Erin Mackay is the director of the Indigenous Art and the Law project at the Indigenous Law Centre. Erin has taught Public Law at UNSW, and has volunteered and worked at the Indigenous Law Centre for several years. She was previously the editor of the Australian Indigenous Law Reporter (now Australian Indigenous Law Review). As editor, she oversaw the transition of the publication from a law reporter to a forum for extended commentary articles on Indigenous legal affairs.

Erin is also a legal officer at the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC), where she has worked on reviews of the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), Commonwealth secrecy laws, and the Royal Commissions Act 1902 (Cth). She is admitted as a lawyer in the ACT Supreme Court.

Indigenous Art and the Law Project

Research Interests

Indigenous art and the law, public law, privacy law, technology and regulation.

Journal Affiliations
 
Australian Indigenous Law Review, Member Editorial Board

Subjects Taught at UNSW

LAWS2140 Public Law

Articles

E Mackay, ‘Indigenous Traditional Knowledge, Copyright and Art—Shortcomings in Protection and an Alternative Approach’ (2009) 32 University of New South Wales Law Journal 1

E Mackay, 'Watching Big Brother' (2008) 82(10) Law Institute Journal 72.
https://www.liv.asn.au/journal/current/

Erin Mackay, 'Australian Visual Artists: Joining the Resale Rights Arena' (2008) 7(5) Indigenous Law Bulletin 2-3
(also published on Australian Policy Online : www.apo.org.au )
http://www.ilc.unsw.edu.au/news_&_events/documents/Mackay%20V7(5).pdf

E Mackay , ‘Recent Developments: Copyright and the Protection of Indigenous Art ’ (2008) 7(2) Indigenous Law Bulletin 11-13.
(also published on Australian Policy Online : www.apo.org.au )
http://www.ilc.unsw.edu.au/publications/documents/Mackay_Article.pdf

Book Review: Yee Fen Lim, "Cyberspace Law: Commentaries and Materials"' (Summer 2007/08) 91 Reform 67.
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/alrc/publications/reform/reform91/

E Mackay ‘Moral Rights Come to Court’ (December 2006) Art + Law, Arts Law Centre of Australia
http://www.artslaw.com.au/ArtLaw/Archive/06MoralRightsComeToCourt.asp

E Mackay ‘Update: Copyright Interest for Film Directors’ (December 2006) Art + Law, Arts Law Centre of Australia
http://www.artslaw.com.au/ArtLaw/Archive/06CopyrightInterestForFilmDirectors.asp

Samantha Joseph and Erin Mackay 'Moral Rights and Indigenous Communities' (September 2006) Art+Law, Arts Law Centre of Australia .
http://www.artslaw.com.au/artlaw/Archive/06MoralRightsAndIndigenousCommunities.asp

Presentations

‘A Proposal for Sui Generis Legislation to Protect Indigenous Traditional Knowledge’, 14th Biennial Copyright Law and Practice Symposium, hosted by the Australian Copyright Council and the Copyright Society of Australia (16 October 2009)

'Technology and Privacy Law Update : Perspectives from the ALRC', NSW Young Lawyers Communications Law Committee CLE Presentation (10 September 2008)

'On Privacy', NSW Young Lawyers Public Law Committee CLE Presentation (12 November 2008)