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Prof

Joo-Cheong Tham

Professor
Law
social sciences
government & law
political science
business & economics
industrial relations & labor
law
australia
precarious work
migration
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Prof

Joo-Cheong Tham

 
Division
Law
 
Primary Interest
Political Finance Law
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Projects

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Electoral Regulation Research Network

2015 - 2024
Active
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Precariousness in Law and Labour Markets: The Case of Temporary Migrant Workers

This project examines the situation of temporary migrant workers in Australia, focusing on the nature and extent of their precariousness bot..

2013 - 2018
Completed
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The Problems of Campaign Finance Regulation (Tham - External)

2014 - 2016
Completed
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The Problem of Campaign Finance Regulation - Tham (internal)

2014 - 2015
Completed
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Dollars and Democracy: The Dynamics of Australian Political Finance and its Regulation

This project will provide a foundation for meeting the complex challenge of realising democratic principles given the various flows of money..

2010 - 2013
Completed
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Parliamentary Protection of Human Rights in an Age of Counter-terrorism

2007 - 2008
Completed
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TEMPORARY MIGRANT WORK AND CONTESTED NOTIONS OF SOCIAL JUSTICE: THE VICTORIAN NURSING SECTOR.

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Project Types

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Research Contracts

2

Internal Research Grant

2

Research Grant

Scholarly Works

Displaying the 10 most recent scholarly works from 72 for Joo-Cheong Tham.

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Free Speech and Elections

Joo-Cheong Tham, KD Ewing

Book Chapter  |  2021

This chapter examines how elections give rise to special problems relating to speech. In the choice of government and governors, s..

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Introduction

Max Holleran

Book Chapter  |  2020

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Labour provisions in trade agreements: Neoliberal regulation at work?

JC Tham, KD Ewing

Journal article  |  2020  |  International Organizations Law Review

There has been a significant increase of provisions dealing with labour standards in trade agreements (labour provisions). Will th..

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Equality and Community for Migrant Workers

Joo-Cheong Tham

Book Chapter  |  2020

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The Impact of Political Finance Regulation on Party Organisation

Anika Gauja, Stephen Mills, Narelle Miragliotta, Joo-Cheong Tham, Zim Nwokora, Malcolm Anderson

Journal article  |  2020  |  PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS

Political finance regulations require political parties to engage with a complex and multi-faceted regulatory environment. This ar..

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Political Finance Regulation and Reform in New South Wales: Towards a Fairer System?

Zim Nwokora, Malcolm Anderson, Joo-Cheong Tham, Anika Gauja, Stephen Mills, Narelle Miragliotta

Journal article  |  2019  |  AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF POLITICS AND HISTORY

In recent years the regulation of political finance in Australia has moved from systems of laissez-faire to systems of enhanced re..

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Precarious work and the reluctance to complain: Italian temporary migrant workers in Australia

Iain Campbell, Maria Azzurra Tranfaglia, Joo-Cheong Tham, Martina Boese

Journal article  |  2019  |  LABOUR & INDUSTRY-A JOURNAL OF THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC RELATIONS OF WORK

The reluctance of many temporary migrant workers (TMWs) to challenge poor wages and conditions is an important puzzle for both res..

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Unsavoury employer practices: Understanding temporary migrant work in the Australian food services sector

JC Tham, J Fudge

Journal article  |  2019  |  International Journal of Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations

Why do employers in specific sectors use migrant workers to a significant extent? Taking temporary migrant work in the Australian ..

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Less Money, Fewer Donations: The Impact of New South Wales Political Finance Laws on Private Funding of Political Parties

Malcolm Anderson, Joo-Cheong Tham, Zim Nwokora, Anika Gauja, Stephen Mills, Narelle Miragliotta

Journal article  |  2018  |  AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

The role of money in politics has been a concern internationally with strong calls for stricter regulation of such funds. In Austr..

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

J Tham

Book Chapter  |  2018

This chapter begins with a brief summary of the judgments in McCloy with a focus on how the judges characterised political equal..

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Scholarly Works

Keyword Analysis

Justice and the Law
Other Law and Legal Studies
Commercial Law
Other Law, Politics and Community Services
Public Law
Work and Labour Market
International and Comparative Law
Government and Politics
Political Science
Law in Context

News

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Why unions support vaccination — but not employer mandates

Joo-Cheong Tham

The American union movement has split over President Joe Biden’s proposal for companies with more than 100 employees to vaccinate their work..

September 19, 2021
conversation Article
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Can Australian employers make you get a COVID-19 vaccine? Mostly not — but here's when they can

Joo-Cheong Tham

Onchira Wongsiri/ShutterstockAustralia’s official policy on vaccines is that they be voluntary and free. But th..

August 11, 2021
conversation Article
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Why the Morrison government's 'double-dipping’ gambit fails the pub test

Joo-Cheong Tham

ShutterstockIt’s almost unimaginable: an Australian government proposes a law that would wipe out billions of d..

December 15, 2020
conversation Article
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Why temporary migrants need JobKeeper

Joo-Cheong Tham

ShutterstockThe centerpiece of the Commonwealth government’s COVID-19 economic stimulus program is JobKeeper. P..

April 7, 2020
conversation Article
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Government advertising may be legal, but it's corrupting our electoral process

Joo-Cheong Tham

The Coalition government’s use of taxpayer money for political advertising – as much as A

36 million since January, according to Labor ..

April 9, 2019
conversation Article
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We've let wage exploitation become the default experience of migrant workers

Joo-Cheong Tham

Australia’s Fairwork Commission has so far this year examined more than a dozen cases of wage theft. Those cases involve hundred of workers ..

March 21, 2019
conversation Article
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How robots can reach out

Samantha Loi

Meet Lucy and Betty. They’re robots. They may be small, but they could have a big future helping people with dementia. Particularly those wh..

March 16, 2018
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The trouble with banking culture

Paul Kofman

Gone are the days of the highly respected bank manager, a pillar of society. Today, the public image of banks leaves much to be desired, wit..

November 21, 2016
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Better regulation of all political finance would help control foreign donations

Joo-Cheong Tham

Labor senator Sam Dastyari has faced questions over his decision to accept money from a Chinese company to cover travel expenses. AAP/Mick T..

September 1, 2016
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Eight ways to clean up money in Australian politics

Joo-Cheong Tham

An integrated reform blueprint for federal and state politics could comprise eight elements. Chris Wilson/Flickr, CC BY-NCPolitical funding ..

June 2, 2016
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Credentials

Positions

Professor

Law

Education

Doctorate of Laws

University of Melbourne

Doctor of Philosophy

University of Melbourne

Master of Laws

University of Melbourne

Bachelor of Laws

University of Melbourne

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