Joo-Cheong Tham

University of Melbourne

185 Pelham Street

Carlton, Victoria 3053

Australia

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1.

Unsavoury Employer Practices: Understanding Temporary Migrant Work in the Australian Food Services Sector

International Journal of Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations (Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 13 Dec 2018
Joo-Cheong Tham and Judy Fudge
University of Melbourne and Kent Law School
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Migrant workers, Use of migrant labour, Conditionalities, Sectoral Regulation, Food Services

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Why Is Labour Protection for Temporary Migrant Workers So Fraught? A Perspective from Australia

Joanna Howe and Rosemary Owens (ed), Temporary Labour Migration in the Global Era: Regulatory Challenges (Hart Publishing, 2016)
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 06 Jun 2017
Joo-Cheong Tham, Iain Campbell and Martina Boese
University of Melbourne, RMIT University - PVC Design & Social Context and La Trobe University
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Labour Market Deregulation and Temporary Migrant Labour Schemes: An Analysis of the 457 Visa Program

Australian Journal of Labour Law, Vol. 25, No. 3, 2013, U of Melbourne Legal Studies Research Paper No. 676
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 04 Mar 2014
Iain Campbell and Joo-Cheong Tham
RMIT University - PVC Design & Social Context and University of Melbourne
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temporary labour, 457 visa program, Australia

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Employment Protection and Employment Promotion: The Contested Terrain of Australian Labour Law

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 26 Feb 2001
Anthony O'Donnell, Richard Mitchell, Christopher Arup, John Howe and Joo-Cheong Tham
La Trobe Law School, Monash University - Department of Business Law & Taxation, La Trobe Law School, University of Melbourne Law School and University of Melbourne
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employment, protection, promotion, Australia, labour law, contested

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The COVID-19 Crisis, Labour Rights and the Role of the State

Joo-Cheong Tham, 'The COVID-19 Crisis, Labour Rights and the Role of the State' [2020] (85) Journal of Australian Political Economy 71-83
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 15 Jun 2020
Joo-Cheong Tham
University of Melbourne
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Deconstructing the Logic of Responding to One Threat with Another: The Perils of Countering Terrorism by Eroding Human Rights

U of Melbourne Legal Studies Research Paper No. 235, HUMAN RIGHTS 2006: THE YEAR IN REVIEW, Marius Smith, ed., pp. 115-154, Monash University, 2007
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 14 Jun 2007
Joo-Cheong Tham and Dianne Otto
University of Melbourne and University of Melbourne - Melbourne Law School
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human rights, counter-terrorism, laws, Australia

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Limitations of a Charter of Rights in the Age of Counter-Terrorism

Melbourne University Law Review, Vol. 31, No. 2, 2007, U of Melbourne Legal Studies Research Paper No. 312
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 04 Mar 2008
Joo-Cheong Tham and K. D. Ewing
University of Melbourne and King's College London - The Dickson Poon School of Law
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charter, rights, counter, terrorism, human rights, Victoria

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Towards an Understanding of Standard Employment Relationships under Australian Labour Law

Australian Journal of Labour Law, No. 20, p. 123, 2007 , U of Melbourne Legal Studies Research Paper No. 376
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 19 Feb 2009
Joo-Cheong Tham
University of Melbourne
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standard employment, full-tim work, ongoing employment contract, standeard employment relationships, Workplace Relations Act 1996, WorkChoices Act

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Labour Clauses in the TPP and TTIP: A Comparison Without a Difference?

Melbourne Journal of International Law, Vol. 17, No. 2, 2016
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 04 Jan 2017
Joo-Cheong Tham and K. D. Ewing
University of Melbourne and King's College London - The Dickson Poon School of Law
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Inhospitable Workplaces? International Students and Paid Work in Food Services

Australian Journal of Social Issues Vol. 51 No. 3, 2016
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 10 Oct 2016
Iain Campbell, Martina Boese and Joo-Cheong Tham
RMIT University - PVC Design & Social Context, La Trobe University and University of Melbourne
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international students, labour regulation, low‑paid workers, precarious work, casual work

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Australian Terror Laws and Academic Freedom

FREE SPEECH IN FEARFUL TIMES: AFTER 9/11 IN CANADA, THE U.S., AUSTRALIA & EUROPE, Turk J. & Mason A., eds., pp. 234-244, Canada: James Lorimer & Company Limited , U of Melbourne Legal Studies Research Paper No. 391
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 01 May 2009
Joo-Cheong Tham
University of Melbourne
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War on Terror, anti-terrorism, security organisations, academic freedom

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Dishing Up Migrant Workers for the Canadian Food Services Sector: Labor Law and the Demand for Migrant Workers

Comparative Labor Law & Policy Journal, 2017
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 08 Aug 2018
Judy Fudge and Joo-Cheong Tham
Kent Law School and University of Melbourne
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The Climate Crisis & Democracy: From Democratic Debilitation to Innovation

Joo-Cheong Tham, 'The Climate Crisis & Democracy: From Democratic Debilitation to Innovation' (Melbourne School of Government, University of Melbourne, Policy Brief No 14, 12 August 2021)
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 08 Oct 2021
Joo-Cheong Tham
University of Melbourne
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Labour Provisions in Trade Agreements: Neoliberal Regulation at Work?

Joo-Cheong Tham and KD Ewing, 'Labour Provisions in Trade Agreements: Neoliberal Regulation at Work?' (2020) 17 International Organizations Law Review 153-77
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 15 Jul 2020
Joo-Cheong Tham and K. D. Ewing
University of Melbourne and King's College London - The Dickson Poon School of Law
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trade agreements, labour provisions, Comprehensive Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership, neoliberal regulation, faux regulation

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Democracy Before Dollars: The Problems with Money in Australian Politics and How to Fix Them

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 05 Sep 2019
Joo-Cheong Tham
University of Melbourne
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Of Aliens, Money and Politics: Should Foreign Political Donations Be Banned?

King’s Law Journal, Vol. 28, No. 2, 2017
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 06 Oct 2017
Joo-Cheong Tham
University of Melbourne
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foreign political donations

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Special Issue: Covid-19 and the Law: Perspectives from Asia: Introduction

Australian Journal of Asian Law, Vol. 22, No. 2, Article 01: 1-3, 2022
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 23 Mar 2022
Joo-Cheong Tham
University of Melbourne
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Introduction to the Australian Journal of Asian Law Theme on ‘Money Politics in the Asia-Pacific: Challenges and Solutions'

Australian Journal of Asian Law, 2017, Vol 18 No 2, Article 1: 99-100
Number of pages: 2 Posted: 26 Mar 2018
Joo-Cheong Tham
University of Melbourne
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How Does Digital Campaigning Affect the Problems of Political Finance?

Based on Joo-Cheong Tham, "How does digital campaigning affect the problems of political finance?", originally presented in the International IDEA and Friends' Asia & The Pacific Online Lecture Series, Lecture #4 on 11 November 2020
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 25 Nov 2020
Joo-Cheong Tham
University of Melbourne
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Deliberative Democracy and Electoral Management Bodies: The Case of Australian Electoral Commissions

Election Law Journal, Volume 12, No. 4, 2013, U of Melbourne Legal Studies Research Paper No. 679
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 06 May 2014
Joo-Cheong Tham
University of Melbourne
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electoral commission, democracy, electoral

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Equality and Community for Migrant Workers

Joo-Cheong Tham, 'Equality and Community for Migrant Workers’ in Alan Bogg, Jacob Rowbottom and Alison Young (eds), The Constitution of Social Democracy: Essays in Honour of Keith Ewing (2020)
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 28 Dec 2020
Joo-Cheong Tham
University of Melbourne
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Secret State, Transparent Subject: The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation in the Age of Terror

(2005) 38(3) The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology 400-415.
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 13 Feb 2017
Jude McCulloch and Joo-Cheong Tham
Monash University and University of Melbourne
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23.

Political Participation

in Oxford Handbook of the Australian Constitution, eds. C. Saunders & A. Stone, Oxford University Press, Oxford: Chapter 40, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 09 Aug 2018
Joo-Cheong Tham
University of Melbourne
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Suppressing the Financing of Terrorism

(2004) 16(1) Current Issues in Criminal Justice 71-8
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 08 Aug 2018
Jude McCulloch, Sharon Pickering, Rob McQueen, Joo-Cheong Tham and David Wright-Neville
Monash University, University of Oxford - Border Criminologies, Griffith University, University of Melbourne and Monash University - School of Political and Social Inquiry
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Casualties of the Domestic ‘War on Terror’: A Review of Recent Counter-Terrorism Laws

Melbourne University Law Review, Vol. 28, No. 2, 2004
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 08 Aug 2018
Joo-Cheong Tham
University of Melbourne
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Dynamics of Electoral Expenditure and the 'Arms Race' Thesis: The Case of New South Wales

(2014) 49(1) Australian Journal of Political Science 84-101.
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 22 Feb 2017
Malcolm Anderson and Joo-Cheong Tham
University of Melbourne and University of Melbourne
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dynamics of electoral expenditure, ‘arms race’ in electoral expenditure, funding of political parties

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Industrial Action and Unemployment Income Support

(2002) 15(1) Australian Journal of Labour Law 40-68
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 08 Aug 2018
Joo-Cheong Tham
University of Melbourne
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The MUA Cases

(1999) 25(2) Monash University Law Review 181-202
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 14 Aug 2018
Joo-Cheong Tham
University of Melbourne
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Temporary Migrant Nurses in Australia: Sites and Sources of Precariousness

(2013) 0(0) The Economic and Labour Relations Review 1-24.
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 13 Feb 2017
Martina Boese, Iain Campbell, Winsome Roberts and Joo-Cheong Tham
La Trobe University, RMIT University - PVC Design & Social Context, University of Melbourne and University of Melbourne
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Migrant workers, migration, migration pathways, nurse migration, precarious migrant status, precarious work, s457 visa, temporary skilled migration

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Possible Constitutional Objections to the Powers to Ban ‘Terrorist’ Organisations

University of New South Wales Law Journal, Vol. 27, No. 2, 2004
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 08 Aug 2018
Joo-Cheong Tham
University of Melbourne
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Public Funding and Expenditure Regulation of Australian Political Parties: Some Reflections

(2004) 32(3) Federal Law Review 397-424
Posted: 08 Aug 2018
Joo-Cheong Tham and David Grove
University of Melbourne and The University of Sydney

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Democratic Deliberation of Labour Law: A Preliminary Inquiry into the Making of the Fair Work Act

(2009) 22(3) Australian Journal of Labour Law 232-57
Posted: 08 Aug 2018
Joo-Cheong Tham
University of Melbourne

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Political Equality as a Constitutional Principle: Cautionary Lessons from Mccloy v New South Wales

In Rosalind Dixon (ed), Australian Constitutional Values (Hart Publishing, 2018)
Posted: 01 Mar 2018
Joo-Cheong Tham
University of Melbourne

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'The Work Choices Case: Analysis and Implications' in 'Work Choices: The High Court Challenge 2006'

WORK CHOICES: THE HIGH COURT CHALLENGE 2006, pp. 1-78, Lawbook CO., 2007, University of Melbourne Legal Studies Research Paper No. 218
Posted: 12 Mar 2007
Simon Evans, Colin Fenwick, Cheryl Saunders, Joo-Cheong Tham and Megan Donaldson
University of Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne - Law School, University of Melbourne - Law School, University of Melbourne and NYU School of Law - Institute for International Law and Justice

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workchoices, Australia, industrial relations, constitution, implications

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It Depends What You Mean by ‘Political Donations’

Inside Story, 2018
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 19 Jan 2019
Joo-Cheong Tham
University of Melbourne
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The Case for Transparent Funding and Better Regulation of Political Parties

The Conversation, 2011
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 20 Jan 2019
Joo-Cheong Tham and Graeme D. Orr
University of Melbourne and The University of Queensland - T.C. Beirne School of Law
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Better Regulation of All Political Finance Would Help Control Foreign Donations

The Conversation, 2016
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 20 Jan 2019
Joo-Cheong Tham
University of Melbourne
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Eight Ways to Clean Up Money in Australian Politics

The Conversation, 2016
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 20 Jan 2019
Joo-Cheong Tham
University of Melbourne
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The Great Trade-Off

Inside Story, 2018
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 19 Jan 2019
Joo-Cheong Tham and K. D. Ewing
University of Melbourne and King's College London - The Dickson Poon School of Law
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Fair Game? Why Karl Bitar Lobbying for Crown Is Undemocratic

The Conversation, 2011
Number of pages: 2 Posted: 20 Jan 2019
Joo-Cheong Tham
University of Melbourne
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Political Integrity: Victoria Goes Part of the Way

Inside Story, 2011
Number of pages: 2 Posted: 19 Jan 2019
Joo-Cheong Tham
University of Melbourne
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NSW Election Funding Laws Are a Serious Attack on Freedom of Association

The Guardian, 2013
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 19 Jan 2019
Joo-Cheong Tham
University of Melbourne
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457 Visa Scheme: Time for a Proper Debate

The Guardian, 213
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 19 Jan 2019
leigh hubbard and Joo-Cheong Tham
affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Melbourne
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Taking a Taxi Ride to an Inhospitable Workplace

Inside Story, 2015
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 19 Jan 2019
Joo-Cheong Tham, Martina Boese and Iain Campbell
University of Melbourne, La Trobe University and RMIT University - PVC Design & Social Context
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The Benefits of Deliberation in the Political Process

The Conversation, 2012
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 20 Jan 2019
Joo-Cheong Tham
University of Melbourne
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Australia’s Growing Democracy Gap

Inside Story, 2018
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 19 Jan 2019
Joo-Cheong Tham
University of Melbourne
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