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Stephen Skehill is Special Counsel in the Canberra office of Mallesons Stephen Jaques. He practices in the areas of trade practices and regulatory law, as well as public, administrative and constitutional law, with particular emphases on strategic and policy advice, corporate governance, legislative interpretation and drafting and government reviews and enquiries.

He has acted as an adviser on regulatory issues applicable to lessees of various Australian Airports and to the Australian Airports Association, and he participated in the inquiry into the Civil Aviation Safety Authority's regulation of Aquatic Air Pty Ltd / South Pacific Seaplanes.

Stephen has advised a range of national clients, including Telstra Corporation Ltd, on trade practices and competition law. He worked on the review of corporate governance in the Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry portfolio. He was also Convenor of the Working Party on Independence of the Judiciary for the Commonwealth Secretariat in London.

1969: Bachelor of Economics degree, Monash University
1974: Bachelor of Laws (First Class Hons) degree, Australian National University
1971 - 1975: Senior Project Officer, Trade Practices Commission
1976 - 1977: Assistant Secretary, Trade Practices, Department of Business and Consumer Affairs, Canberra
1978: Senior Assistant Collector of Customs, Melbourne
1977 - 1980: Assistant Secretary, Legislation, Department of Business and Consumer Affairs
1980 - 1984: First Assistant Secretary, Legislation and Review, Department of Social Security
1984 - 1988: Principal Member (President and Chief Executive), Veterans Review Board
1988: First Assistant Secretary, Corporate Services, Commonwealth Attorney-General's Department
1988 - 1990 and 1991 - 94: Deputy Secretary, Commonwealth Attorney-General's Department
1990 - 1991: Australian Government Solicitor
1994 - 1997: Secretary, Commonwealth Attorney-General's Department and also Official Trustee: Member, Privacy Advisory Committee; Member, Commonwealth Law Enforcement Board; Member, Administrative Review Council; Member, Advisory Council, Law Foundation of New South Wales; Member, Advisory Board, National Institute for Law, Ethics and Public Affairs, Griffith University, Queensland; Member, Advisory Board, Asian Law Centre, Melbourne University; Convenor, Working Party on Independence of the Judiciary, Commonwealth Secretariat, London
1997 - present: Special Counsel, Mallesons Stephen Jaques, Canberra

Adviser on regulatory issues applicable to lessees of various Australian Airports and to the Australian Airports Association
Adviser on telecommunications regulation, including representations to Government on proposals for legislative and regulatory change
Review of the structure and enabling legislation of a Commonwealth Government Business Enterprise
Representations to Government in relation to compensation payments for businesses rendered non-viable by Commonwealth legislation
Adviser to ACT and national clients, including Telstra Corporation Limited, on trade practices and competition law
Review of corporate governance in the Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry portfolio
Inquiry into the Behaviour of the Directors of the Indigenous Land Corporation
Inquiry into Civil Aviation Safety Authority regulation of Aquatic Air Pty Ltd/South Pacific Seaplanes
Inquiry into the appointment of a former Board member to a senior Civil Aviation Safety Authority staff position
Appointed by Australian Senate to advise on applicability of Parliamentary privilege
Adviser to corporate clients on disclosure of political donations
ACTEW/AGL Joint Venture - legislation and staffing arrangements
Provider of corporate governance advice and training to various Commonwealth statutory authorities

Council, Australian Institute of Judicial Administration
Deputy Chair, Canberra Regional Committee, Business Law Section, Law Council of Australia