Rebecca Ananian-Welsh

Rebecca is dedicated to community engagement and impact, and has held positions with organisations including:

• Australian Association of Constitutional Law National Executive Council and Queensland Chapter Committee.
• Australian Judicial Officers Association Inaugural Standing Committee on Judicial Independence;
• Centre for Public Integrity, Accountability Institutions and Transparency Committees.

Rebecca writes regularly for The Conversation, has given evidence to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security, Independent National Security Legislation Monitor, Australian Law Reform Commission and other federal and state inquiries, and has contributed to numerous submissions to government with respect to national security and constitutional issues. She is presently part of a multi-institution research team researching the legal definition of 'terrorist act' for the Independent National Security Legislation Monitor.

Rebecca's research has been cited by the High Court and Federal Court of Australia, and has been recognised in numerous Faculty and School awards, as well as in an Academy of Social Sciences in Australia Paul Bourke Award for Early Career Research. Her book 'The Tim Carmody Affair: Australia's Greatest Judicial Crisis' (co-authored with Profs Gabrielle Appleby and Andrew Lynch) was shortlisted for a Queensland Literary Award,and her Sydney Law Review article 'The Inherent Jurisdiction of Courts and the Fair Trial' was shortlisted for the 2020 Article of the Year in the Australian Legal Research Awards.