Lecturer, Faculty of Law, and Associate, Castan Centre for Human Rights Law, Monash University
Katie is a lecturer in the Faculty of Law, and an Associate of the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law at Monash University. Prior to entering academia, she practised as a solicitor in native title, acting for native title claim groups in both Western Australia and Victoria. She holds a Master of Laws in Environmental Law from Macquarie University and a PhD from Monash University focussing on the legal recognition of Indigenous water rights.
Katie's teaching and research interests include Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, Indigenous Legal Rights, Native Title and Water Law.
Experience
2015–present
Lecturer, Faculty of Law, and Associate, Castan Centre for Human Rights Law, Monash University
Education
2016
Monash University, PhD
2005
Macquarie University, Master of Laws in Environmental Law
1998
Monash University, LLB (Hons)
Publications
2016
More Aqua Nullius? The Traditional Owner Settlement Act 2010 (Vic) and the Neglect of Indigenous Rights to Manage Inland Water Resources, Melbourne University Law Review
2016
Victoria’s Traditional Owner Settlement Act and Indigenous Management of Water Resources: An Improvement on the Native Title Act or More of the Same?, Indigenous Law Bulletin
2012
The National Water Initiative and Victoria’s Implementation of Indigenous Water Rights, Indigenous Law Bulletin
2011
The Gunaikurnai Consent Determination: Is this the High Water Mark for Native Title in Victoria?, Indigenous Law Bulletin
2007
Issues in Natural Resource Management – Implications of Native Title and the future of Indigenous Control and Management of Inland Waters, Murdoch University E Law Journal
2004
The Appropriation of Indigenous Ecological Knowledge: Recent Australian Developments, Macquarie Journal of International and Comparative Environmental Law