School of
Law and Justice
Tony Brown
BEc GDES LLB (Hons) GDLP
Positions
PhD (Law) Candidate, Conjoint Fellow School of Medicine & Public Health University of Newcastle, NSW
Research Interests
Regulation of Unhealthy Commodity Industries, Regulatory capture, Commercial Determinants of Health, Corporate Political Activity, Governance and corruption, Community empowerment and mobilisation, Legal Phronetic methodology
Research Overview
Regulation of the retail supply of alcohol in NSW through lens of regulatory capture
Research Outputs
Chapter in Books
- Brown T. Strengthening Community Input in Liquor Outlet Approvals. In: Manton E, Room R, Giorgi C, Thorn M, eds. 2014. Stemming the Tide of Alcohol: Liquor Licensing and the Public Interest. Canberra: Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education in collaboration with the University of Melbourne (47-54)
- Brown T “Newcastle: Tale of two Cities” Giesbrecht N. & Bosma L (Ed) “Preventing Alcohol-Related Problems: Evidence and Community-based Initiatives" American Public Health Association 2018
Journal Articles
- Tony Brown, ‘Legislative Capture: Critical Consideration in the Commercial Determinants of Health’ (2019) 26 Journal of Law and Medicine (“A” Grade law Journal)
- Alison Ziller and Tony Brown, ‘Rational Social Impact Assessment of Alcohol Outlets: Slip Sliding Away’ (2019) 26 JLM 786.
- Tony Brown, “Public Health versus Alcohol Industry Compliance Laws: A case of Regulatory Capture?” (2020) 27 JLM 1047.
- Tony Brown and John Anderson ‘Securing Industry Compliance: evaluating the new incentives and sanctions regulatory scheme for retail alcohol industries’. Submitted February2021 to University of NSW Law Review for publication.
Conferences and Seminars
- Annual Alcohol Epidemiology Symposium of the Kettil Bruun Society (KBS) Chiang Mai, Thailand 2018. “The Regulation and Governance of the NSW Alcohol Supply and Service Chain: A Case of Industry Capture”?
- Annual KBS International Symposium Utrecht, the Netherlands 2019 “Legislative Capture: A critical consideration in the commercial determinants of public health”
- KBS Public Health and Global Governance of Alcohol conference 2019 “Regulatory capture & corruption: informing local and global public health NCD prevention initiatives”.
- South-west Sydney Local Health District “Alcohol Harm Reduction in South Western Sydney Webinar Series - Making a Difference” ‘Community Mobilisation – Health Law & Politics’. September 2020
Media summary
- As Chairperson of Newcastle Local Drug Action Team, submission to Senate FASD Inquiry 2020 https://bit.ly/30DwW7o . See also https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/6927696/booze-babies-and-brain-damage-the-kids-falling-through-the-cracks/
- Newcastle Herald 26 May 2020 ‘OPINION: Bill represents a lost opportunity to tackle the state's alcohol problem’ https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/6768428/alcohol-laws-are-failing-our-most-vulnerable/
- NSW Alcohol Law Reforms 2014 - Learning from Newcastle’s successful journey ABC TV https://vimeo.com/137461499
- https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-10-03/tony-brown/9001326
Teaching Experience
- Several years sessional lecturing under/post graduate level ‘Negotiations & Advocacy’ Newcastle Faculty of Business and Law. Also lectured in Employment Relations.
- Substantial periods as tutor in a range of Human Resources, Industrial Relations and Management subjects
The University of Newcastle acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands within our footprint areas: Awabakal, Darkinjung, Biripai, Worimi, Wonnarua, and Eora Nations. We also pay respect to the wisdom of our Elders past and present.