Helen Irving

Helen Irving is a professor emerita of constitutional law at the University of Sydney, known for her expertise in the interpretation and implications of constitutional provisions. In the recent news, she commented on Peter Dutton's proposed referendum regarding ministerial powers to strip citizenship, raising concerns about the potential erosion of the separation of powers and judicial fairness in Australia. Irving emphasized the need for clarity on how such a proposal would amend the nation's founding document and warned that granting ministers more power could set a concerning precedent for future governance.