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    • Automated administrative decision-making: A conversation between Associate Professor Yee-Fui Ng and Dr Jason Harkess, online

    Australian Institute of Administrative Law, Victorian Chapter

    Automated Administrative Decision-Making: A Conversation between Associate Professor Yee-Fui Ng and Dr Jason Harkess

    Chair: Perry Wood

    The event will involve a discussion of A/Prof Yee-Fui Ng’s recently published book, Combatting the Code: Regulating Automated Government Decision-Making in Comparative Context (published April 2025)

    Associate Professor Yee-Fui Ng is an Associate Professor and Director (Higher Degree by Research) at Monash University who researches in the areas of public law and political integrity. She is the author of  Combatting the Code: Regulating Automated Government Decision-Making in Comparative Context (Cambridge University Press, 2025), The Rise of Political Advisors in the Westminster System (Routledge,   2018) and Ministerial Advisers in Australia: The Modern Legal Context (Federation Press, 2016), which was a Holt Prize finalist. Yee-Fui was a 2021-22 Fulbright Scholar and undertook research at New York University on the digital welfare state. Her work has been cited by the High Court of Australia, State supreme courts, Federal and State parliaments, as well as various government inquiries. In 2023, Yee-Fui was the winner of the Monash University Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Research Excellence by an Early Career Researcher (HASS) (the University’s highest honour for outstanding research excellence and impact).

    Dr Jason Harkess is a practising barrister at the Victorian Bar and lectures Administrative Law at Monash University. He served as a member of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (2018-2022) and was a  detention review officer under the Public Health and Wellbeing Act 2008 (Vic) during the COVID-19 pandemic. His current research examines the intersection of artificial intelligence and legal practice, exploring how emerging technologies impact fundamental legal principles and professional obligations. He is the current Treasurer of the Australian Institute of Administrative Law (Victorian Chapter).

    Chair: Perry Wood is Immediate Past President of the Australian Institute of Administrative Law and one of Australia’s leading administrative, immigration and human rights lawyers.

    Date: Thursday 24 July 2025
    Venue: Online via Zoom
    Time: 4.30 pm AEST (4.00pm SA: 2.30pm WA)
    Cost: Admission is free 

    Please book via the TryBooking link below
    https://www.trybooking.com/DCZJP

    Note: Except in WA, CPD points apply.
    WA Practitioners attending should note that this event is not covered by the AIAL WA Chapter’s QA Provide accreditation and CPD points will not be accredited by AIAL.
    Inquiries can be directed to the AIAL Secretariat on 02 6290 1505 or at aial@commercemgt.com.au