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Mark Clisby

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Mark Wallis Clisby is an 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 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. He is also a qualified captain in the Royal Australian Infantry Corps.

He practises as a barrister and solicitor in suburban Adelaide in the specialist areas of commercial law, civil law, industrial and employment law , planning and environment law and land matters.

He is President of the Adelaide Hills Landowners' Association and the Unley Residents' Association.

He gained some notoriety in 2002 when he was caught up in a public campaign by the then Minister of Immigration Philip Ruddock, the object of which was to eliminate migration appeals to the Australian Courts. As a consequence of this the Australian Government cancelled his registration as a migration agent. [1] [http://sunday.ninemsn.com.au/sunday/cover_stories/transcript_1424.asp Agents for Immigration Scams </ref> [2]

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

Bibliography

  • Guilty or Innocent - The Gordon Bennett Case, Allen and Unwin, Sydney, 1992, ISBN 1-86373-186-5

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