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It is a fact that he is seeking preselection for Fraser. It is not self-promotion. Fraser2600 (talk) 12:49, 9 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding notability:

George Williams is the Anthony Mason Professor of law and Foundation Director of the Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law at the Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales, and is also an Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow. He has worked at the Australian National University, Blake Dawson Waldron and as Associate to Justice McHugh of the High Court and has held visiting positions at Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto, Columbia University Law School in New York and University College London.

He has written and edited 23 books, including A Charter of Rights for Australia, Australian Constitutional Law and Theory and The Oxford Companion to the High Court of Australia. He practises as a barrister and has appeared in the High Court of Australia in cases such as Lange v Australian Broadcasting Corporation (on freedom of speech), the Hindmarsh Island Bridge Case (on freedom from racial discrimination) and Plaintiff S157/2002 v Commonwealth (on review of government action and the rule of law) and in the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal of Fiji, including in Republic of Fiji v Prasad (on the legality of the 2000 coup).

In 2007 he chaired a NSW Government inquiry into Options for a New National Industrial Relations System, and was also a member of the High Level Advisory Group on Federal-State Relations to Kevin Rudd and Bob McMullan. In 2005 he chaired the Victorian Human Rights Consultation Committee that lead to the enactment of the Victorian Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities. In 2008 he was a delegate in the governance stream at the 2020 Summit.

George is a media commentator on legal issues and has written for all of Australia’s major newspapers. He has been a columnist for The Australian and the Canberra Times, an on-air analyst for ABC Television and has had regular radio spots on 702 ABC Sydney and 666 ABC Canberra. He currently appears on 666 ABC Canberra on Louise Maher’s Drive Show every Tuesday and writes a fortnightly column for the Sydney Morning Herald. He also reviews science fiction and fantasy books for The Book Show on ABC Radio National and for The Weekend Australian. Fraser2600 (talk) 12:50, 9 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]