The constitution and the COVID-19 crisis - ABC RN Podcast ‘Big Ideas’ with Paul Barclay (9 July 2020)
To mark Constitution Day on July 9, Paul Barclay talks to a panel of experts about the COVID-19 pandemic and the constitution. How have state and federal relationships (the Federation) equipped the nation to address this ongoing public health, and economic, crisis? What historic precedents are there for this pandemic in Australia? How effectively have we limited the spread of the virus into Indigenous communities? Presented in conjunction in with the National Archives of Australia.
Television Interview on ABC Insiders (16 February 2020)
Kim Rubenstein joined David Speers on Insiders to discuss the implications of the High Court's decision.
Opinion Piece in ‘The Australian’ (20 August 2019)
Section 44 trap is irrational and should be axed.
Interview on RN ABC Podcast ‘Late Night Live’ with Phillip Adams (15 July 2019)
Kim Rubenstein reviews the current provisions for terrorism-related loss of citizenship.
Opinion Piece in ‘The Australian’ (10 May 2019)
More women in Canberra would be good for us all.
Television Interview with David Speers on Sky News (30 January 2019)
Fijian experts were not consulted before the Morrison government stripped terrorist Neil Prakash of his Australian citizenship.
Citizenship law expert Kim Rubenstein: If the evidence shows Mr Prakash is not a Fijian citizen, or one of any other country - then that legislation cannot apply to him.
Kim Rubenstein on Network 10 (18 May 2018)
Kim Rubenstein on Network 10 discussed the Dual-Citizenship crisis in Parliament.
Opinion Piece in ‘The Australian’ (10 May 2018)
Parliament needs to reform section 44(i) and be done with it.
Television Interview with David Speers on Sky News (9 May 2018)
Professor of Law at ANU Kim Rubenstein discussed with David Speers the constitutional imperatives in the High Court ruling against Katy Gallagher.
Radio Interview with Lauren Williams on AM ABC Radio Adelaide (2 January 2018)
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has once again put the issue of a republic on the agenda, suggesting that a plebiscite could test public support for a popularly elected head of state. One constitutional expert says the move could overcome the political obstacles that scuttled the republican movement in the 1999 referendum.
Featured: Kim Rubenstein, professor, ANU Law School, Australian National University
Radio Interview with Michael Pachi on 2GB Sunday Evenings (5 November 2017)
Michael Pachi talks to citizenship expert Professor Kim Rubenstein from the Law school at ANU.
Television Interview with David Speers on Sky News (3 November 2017)
Professor Kim Rubenstein speaks to David Speers on Sky News about whether auditing the citizenship status of all federal members of parliamentarians is necessary. Has the case of Stephen Parry shown us the politicians can't be trusted to self declare?
Radio Interview on RN Drive ABC with Damian Carrick (27 October 2017)
High Court rules on Citizenship Seven.
Guests: Professor Kim Rubenstein -Director, Centre for International and Public law, Australian National University.
Television Interview with Kumi Taguchi on ABC News (11 October 2017)
Kim Rubenstein joined Kumi Taguchi on ABC News to give her insights into the High Court hearing of the "citizenship seven".
Radio Interview with Patricia Karvelas on RN Drive ABC (24 August 2017)
Citizenship dramas land in the High Court
The dual citizenship dramas hanging over the Parliament finally made it to the High Court and officially became a ticking time bomb.
Guests: Professor Kim Rubenstein - Director, Centre for International and Public law, Australian National University.
Television Interview with David Speers on Sky News (24 August 2017)
Kim Rubenstein joined David Speers on Sky News to discuss section 44 of the constitution.
Television Interview with Fauziah Ibrahim on ABC News 24 (24 August 2017)
Kim Rubenstein joined Fauziah Ibrahim on ABC News 24 to discuss the Citizenship saga: The fate of politicians referred to the High Court over the citizenship saga will not be known until at least mid-October.
Kim Rubenstein on Q&A ‘Citizenship, Charlottesville and Surveys’ (14 August 2017)
On the Panel:
Kim Rubenstein, Professor, ANU College of Law;
Eric Abetz, Tasmanian Liberal Senator;
Sam Dastyari, Labor Senator for New South Wales;
Jamila Rizvi, Author, presenter and columnist;
Michael Jensen, Theologian and author.
Our panel discussed: same sex marriage, political donations, citizenship and Charlottesville.
Q&A is a television discussion program that focuses mostly on politics but ranges across all of the big issues that set Australians thinking, talking and debating.
Television Interview on 7 News (26 July 2017)
Kim Rubenstein appeared on 7 News to discuss the dual citizenship saga.
Television Interview on Sky News (26 July 2017)
Professor Kim Rubenstein questions whether section 44 of the Constitution is relevant in a multi-cultural society.
"The question is whether there is an obligation of any minister to inquire about dual citizenship."