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Articles by Graeme O. Morris

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Lectures and Speeches

Whistleblowing in the Twenty-First Century:
Individual Corruption and Institutional Dysfunction
address to
Whistleblowers Australia National Conference 2006
WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED ABOUT WHISTLEBLOWING?
Saturday 25 November 2006

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The Crisis in Decision-Making
address to
The Council for the National Interest � Queensland Division
31 March 2006

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Reflections by a Royal Commissioner
address to
Reform in Queensland: The Post-Fitzgerald Era
a National Conference presented by the University of the Sunshine Coast
in association with the Institute of Management Consultants (Queensland)
and the Institute of Public Administration Australia (Queensland)
10 November 2005

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Medical Practice and Medical Administration
address to the James Cook University Medical Students� Association
21 October 2005

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The Black Death in Queensland Health
speech to the Queensland Media Club, 18 October 2005

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The Advocate and the Internet

Family Law Conference, Gold Coast
29 September 2004

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The Quatercentenary of Sir Walter Raleigh's Trial

Part I: Raleigh and Queen Elizabeth
Part II: The Essex Trial
Part III: James�s Succession
Part IV: The Main and Bye Plots
Part V: Cobham�s Allegations

Part VI: The Law of Treason
Part VII: The Accused
Part VIII: The Prosecutor
Part IX: The Trial
Part X: Raleigh�s Execution

Queensland Supreme Court Library Historical Lecture Series
21 November 2003

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The Year of Grace, 1751:
Adoption of the Gregorian Calendar into English Law,
and Supputation of Time under the Act of 24 Geo. II, ch. 23
Presented to the Selden Society of Queensland Annual Meeting,
8 June 2001 (Gregorian); 26 May 2001 (Julian)
Calendar Act of 1751

154 kB (article)

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The Trial of Australia's Last Bushrangers
Presented to the Queensland Museum's
Queensland 1901 Lunchtime Lecture Series
31 January 2001

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Assessing Damages for a Breach of the Duty to Warn: Is the Patient
Compensated for the Loss of a Chance, or the Chance of a Loss ?
Presented to Medico-Legal Society of Queensland / Australian Association of Surgeons
National Conference - Medical Negligence Litigation, 21 November 1998

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Why Queensland Needs a Parliamentary Criminal Justice Commissioner
Address to Working Group of Parliamentary Committees
Overseeing Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Bodies
presented 26 February 1998

26 kB

Briefing Barristers: Ten Ways to Make the Experience A Happier One
Presented to Queensland Law Society
Articled Clerks' Symposium, 19 March 1999

92 kB

Publications

The Importance of Being Wilde

Part I: Wilde and "Bosie" Douglas Part II: Wilde and Queensberry Part III: The �booby trap� Part IV: The perils of litigating a defamation *[published in Bar News, May 2003]*	Part V: Carson�s cross-examination Part VI: Why was Wilde persecuted? Part VII: Wilde as a Gay Icon *[published in Bar News, December 2003]*
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WS Gillbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan�s Trial by Jury - A Legal Commentary written for Queensland Musical Theatre & Arts Inc.'s 2002 production of Trial by Jury 21 kB	The Ten Commandments for Company Directors published in Queensland Bar News, August 2002 32 kB
Proceedings by a Barrister against a Firm or Solicitor for Unpaid Fees Letter to the Chief Executive of the Bar Association of Queensland Published in Queensland Bar News, April 2001 59 kB	The �Polly Peck Defence�: its Future in Australia Article publiched in the Australian Law Journal (2000) 74 A.L.J. 760 154 kB
Speaking About the Speaker Published in the Courier-Mail Newspaper 24 October 2000 43 kB	Length of Parliamentary Terms Letter to the editor of the Courier-Mail Newspaper published November 2001 23 kB

Submissions to Public Authorities

Review of the Limitations of Actions Act 1974 (Queensland)
Submission to the Queensland Law Reform Commission,
29 May 1997

144 kB

Reviews

Telling the Truth About David Irving a review of Telling Lies About Hitler: The Holocaust, History and the David Irving Trial by Richard J. Evans (London: Verso, 2002) published in Queensland Bar News, May 2003 50 kB	The Velveteen Rabbit libretto and music by Simon Chan first public performance in the Bar Common Room on 11 March 2001 published in Queensland Bar News, April 2001 48 kB
A Masterpiece Discovered a review of The Missing Masterpiece by Ian Callinan published in Queensland Bar News, January 2002 25 kB	Vespertine Vignettes a review of Sicilian Vespers by Cedric Hampson published in Queensland Bar News, January 2002 53 kB
The New Fowler's Modern English Usage (3rd ed.) by R.W. Burchfield published in Queensland Bar News, June 1999 22 kB	The Better Nazi a review of The Good Nazi: The Life and Lies of Albert Speer by Dan Van Der Vat 124 kB

A Time Capsule of Australian Legal Websites
a review of Law on the Internet
by Cate Banks and Heather Douglas

15 kB

Biographical Notes

Cedric Edward
Keid Hampson, QC
Biographical note published in
Queensland Bar News, April 2001

17 kB

The Honourable Justice Gerald
Edward (Tony) Fitzgerald, A.C.
Biographical note published in
Queensland Bar News, April 1999

19 kB

Articles published pseudonymously as
"The Officious Bystander" in Queensland Bar News

Millennium Madness September 1999 57 kB	A Place in History August 2000 55 kB
The Death of A Statesman November 1999 64 kB	The Quantum Leap January 2002 65 kB

Articles by Graeme O. Morris

Feez Ruthning & Co. - The First 100 Years

105 kB