Author Archives: Ken Parish

About Ken Parish

Ken Parish is a legal academic, with research areas in public law (constitutional and administrative law), civil procedure and teaching & learning theory and practice. He has been a legal academic for almost 20 years. Before that he ran a legal practice in Darwin for 15 years and was a Member of the NT Legislative Assembly for almost 4 years in the early 1990s.

The Last Days of Nigel (the Darwin Shooter’s second victim)

Posted on June 6, 2019 by Ken Parish

Yesterday I was chatting online about Wednesday evening’s dreadful shooting massacre in Darwin (like many shocked people here). I posted a comment listing the various murder scenes, saying: “A fourth was murdered at 18 Gardens Hill Crescent (or Gardens Rd, … Continue reading →

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A Tale of Two Chinese Cities

Posted on June 4, 2018 by Ken Parish

Once upon a time (in 2010) a wealthy Chinese businessman granted a long-term lease of a luxury apartment at an apparent undervalue to a senior Hong Kong government official, and then undertook multi-million dollar refurbishment works to it free of … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics - Northern Territory | 2 Comments

Donghai dong low sweet subsidy chariot

Posted on June 3, 2018 by Ken Parish

Long-ish article but a must-read in my humble opinion for Territorians interested in NT economic development (especially tourism). The Gunner government isn’t keen to disclose the terms of its “partnering” agreement with Donghai Airlines that resulted in the airline’s inaugural … Continue reading →

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A Vibrant Darwin CBD – vision and reality

Posted on May 30, 2018 by Ken Parish

It seems like time to review progress on the Gunner government’s quest to create a vibrant Darwin CBD. They actually appointed an assistant Minister for that noble quest (Paul Kirby) on achieving government in 2016. In terms of on-the-ground progress … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment, Politics - Northern Territory | 1 Comment

Unloading the Duelling Constitutional Six Shooters

Posted on May 29, 2018 by Ken Parish

As far as I can tell, the position of the Australian Republic Movement ever since the failure of the 1999 Republic Referendum has effectively if tacitly been that there is no point in another referendum while the current Queen remains … Continue reading →

Posted in Law, Politics - national | 30 Comments

Neutering the Nattering Nabobs of Negativism

Posted on May 16, 2018 by Ken Parish

This article is a follow-up to my recent long piece titled Northern Territory development, debt and deficit – the long and winding road. Urban development ideas are invariably bedevilled by community dissension, much of it uninformed and anything but constructive.  … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics and public policy, Law, Politics - Northern Territory | 1 Comment

MPs’ disqualification and Constitution section 44

Posted on May 10, 2018 by Ken Parish

I posted the piece over the fold some time ago (early January) but the fact that the federal Parliament’s Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters is about to publish its report into the ongoing legal and constitutional debacle surrounding the … Continue reading →

Posted in Law, Politics - national | 7 Comments