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Robert Shenton French (born 19 March 1947) is a retired Australian lawyer and judge who served as the twelfth Chief Justice of Australia, in office from 2008 to 2017. [1]

47 relations: Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia, Australian Liberal Students' Federation, Australian nationality law, Australian Trade Practices Commission, Bachelor of Science, Bob Hawke, Catholic Church, Centenary Medal, Chief Justice of Australia, Court of Final Appeal (Hong Kong), Division of Fremantle, Doctor of Law, Edith Cowan University, Federal Court of Australia, Fremantle Football Club, Government of Hong Kong, High Court of Australia, Hong Kong, Honorary degree, Indigenous Australians, John Toohey (judge), John XXIII College, Perth, Judiciary of Hong Kong, Kevin Rudd, Kim Beazley, Kim Beazley Sr., Law Reform Commission of Western Australia, Liberal Party of Australia, Michael Jeffery, Murray Gleeson, National Native Title Tribunal, Order of Australia, Perth, Ronald Wilson, St. Louis School, Claremont, Western Australia, Supreme Court of Fiji, Susan Kiefel, Tampa affair, The Australian, The Honourable, The Sydney Morning Herald, The West Australian, University of Sydney, University of Western Australia, University of Western Australia Student Guild, Western Australia, Western Australian of the Year Awards.

Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia

The Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia or ALSWA is an organisation in Western Australia, founded in the early 1970s, that provides legal services to Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders.

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Australian Liberal Students' Federation

The Australian Liberal Students' Federation (ALSF) is an Australian students' political group.

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Australian nationality law

Australian nationality law determines who is and who is not an Australian citizen.

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Australian Trade Practices Commission

The Australian Trade Practices Commission was the agency responsible for monitoring and enforcement activities under the Trade Practices Act 1974.

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Bachelor of Science

A Bachelor of Science (Latin Baccalaureus Scientiae, B.S., BS, B.Sc., BSc, or B.Sc; or, less commonly, S.B., SB, or Sc.B., from the equivalent Latin Scientiae Baccalaureus) is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for completed courses that generally last three to five years, or a person holding such a degree.

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Bob Hawke

Robert James Lee Hawke, (born 9 December 1929) is a former Australian politician who was the 23rd Prime Minister of Australia, serving from 1983 to 1991.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with more than 1.299 billion members worldwide.

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Centenary Medal

The Centenary Medal is an award created by the Australian Government in 2001.

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Chief Justice of Australia

The Chief Justice of Australia is the presiding justice of the High Court of Australia and the highest-ranking judicial officer in the Commonwealth of Australia.

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Court of Final Appeal (Hong Kong)

The Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal is the final appellate court of Hong Kong.

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Division of Fremantle

The Division of Fremantle is an electoral division of the Australian House of Representatives in Western Australia.

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Doctor of Law

Doctor of Law or Doctor of Laws is a degree in law.

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Edith Cowan University

Edith Cowan University (ECU) is an Australian public university located in Perth, Western Australia.

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Federal Court of Australia

The Federal Court of Australia is an Australian superior court of record which has jurisdiction to deal with most civil disputes governed by federal law (with the exception of family law matters), along with some summary (less serious) criminal matters.

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Fremantle Football Club

The Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed the Dockers, is a professional Australian rules football team that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL).

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Government of Hong Kong

The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, commonly the Hong Kong Government or simplified as GovHK, refers to the executive authorities of the Hong Kong SAR.

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High Court of Australia

The High Court of Australia is the supreme court in the Australian court hierarchy and the final court of appeal in Australia.

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Hong Kong

Hong Kong (Chinese: 香港), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, is an autonomous territory of China on the eastern side of the Pearl River estuary in East Asia.

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Honorary degree

An honorary degree, in Latin a degree honoris causa ("for the sake of the honor") or ad honorem ("to the honor"), is an academic degree for which a university (or other degree-awarding institution) has waived the usual requirements, such as matriculation, residence, a dissertation and the passing of comprehensive examinations.

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Indigenous Australians

Indigenous Australians are the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of Australia, descended from groups that existed in Australia and surrounding islands prior to British colonisation.

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John Toohey (judge)

John Leslie Toohey, AC, QC (4 March 1930 – 9 April 2015) was an Australian judge who was a Justice of the High Court of Australia from 1987 to 1998.

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John XXIII College, Perth

John XXIII College is a Catholic co-educational school in Perth, Western Australia.

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Judiciary of Hong Kong

The Judiciary of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is the judicial branch of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

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Kevin Rudd

Kevin Michael Rudd (born 21 September 1957) is a former Australian politician who was the 26th Prime Minister of Australia, serving from December 2007 to June 2010 and again from June to September 2013.

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Kim Beazley

Kim Christian Beazley, AC (born 14 December 1948), is the Governor of Western Australia and former Deputy Prime Minister of Australia and Leader of the Opposition.

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Kim Beazley Sr.

Kim Edward Beazley (30 September 1917 – 12 October 2007) was an Australian politician who served as a member of the House of Representatives from 1945 to 1977, representing the Labor Party.

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Law Reform Commission of Western Australia

The Law Reform Commission of Western Australia is a commission to investigate, review and advise on the reform of the law in Western Australia, a state of Australia.

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Liberal Party of Australia

The Liberal Party of Australia is a major centre-right political party in Australia, one of the two major parties in Australian politics, along with the centre-left Australian Labor Party (ALP).

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Michael Jeffery

Major General Philip Michael Jeffery (born 12 December 1937) is a retired senior Australian Army officer who was the 24th Governor-General of Australia, serving from 2003 to 2008, and the 30th Governor of Western Australia, serving from 1993 to 2000.

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Murray Gleeson

Anthony Murray Gleeson, (born 30 August 1938) is a former Australian judge who served as the 11th Chief Justice of Australia, in office from 1998 to 2008.

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National Native Title Tribunal

The National Native Title Tribunal is an independent body established under the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) as a special measure for the advancement and protection of Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islanders (Indigenous Australians) See native title in Australia.

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Order of Australia

The Order of Australia is an order of chivalry established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, to recognise Australian citizens and other persons for achievement or meritorious service.

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Perth

Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia.

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Ronald Wilson

Sir Ronald Darling Wilson, (23 August 192215 July 2005) was a distinguished Australian lawyer, judge and social activist serving on the High Court of Australia between 1979 and 1989 and as the President of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission between 1990 and 1997.

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St. Louis School, Claremont, Western Australia

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Supreme Court of Fiji

The Supreme Court of Fiji is one of three courts established by now-defunct Chapter 9 of the Constitution, the others being the High Court and the Court of Appeal.

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Susan Kiefel

Susan Mary Kiefel (born 17 January 1954) is the Chief Justice of Australia, in office since 30 January 2017.

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Tampa affair

In August 2001, the Howard Government of Australia refused permission for the Norwegian freighter MV ''Tampa'', carrying 433 rescued refugees (predominantly Hazaras of Afghanistan from a distressed fishing vessel in international waters) and 5 crew to enter Australian waters.

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The Australian

The Australian is a broadsheet newspaper published in Australia from Monday to Saturday each week since 14 July 1964.

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The Honourable

The prefix The Honourable or The Honorable (abbreviated to The Hon., Hon. or formerly The Hon'ble—the latter term is still used in South Asia) is a style that is used before the names of certain classes of people.

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The Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) is a daily compact newspaper published by Fairfax Media in Sydney, Australia.

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The West Australian

The West Australian, widely known as The West (Saturday edition: The Weekend West) is the only locally edited daily newspaper published in Perth, Western Australia, and is owned by Seven West Media (SWM), as is the state's other major newspaper, The Sunday Times.

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University of Sydney

The University of Sydney (informally, USyd or USYD) is an Australian public research university in Sydney, Australia.

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University of Western Australia

The University of Western Australia (UWA) is a public research university in the Australian state of Western Australia.

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University of Western Australia Student Guild

The UWA Student Guild is the official student representative body at the University of Western Australia, representing the interests of students to the university, government and the wider community, as well as providing services to students.

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Western Australia

Western Australia (abbreviated as WA) is a state occupying the entire western third of Australia.

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Western Australian of the Year Awards

The Western Australian of the Year Awards (previously the WA Citizen Of The Year Awards) are annually awarded to seven individuals who have made an outstanding and enduring contribution to the advancement of the state and people of Western Australia through their chosen field of endeavour.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_French

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