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Australian Emergency Law: A blog in progress. Michael Eburn ANU College of Law and Fenner School of Environment and Society. Australian Emergency Law . Why blog? Choice of platform. Who's reading it and how often? Sources of content. My practice. Reflections. Why blog?.
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Australian Emergency Law:A blog in progress Michael Eburn ANU College of Law and Fenner School of Environment and Society
Australian Emergency Law • Why blog? • Choice of platform. • Who's reading it and how often? • Sources of content. • My practice. • Reflections.
Why blog? • To learn how. • To claim the territory. • University outreach.
Choice of platform • Wordpress allowed: • easy setup; • sharing with and ;; • export to (but that’s stopped working); • a statistics page; • allows readers to comment (subject to approval).
Who's reading it and how often? • What? • 147 posts. • 353 comments. • Who? • 301 followers on • 140 on • 204 connections on • 645
Sources of content • ABC News; • Lexis/Nexis; • Readers questions.
My Practice • Blog regularly, at least once a fortnight. • The blog is a site for discussion so I: • Invite questions (and ask for permission to blog the answer); • Respond to comments; • Edit the obvious errors; • Maintain nettiquette; but allow robust discussion.
My Practice • Link to sources. • Ask “do the names need to be there?” • Adhere to academic and legal honesty.
Reflections • The readership is larger than I ever imagined; • The feedback is (so far) all positive; • Of all the writing I do, I think this has the widest reach and highest impact (but no DEST points); • It's become my notebook.
Questions? Comments? • Thank you for the opportunity to talk. Michael Eburn ANU College of Law The Australian National University CANBERRA ACT 0200 P: 02 6125 6424 E: michael.eburn@anu.edu.au