statutory judicial review in Australia: a comparative analysis of the Australian Capital Territory, Queensland and Tasmanian schemes. Journal of Judicial Administration, 23 (2), 73-129.
Billings, Peter and Cassimatis, Anthony E. (2013). Twenty-one years of the Judicial Review Act 1991: enhancing access to justice and promoting legal accountability?. University of Queensland Law Journal, 32 (1), 65-101.
Conditioning social welfare payments: securing liberty for vulnerable children and adults?
Billings, Peter (2011). Conditioning social welfare payments: securing liberty for vulnerable children and adults?. Indigenous Law Bulletin, 7 (22), 13-17.
Billings, Peter (2011). Income management in Australia: Protecting the vulnerable and promoting human capital through welfare conditionality. Journal of Social Security Law, 18 (4), 167-191.
Juridical exceptionalism in Australia: Law, nostalgia and the exclusion of others
Billings, Peter (2011). Juridical exceptionalism in Australia: Law, nostalgia and the exclusion of others. Griffith Law Review, 20 (2), 271-309. doi: 10.1080/10383441.2011.10854699
Social welfare experiments in Australia: More trials for Aboriginal families?
Billings, Peter (2010). Social welfare experiments in Australia: More trials for Aboriginal families?. Journal of Social Security Law, 17 (3), 164-197.
Mind the gap: Public power, accountability and the Northern Territory emergency response
Billings, Peter (2010). Mind the gap: Public power, accountability and the Northern Territory emergency response. Australian Journal of Administrative Law, 17 (3), 132-158.
Billings, Peter (2010). The Family Responsibilities Commission: facilitating socially responsible standards of care in Cape York?. Indigenous Law Bulletin, 7 (16), 3-7.
School enrolment and attendance measures: more trials for Aboriginal families
Billings, Peter (2009). School enrolment and attendance measures: more trials for Aboriginal families. Indigenous Law Bulletin, 7 (14), 3-6.
Billings, Peter and Cassimatis, Anthony E. (2009). Re-designing the Northern Territory emergency response - Social welfare reform and non-discrimination. Law in Context, 27 (2), 58-89.
Billings, Peter (2009). Still paying the price for benign intentions? Contextualising contemporary interventions in the lives of Aboriginal peoples. Melbourne University Law Review, 33 (1), 1-38.
'Complementary protection in international refugee law', by Jane McAdam
Billings, Peter (2008). 'Complementary protection in international refugee law', by Jane McAdam. Legal Studies, 28 (1), 143-148. doi: 10.1111/j.1748-121x.2007.00082_2.x
The treatment of asylum seekers in the UK
Billings, Peter W. (2007). The treatment of asylum seekers in the UK. The Journal of Social Welfare & Family Law, 29 (1), 49-65. doi: 10.1080/09649060701423198
Balancing acts : Six acts in search of equilibrium
Billings, Peter (2006). Balancing acts : Six acts in search of equilibrium. Journal of Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Law, 20 (3), 197-209.
Billings, P. and Edwards, R. (2006). R.(Adam, Limbuela and Tesema) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department - A Case of 'Mountainish Inhumanity'. Journal of Social Security Law, 13 (3), 167-178.
Billings, Peter and Edwards, R. (2004). Safeguarding asylum seekers' dignity: Clarifying the interface between Convention rights and asylum law. Journal of Social Security Law, 11 (2), 83-111.
Refugees, the Rule of Law and Executive Power: A(nother) Case of the Conjuror's Rabbit?
Billings, Peter (2003). Refugees, the Rule of Law and Executive Power: A(nother) Case of the Conjuror's Rabbit?. Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly, 54 (4), 412-429.
Alienating asylum seekers: Welfare support in the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
Billings, Peter (2002). Alienating asylum seekers: Welfare support in the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999. Journal of Social Security Law, 9 (3), 115-144.
Prerogative Powers and the Human Rights Act: Elevating the Status of Orders in Council
Billings, Peter and Pontin, Ben (2001). Prerogative Powers and the Human Rights Act: Elevating the Status of Orders in Council. Public Law, 2001, 21-27.
A Comparative Analysis of Administrative and Adjudicative Systems for Determining Asylum Claims
Billings, Peter (2000). A Comparative Analysis of Administrative and Adjudicative Systems for Determining Asylum Claims. Administrative Law Review, 52 (1), 254-303.
R v Chief Adjudication Officer, Ex Parte B
Peter Billings (1999). R v Chief Adjudication Officer, Ex Parte B. Journal of Social Security Law, 6 (3), 137-144.
The Influence of Human Rights Law on the Procedural Formalities of the Asylum Determination Process
Peter Billings (1998). The Influence of Human Rights Law on the Procedural Formalities of the Asylum Determination Process. International Journal of Human Rights, 2 (1), 32-61.
Why the English Legal System Fails to Adequately Protect Victims of Obsessions
Billings, Peter W. (1996). Why the English Legal System Fails to Adequately Protect Victims of Obsessions. Journal of Civil Liberties, 1 (3), 183-215.
Billings, Peter (2020). Softer sentences for CrImmigrants? Examining whether and how prospective deportation can mitigate a sentence. National Judicial College of Australia - 2020 Sentencing Conference, Canberra, ACT, Australia, 29 February-1 March 2020.
Characters of concern or concerning character tests?
Billings, Peter (2019). Characters of concern or concerning character tests?. Immigration Law Seminar - Law Council of Australia, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 18 September 2019.
Exploring the consequences of visa cancellations on the rights of non-citizens
Billings, Peter (2018). Exploring the consequences of visa cancellations on the rights of non-citizens. Crimmigration in Australia: Law Politics and Society, Faculty of Law, University of Queensland, 19 July 2018.
Billings, Peter (2018). Going soft on crimmigrants? Examining the relevance of prospective deportation as sentencing considerations in Australia. CINETS IV: Mobility and Security in an Era of Globalization: Crimmigration at a Crossroads?, London, United Kingdom, 5-6 October 2018.
Operation sovereign borders - the Australian experience of maritime border policing
Billings, Peter (2018). Operation sovereign borders - the Australian experience of maritime border policing. Interdisciplinary Conference on Migration: Vulnerability, Protection, and Agency, Faculty of Law, University of Oslo, 24-25 May 2018.
Regulating crimmigrants through the 'character test' - a case of double punishment?
Billings, Peter (2018). Regulating crimmigrants through the 'character test' - a case of double punishment?. Understanding the causes and consequences of the criminalisation of migration, The Peace Institute/Institute of Criminology in the Faculty of Law, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 17-18 May 2018.
The Tradition and Trajectory of Procedural Fairness
Billings, Peter (2017). The Tradition and Trajectory of Procedural Fairness. Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal - Members' Training, Brisbane, 3 February 2017.
'Stopping the Boats': Australia's punitive responses to irregular maritime migration
Billings, Peter (2016). 'Stopping the Boats': Australia's punitive responses to irregular maritime migration. Rethinking Forced Migration and Displacement: Theory, Policy and Praxis: International Association for the Study of Forced Migration, Poland, 12-15 July 2016.
Operation Sovereign Borders: maritime interdiction, deflection and detention at sea
Billings, Peter (2016). Operation Sovereign Borders: maritime interdiction, deflection and detention at sea. The Future of Refugee Law: 1st Annual Conference, Refugee Law Initiative, London, United Kingdom, 29 June - 1 July 2016.
Evaluating Income Management in Australia: Inequality Before the Law?
Billings, Peter (2015). Evaluating Income Management in Australia: Inequality Before the Law?. Examining Income Management Programs in Australia (Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia), Melbourne, Australia, 16-17 July 2015.
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Income Management: Administrative Injustice?
Billings, Peter (2015). Evaluating the Effectiveness of Income Management: Administrative Injustice?. Examining Income Management Programs in Australia (Academy of the Social Sciences Australia), Melbourne, Australia, 16-17 July 2015.
Reforming Social Welfare In Australia: More Trials for Aboriginal People?
Billings, Peter (2009). Reforming Social Welfare In Australia: More Trials for Aboriginal People?. Australian Institute for Administrative Law (Qld Chapter), Commonwealth Ombudsman's Office, Brisbane, August 19 2009.
Billings, Peter (2006). The Migration Amendment (Designated Unauthorised Arrivals) Bill 2006: Asylum Protection Beyond Australia?. TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland, Research Seminar Series, Brisbane, Australia, 1 September 2006.
Submission on the Constitutional Alteration (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice) 2023
Ananian-Walsh, Rebecca, Billings, Peter, Cassimatis Am, Anthony, Larkin, Dani and Lino, Dylan (2023). Submission on the Constitutional Alteration (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice) 2023 . Submission Number 77. Joint Select Committee on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice Referendum .
Counterterrorism rhetoric, the deterrence paradigm, and the end of asylum: an antipodean viewpoint
Billings, Peter (2021). Counterterrorism rhetoric, the deterrence paradigm, and the end of asylum: an antipodean viewpoint. Berlin, Germany: Verfassungsblog.
Billings, Peter (2019). The future of law reform: simplification of the Migration Act 1958 - submission to the Australian Law Reform Commission. Canberra, ACT, Australia: Commonwealth of Australia.
Minister's 'God-like' powers can be put to better use in Biloela Tamil family's case
Billings, Peter and Lelliott, Joseph (2019, 09 06). Minister's 'God-like' powers can be put to better use in Biloela Tamil family's case The Guardian
Refugee swap Rwandans: how did they pass Australia's character test?
Knaus, Christopher and Billings, Peter (2019, 05 30). Refugee swap Rwandans: how did they pass Australia's character test? The guardian: Australia
Billings, Peter (2016). Human Rights Inquiry: Submission to the Legal Affairs and Community Safety Committee. The promotion and protection of human rights: how best to accommodate the protection of fundamental human rights and freedoms in Queensland?.
Indigenous programs: protecting the vulnerable and promoting well-being?
Billings, Peter (2011, 04 12). Indigenous programs: protecting the vulnerable and promoting well-being? The Conversation 1-1.
Reform of judicial review in New South Wales: written submission discussion paper
Billings, Peter and Cassimatis, Anthony E. (2011). Reform of judicial review in New South Wales: written submission discussion paper. Sydney, NSW, Australia: NSW Department of Justice and Attorney General.
A Critical Evaluation of Procedural and Substantive Rules
(2011–2013) The Australasian Institute of Judicial Administration Incorporated
Building research capacity for quantitative analysis of Indigenous poverty and policy interventions
(2011–2013) UQ Collaboration and Industry Engagement Fund
(2008–2009) UQ New Staff Research Start-Up Fund
Sustainable protection of fish biodiversity in the Mekong River: the role of international environmental law and lessons from Australia
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
The Smuggling of Unaccompanied Minors: International Law and Domestic Contexts
(2018) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
Securing Freedom of Information in Vietnamese Government and Law
(2016) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
Note for students: The possible research projects listed on this page may not be comprehensive or up to date. Always feel free to contact the staff for more information, and also with your own research ideas.
Crimmigration
For further information contact Professor Peter Billings, e: p.billings@law.uq.edu.au