Shireen Morris
Biographic Data
| ID | 4171466 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Shireen Morris |
| GIVEN NAMES | Shireen |
| FAMILY NAME | Morris |
| SIGNATURE | MORRIS S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Macquarie University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8540-7261 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Australian Monetary Sovereignty
This article examines how Australia obtained a high degree of monetary sovereignty which increased the federal government’s freedom to spend. It examines key episodes in Australia’s history, culminating in the float of the Australian dollar in 1983, to demonstrate that the Australian government need not tax before it spends, because its powers to create and spend Australian currency are limited by political choices — not any need to first acquire…
Economic Exploitation, Ineffective Regulations, and a Misguided Trial
Electronic gaming machines (‘EGMs’) proliferate in disadvantaged areas of New South Wales (‘NSW’), leading to unacceptable levels of harm. Achieving meaningful reform is hampered by both government and industry prioritising their own financial interests at the expense of vulnerable people. Drawing on the recent state trial into cashless gaming, this article investigates the shortfalls of NSW’s current regulatory framework and considers what refor…
Against Increased Central Bank Independence in Australia
Prompted by the failed attempt to increase Australia’s central bank independence through removal of the government’s override, this article examines the central bank’s unelected authority to determine monetary policy and assesses whether this is justifiable in a democracy. It shows how political—and thus the people’s—power over economic management has diminished, positioning central bank independence within an antipopulist and antidemocratic move…
Combatting mis and disinformation in the digital age
Vote 'Yes' for unity, progress and partnership
Imagining an Affirmational Republic
This article explores the idea of an affirmational republic which, both structurally and symbolically, affirms rather than rejects Australia’s British history and heritage while equally celebrating the nation’s Indigenous inheritance and multicultural achievements. Part II explores the history of republican advocacy to unpack the common, predominantly symbolic, justifications for republican reform. It then elucidates dual, separate but connected,…
A First Nations Voice in the Australian Constitution
This book makes the legal and political case for Indigenous constitutional recognition through a constitutionally guaranteed First Nations voice, as advocated by the historic Uluru Statement from the Heart. It argues that a constitutional amendment to empower Indigenous peoples with a fairer say in laws and policies made about them and their rights, is both constitutionally congruent and politically achievable. A First Nations voice is deeply in …
Agreement-Making
The recent discussion paper published by the government's Expert Panel on Constitutional Recognition of Indigenous Australians posed the addition of an agreement-making power as one of its ideas for reform.1 The Law Council also listed agreement-making as one of its reform options. It has been suggested that such a power could be modelled on s 37 of the Canadian Constitution, which provides a commitment to regular constitutional conferences or ot…
Imagining an Affirmational Republic
This article explores the idea of an affirmational republic which, both structurally and symbolically, affirms rather than rejects Australia’s British history and heritage while equally celebrating the nation’s Indigenous inheritance and multicultural achievements. Part II explores the history of republican advocacy to unpack the common, predominantly symbolic, justifications for republican reform. It then elucidates dual, separate but connected,…
Agreement-Making
The recent discussion paper published by the government's Expert Panel on Constitutional Recognition of Indigenous Australians posed the addition of an agreement-making power as one of its ideas for reform.1 The Law Council also listed agreement-making as one of its reform options. It has been suggested that such a power could be modelled on s 37 of the Canadian Constitution, which provides a commitment to regular constitutional conferences or ot…
A First Nations Voice in the Australian Constitution
This book makes the legal and political case for Indigenous constitutional recognition through a constitutionally guaranteed First Nations voice, as advocated by the historic Uluru Statement from the Heart. It argues that a constitutional amendment to empower Indigenous peoples with a fairer say in laws and policies made about them and their rights, is both constitutionally congruent and politically achievable. A First Nations voice is deeply in …
Imagining an Affirmational Republic
This article explores the idea of an affirmational republic which, both structurally and symbolically, affirms rather than rejects Australia’s British history and heritage while equally celebrating the nation’s Indigenous inheritance and multicultural achievements. Part II explores the history of republican advocacy to unpack the common, predominantly symbolic, justifications for republican reform. It then elucidates dual, separate but connected,…
Vote 'Yes' for unity, progress and partnership
Against Increased Central Bank Independence in Australia
Prompted by the failed attempt to increase Australia’s central bank independence through removal of the government’s override, this article examines the central bank’s unelected authority to determine monetary policy and assesses whether this is justifiable in a democracy. It shows how political—and thus the people’s—power over economic management has diminished, positioning central bank independence within an antipopulist and antidemocratic move…
Combatting mis and disinformation in the digital age
Australian Monetary Sovereignty
This article examines how Australia obtained a high degree of monetary sovereignty which increased the federal government’s freedom to spend. It examines key episodes in Australia’s history, culminating in the float of the Australian dollar in 1983, to demonstrate that the Australian government need not tax before it spends, because its powers to create and spend Australian currency are limited by political choices — not any need to first acquire…
Economic Exploitation, Ineffective Regulations, and a Misguided Trial
Electronic gaming machines (‘EGMs’) proliferate in disadvantaged areas of New South Wales (‘NSW’), leading to unacceptable levels of harm. Achieving meaningful reform is hampered by both government and industry prioritising their own financial interests at the expense of vulnerable people. Drawing on the recent state trial into cashless gaming, this article investigates the shortfalls of NSW’s current regulatory framework and considers what refor…
Political science (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Commonwealth, Australian Politics and Federalism (3 works) · Project commissioning (3 works) · Publishing (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Multicultural Socio-Legal Studies (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Sociology (2 works)