Rick Snell

Postgraduate Study

Interested in postgraduate study in the areas of Freedom of Information, Ombudsman, Media Law Comparative Administrative Law, or multi-disclipinary coverage of these topics?

To discuss potential topics contact Rick Snell or look at the Postgraduate Research page.

To find out about applications and funding click here.

Consultancy

Rick Snell has been used as a consultant on a number of projects. He can be hired individually or through UTAS Commercialisation Unit  the commercial arm of the University of Tasmania. He has recently completed a 7 week consultancy in Cambodia with USAID and PACT Cambodia.See US Embassy write up and story in UTAS Law Alumni News .

Teaching

Rick has been invited to teach courses or present lectures and workshops at a number of Law Schools, Journalism and Political Science courses in various countries. He loves to teach and is regarded as a thought provoking, enthustiastic and challenging teacher.

He has been recognisied nationally twice for his excellence in teaching.

For more teaching resources and information, click here

Other Activities

Rick and his family have been operating a book stall at Hobart's famous Salamanca Market on Saturdays for the past 21 years. Visit us at Stall 145 when visting Hobart.

For the past 4 years the family have also sold books on eBay under the selling ID of Riding_Squeek Books - check out our great range of books.

Stay tuned in the coming months for the introduction of online book sales!

 
Freedom of Information Resources

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Australia

 Jane Worrall, Supervised Research Project UTAS Law School 2009, "Democracy and FOI: Not Just 'Part of the Wallpaper'? Analysing stakeholder’s conceptions of democracy in their interpreting, reforming, accessing and administrating FOI objects in Australia.

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"Trans - Tasman Freedom of Information: Acomparative study of the freedoml of information systems of the Commonwealth of Australia and New Zealand" ANU Law Honours Thesis June 2008 by Jane Woodward:

PDF Document download (888KB)

"Report on the Operation of the South Australian Freedom of Information Act 1991" by Nerissa Schwarz, Parliamentary Intern, prepared for Nick Xenophon MLC November 2007:

PDF Document download (2.4MB)

"Denying the Public's Right to Know" October 2006, by Michal Alhadeff, ANU Intern prepared for Kelvin Thompson, Shadow Minister for Accountability:

PDF Document download (864KB)

 

Canada

The 2002 Canadian Access to Information Review Task Force is an invaluable research source. It commissioned 29 separate pieces of FOI research.

 

Theses

"Journalists' Use of Freedom of Information in Australia", Taylor Bildstein thesis, Masters in Journalism and Media Studies, University of Tasmania October 2004:

PDF Document download (700KB)

"Freedom of Information and Records Management - A Learning Curve for Botswana" by Peter Sebina (PhD):

PDF Document Abstract and Table of contents (148KB)

PDF Document Main Thesis (12.9MB)

 

Audio

Interview conducted by Vanessa Watson, law and journalism student, University of Technology Sydney with Rick Snell on Australian FOI. May 2006. Approximately 23 mins:

download (mp3) (19.7MB)

Interview conducted by Adrian Middeldorp 3rd year B.Media student  (University of Adelaide) on the program 'MediaRites' on Radio Adelaide 101.5 FM. Broadcast date: 13 May 2008 3:05pm (approx). Approximately 9 mins:

download (mp3) (11MB)

 
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