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'''Mark Wallis Clisby''' is an [[Australia]]n author, lawyer, migration agent and military historian.
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Mark Wallis Clisby is an [[Australians|Australian]] [[lawyer]], [[author]], [[journalist]] and [[military historian]].


Born in [[South Australia]] he was educated at [[St Peter's College]], [[Adelaide]] and graduated from the [[University of Adelaide]]. He is also a captain in the [[Royal Australian Infantry Corps]].
Born in [[South Australia]], Clisby was educated at [[St Peter's College, Adelaide]] and graduated from the [[University of Adelaide]] with a Bachelor of Laws. He has also been awarded a Bachelor of Arts and an honours degree in history from the University of Adelaide. Clisby is also a qualified captain in the [[Royal Australian Infantry Corps]].


Clisby gained some notoriety in 2002 when he was caught up in a public campaign by the then [[Minister for Immigration and Border Protection]] [[Philip Ruddock]], the object of which was to eliminate [[Human migration|migration]] appeals to the [[Australian court hierarchy|Australian Courts]]. As a consequence of this he was struck from the [[Migration Agents Registration Authority|Migration Agent register]].
He gained some notoriety in 2002 with regard to an immigration agent scam where it was stated he had 600 migration cases before the courts and was clogging the courts up with vexatious litigation, particularly when he charged each client $2200 to take action. He was subsequently struck from the Migration Agent register. <ref> [http://www.themara.com.au/Online/SAViewDetail.asp?AgentNumber=9803590&SanctionID=131&AgentName=Clisby,%20Mark%20Wallis&DeptID=139 Cancellation of Mark Wallis Clisby's Migration Agent Status] </ref> <ref> [http://sunday.ninemsn.com.au/sunday/cover_stories/transcript_1424.asp Agents for Immigration Scams </ref> <ref>http://www.donrandallmp.com/news/articleprint.asp?action=article&ID=382&pf=true Hansard reference </ref>
<ref>[https://www.mara.gov.au/AgentSanctioned/ASDetails.aspx?ud=5A1439EFEFEDA60609F7ECD4696E2593&SanctionID=131 Cancellation of Mark Wallis Clisby's Migration Agent Status] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706124403/https://www.mara.gov.au/AgentSanctioned/ASDetails.aspx?ud=5A1439EFEFEDA60609F7ECD4696E2593&SanctionID=131 |date=6 July 2011 }}</ref>
<ref>[http://sgp1.paddington.ninemsn.com.au/sunday/cover_stories/transcript_1424.asp Agents for Immigration Scams] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060830172610/http://sunday.ninemsn.com.au/sunday/cover_stories/transcript_1424.asp |date=30 August 2006 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.donrandallmp.com/news/articleprint.asp?action=article&ID=382&pf=true Hansard reference] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928193605/http://www.donrandallmp.com/news/articleprint.asp?action=article&ID=382&pf=true |date=28 September 2007 }}</ref>

Clisby is currently working on his second book which will be titled ''The Citizen's Tool Kit'' and will be a handbook on Australia's unique system of Government. {{Citation needed|date=February 2008}}


==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
* ''Guilty or Innocent - The [[Gordon Bennett (Australian soldier)|Gordon Bennett]] Case'', Allen and Unwin, Sydney, 1992, ISBN 1-86373-186-5
* ''Guilty or Innocent - The [[Gordon Bennett (Australian soldier)|Gordon Bennett]] Case'', Allen and Unwin, Sydney, 1992, {{ISBN|978-1-86373-186-7}}


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Latest revision as of 14:08, 28 March 2024

Mark Wallis Clisby is an Australian lawyer, author, journalist and military historian.

Born in South Australia, Clisby was educated at St Peter's College, Adelaide and graduated from the University of Adelaide with a Bachelor of Laws. He has also been awarded a Bachelor of Arts and an honours degree in history from the University of Adelaide. Clisby is also a qualified captain in the Royal Australian Infantry Corps.

Clisby gained some notoriety in 2002 when he was caught up in a public campaign by the then Minister for Immigration and Border Protection Philip Ruddock, the object of which was to eliminate migration appeals to the Australian Courts. As a consequence of this he was struck from the Migration Agent register. [1] [2][3]

Clisby is currently working on his second book which will be titled The Citizen's Tool Kit and will be a handbook on Australia's unique system of Government. [citation needed]

Bibliography

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  • Guilty or Innocent - The Gordon Bennett Case, Allen and Unwin, Sydney, 1992, ISBN 978-1-86373-186-7

References

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