Professor Jennifer McKay

Professor of Business Law UniSA Justice & Society

City West Campus (LB2-09)

email Jennifer.McKay@unisa.edu.au

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About me

Professor Jennifer McKay is Professor of Business Law at the University of South Australia-Justice and Society. She has conducted research and taught at Melbourne, Adelaide and James Cook Universities and has an adjunct appointments at ANU ( College of Law). She convenes the Australian Law Research awards for the Council of Australian Law deans. She worked as a legal practitioner and held, for over 25 years, a part time appointment as a Commissioner of the Environment Resources and Development court in SA. She blends all these experiences and study in education to teach domestic and international comparative environmental law,company law, contract law and is convening a study tour to Fiji funded by New Colombo Plans scholarships. She is research ethics advisor in the unit. She had a senior Fulbright in 2008 at Berkerley Boalt School of Law, and in 2019 was invited to give a Tedx talk which she called The need for a duty to cooperate making the messy mosaic of laws to protect the environment into jigsaw laws.https://www.ted.com/talks/jennifer_mckay_duty_to_cooperate_making_messy_mosaic_laws_into_jigsaw_laws

In 2020 she won the Premier's Medal for water research sponsored by DEW and presented at the Australian Water Association event.

https://f.hubspotusercontent30.net/hubfs/14568786/Media%20Releases/2020/201109%20South_Australias_most_innovative_recognised_at_water_awards.pdf

Premier's Medal Australian water awards South Australia – Water Professional of the Year Award (sponsored by the Department for Environment and Water) Professor Jennifer McKay, Professor of Business Law, University of South Australia Professor Jennifer McKay’s extensive body of research has provided insights into water law governance and policy in Australia. Her research has helped policy makers to understand the impacts of their policies on farmers, urban dwellers and water users generally. She has also provided constructive suggestions to reform and improve water governance structures, and promote ecologically sustainable development. Her research in relation to trust across and within the water sector has been instrumental in guiding water supply businesses and government strategy. Her passion and enthusiasm are evident and her contributions to the advancement of sustainable water management will have a lasting impact.

In 2021, she as given the peer recognition by being was awarded a fellowship of the International Water Resources Association( France) and in 2022 the International Water Association (UK) also awarded Fellow status

In 2021, she convened the 7th Frontiers of environmental law conference for scholars ( especially junior Scholars) for the International Union for the Conservation of Nature(IUCN), Academy of Environmental Law. https://www.unisa.edu.au/Calendar/7th-frontiers-in-environmental-law-colloquium. She has been a member of to panels of the World Commission of Environmental Law https://www.iucn.org/commissions/world-commission-environmental-law/about . She is a Commission Member -

IUCN WCEL Global Judicial Institute on the Environment Network 2021-2025

Commission Member - IUCN WCEL Environmental Security and Conflict Law Network 2021-2025

Commission Member - IUCN WCEL Oceania 2021-2025

Commission Member - IUCN WCEL Rights of Nature Task Force 2021-2025

She is also co editor of the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law journal ISSN/1929-6088 for 2020, 2021 and 2022https://www.iucnael.org/en/academy-journal/previous-issues and is on the editorial board for Water International https://www.iwra.org/water-international/and Water Policy https://iwaponline.com/wp/pages/Editorial_Board and the Australian Jounrnal of Environmental Managementhttps://www.tandfonline.com/toc/tjem20/current

Professor McKay is a socio legal researcher with over 180 publications in the areas of natural resources management and environmental laws to achieve ecologically sustainable development especially with regard to freshwater. She looks at human rights instruments and domestic laws and makes law reform suggestions to improve institutional arrangements . She has had several projects in Australia funded by the ARC and several CRC' s (Water quality and treatment, Irrigation futures, Race 2030) and national bodies such as ACIAR, Goyder Institute, National Centre of Excellence in Desalination, National Groundwater Centre of excellence and international bodies such as the World Bank,UNESCO,OECD and the Australian-American Fulbright Foundation. In 2021, she secured a the New Colombo Plan Study tour project to examine with UG law students Plastic pollution and international law in Fiji.

She has appeared before Royal Commissions and Commissions of Enquiries into land and water management.

She sponsors a research grant to encourage this type of cross disciplinary research at UniSA. https://www.unisa.edu.au/research/Research-degrees/Scholarships/Jennifer-McKay-Innovative-Socio-Legal-Research-Grant.

Professor McKay enjoys teaching and is experimenting with new ways of delivering complex and changing materials in face to face and online settings and is engaged in scholarship of this through a Graduate Certificate in Educational studies(online learning). This is through the Teaching Innovation Unit at UniSA.She is also mentoring other academics in Iran in introducing Master of Environmental law courses.

This bio reflects early work especially inclusion as Assistant Dean at St Marks's College where she was instrumental in making the transition to to co-residency work.https://stmarkscollege.com.au/professor-jennifer-mckay/

She has a BA Hons and PhD from the University of Melbourne where she used social science methods to research water and environmental management, an LLB from Adelaide, GDLP from UniSA and Diploma in Human Rights Law from American University in Washington DC. She practiced Commercial law for a large firm in Adelaide.

She has supervised 14 Phd students and has been given the award of the 2019 Supervisor of the Year by UniSA https://www.unisa.edu.au/unisanews/2019/november/story12/for going above the call of duty.Professor McKay has also won UniSA research excellence awards twice in 2008 and 2011. She has also had several awards from industry bodies such as the Australian Water Association and the Water Industry Alliance. In 2008, she was placed by Minister Rankine on the Women's Honour Roll in SA for services to water law and policy.

Over many years and with the assistance of the Library and Learning Centre, she has created a collection of water law and policy books. This collection has been benchmarked and is of international merit.

http://search.library.unisa.edu.au/?query=lsr21%2ccontains%2c%22Professor+Jennifer+McKay%22

More detail of the conference

In February 2021, UniSA hosted the 7th Frontiers in Environmental Law colloquium. see https://www.unisa.edu.au/Calendar/7th-frontiers-in-environmental-law-colloquium/

This event had 6 rapportuers in 20 sessions with over 40 speakers and 30 other guests and discussions were lively.

The first plenary on the Adelaide International Bird Sanctuary was were supported by the Department for Environment and Water. Jason Irving, Manager National Parks and Protected Areas Program made a presentation on the local issues surrounding this relatively new sanctuary for migratory and resident shorebirds. There are some contentious local issues with brine pollution killing mangroves in the Sanctuary and this provided environmental law in action perspective to the event. The CEO from East

Asian- Australasian Flyway treaty body https://www.eaaflyway.net/ based in Korea also presented on the treaty actions.

Hence, we had a span of interest from local to international. Discussants for this session included a local Greens member of parliament Mark Parnell and Craig Wilkins from the local Conservation Council of SA. This was a wonderful session bridging the local and state and international aspects of migratory birds and coastal land management.

The second plenary on climate conscious lawyering was presented by Justice Preston of the NSW Land and Environmental Court. This paper was inspiring for all in the room. The Environmental Defenders office through Rachael Walmsley NSW also contributed a thought provoking paper on the proposed amendments to the EPBC Act.

About me

In the media

Date	Title
10/04/2019	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsN5PKBXOBs&list=PLpolcuYE3HF7SzkaACZ6HJcHwqNiN05AO&index=4&t=0s, http://TEDX YOUTUBE CHANNEL Duty to Cooperate:Making Messy Mosaic Laws into Jigsaw Laws \| Jennifer McKay \| TEDxFulbrightAdelaide - YouTube
10/01/2019	dead fish in river point to failure of governance, https://www.sbs.com.au/news/audiotrack/million-fish-dead-darling-river-0
15/02/2018	https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/expert-reaction-murray-darling-basin-plan-in-peril, http://ABC Riverland River Murray Plan needs to be strengthened
01/04/2016	Illegal Directorships: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-04-01/new-operator-of-fitlink-operations-run-by-former-owners-sister/7293158 , http://abc.net.au/7.30

Research

Research focus

Environmental Science and Management
Civil Engineering
Law
Environmental Engineering
Applied Economics

Highlights

Corporate governance, especially third party effects of corporatising government business enterprises such as the prospectus provisions, codes of conduct and directors duties.

Human rights laws and anti protest laws

The law of war in relation to the environment

Comparative water resources laws and policies, especially regimes to achieve sustainable water allocation policies

Corporatisation and privatisation of water: social, environmental and economic impacts

International trade law especially the trade in food as trade in virtual water

Qualitative research methods especially visual methods:

Photovoice and new technique Photostory to enable policy makers to have an enhanced understanding of the impact of complex... Read more

Research

Outputs

Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus

Open access indicates that an output is open access.

Highlights

Year	Output
2015	Keremane, G, McKay, J & Wu, Z 2015, 'Public servants as sustainability policy entrepreneurs in Australia: the issues and outcomes', in P Kyrö (ed.), Handbook of entrepreneurship and sustainable development research, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom, ch. 17, pp. 155-176. 1

Books

Year	Output
2020	Buono, RM, Gunn, EL, McKay, J & Staddon, C 2020, Regulating water security in unconventional oil and gas, Springer International, Singapore. 8
2017	Lukasiewicz, A, Dovers, S, Robin, L, McKay, J, Schilizzi, S & Graham, S 2017, Natural resources and environmental justice: Australian perspectives, CSIRO Publishing, Australia.

Chapters

Year	Output
2020	Buono, RM, Gunn, EL, Staddon, C & McKay, J 2020, 'Regulating water security in unconventional oil and gas: an introduction', in RM Buono, E Lopez Gunn, J McKay & C Staddon (eds), Regulating water security in unconventional oil and gas, Springer International Publishing, Singapore, ch. 1, pp. 3-20.
2020	Staddon, C, Buono, R, Gunn, EL & McKay, J 2020, 'Regulating water security in unconventional oil and gas: common challenges, trade-offs, and best practices from around the globe', in RM Buono, E Lopez Gunn, J McKay & C Staddon (eds), Regulating water security in unconventional oil and gas, Springer International Publishing, Singapore, ch. 20, pp.397-418.
2018	McKay, J & Zheng, J 2018, 'Water security, governance and sustainable development goals in China-radical laws, institutions and courts', in X Jia & R Tomasic (eds), Resource security and governance: globalisation and China's natural resources companies, Routledge, New York, ch. 8, pp. 165-187. Open access
2018	McKay, J 2018, 'A governance solution in Australian freshwater law and policy', in C Holley & D Sinclair (eds), Reforming water law and governance, Springer, Singapore, ch. 9, pp.193-212.
2017	Ettehad, E, McKay, J & Keremane, G 2017, 'Concept of public interest in the Adelaide Desalination Plant delivery: lessons for public policy makers on improving social justice', in A Lukasiewicz et al. (eds), Natural resources and environmental justice: Australian perspectives, CSIRO Publishing, Australia, ch. 5, pp. 61-78.
2017	Graham, S, Baldwin, C, McKay, J & Jackson, S 2017, 'Justice approaches: methods and methodology in environmental justice research', in A Lukasiewicz et al. (eds), Natural resources and environmental justice: Australian perspectives, CSIRO Publishing, Australia, ch. 4, pp. 39-57. 1
2017	Keremane, G, McKay, J & Wu, Z 2017, 'Urban water governance for the twenty-first century: a portfolio-based approach to planning and management', in Karar, E (ed.), Freshwater governance for the 21st century, Springer, Switzerland, ch. 6, pp. 103-127. 5
2017	Lukasiewicz, A, Dovers, S, Robin, L, McKay, J, Schilizzi, SG & Graham, S 2017, 'Current status and future prospects for justice research in environmental management', in A Lukasiewicz et al. (eds), Natural resources and environmental justice: Australian perspectives, CSIRO Publishing, Australia, ch. 19, pp. 263-266. 2
2017	McKay, J 2017, 'Australian jurisprudence of justice in water management: present limitations, future issues and law reform suggestions', in A Lukasiewicz et al. (eds), Natural resources and environmental justice: Australian perspectives, CSIRO Publishing, Australia, ch. 16, pp. 215-232.
2017	McKay, J 2017, 'Developing the judicial habit in nuanced ways through the Abyei-Sudan case', in MC Cordonier Segger & HEJCG Weeramantry (eds), Sustainable development principles in the decisions of international courts and tribunals: 1992-2012, Routledge, UK, ch. 11, pp. 283-296.
2015	Keremane, G, McKay, J & Wu, Z 2015, 'Public servants as sustainability policy entrepreneurs in Australia: the issues and outcomes', in P Kyrö (ed.), Handbook of entrepreneurship and sustainable development research, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom, ch. 17, pp. 155-176. 1
2015	Mckay, J 2015, 'Australian water law history: the move from introspective state sovereignty to a national interest approach and the influence of international law', in T Tvedt, O McIntyre & TK Woldetsadik (eds), A history of water, LB Tauris & Co, US, ch. 22, pp. 490-507. 3
2015	Sudan, FK & McKay, J 2015, 'Climate adaptation and governance and small-scale farmers' vulnerability through artificial glacier technology: Experiences from the Cold Desert of Leh in North-West Himalaya, India', in S Shrestha et al. (eds), Managing Water Resources Under Climate Uncertainty: Examples from Asia, Europe, Latin America, and Australia, Springer, Switzerland, ch. 15, pp. 319-342. 3
2014	Keremane, G, McKay, JM & Wu, Z 2014, 'Achieving ecologically sustainable development in multi-level water governance regimes: the case of the Murray-Darling Basin', in M Kidd et al. (eds), Water and the law: towards sustainability, Edward Elgar Publishing, UK, ch. 9, pp. 211-226.
2014	Wu, Z, McKay, J & Keremane, G 2014, 'Stormwater reuse for sustainable cities: the South Australian experience', in B Maheshawari et al. (eds), The security of water, food, energy and liveability of cities, Springer, US, ch. 11, pp. 137-150.
2013	McKay, JM 2013, 'The theory and practice of Australian institutional reforms to incorporate water markets in integrated water resources management', in J Maestu (ed.), Water trading and global water scarcity: international experiences, RFF Press, US, ch. 16, pp. 259-274. 2
2011	McKay, J 2011, 'Difference and law - comment: law, difference and transnational norm building under a shared watercourse treaty - the International Court of Justice and environmental impact statements', in KK Raube et al. (eds), Difference and democracy, University of Chicago Press, Frankfurt, ch. 5, pp. 277-287.
2011	McKay, J 2011, 'Evidentiary issues with the implementation of the sustainability duty of care in the Basin Plan', in D Connell & RQ Grafton (eds), Basin futures: water reform in the Murray-Darling Basin, ANU - Australian National University, Australia, pp. 233-242. Open access
2010	McKay, JM 2010, 'Some Australian examples of the integration of environmental, economic and social considerations into decision making - the jurisprudence of facts and context', in Duncan French, Global Justice and Sustainable Development, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Leiden, Netherlands, pp. 327-340. 1
2010	McKay, JM 2010, 'Who is responsible for water management?', in Christopher Daniels, Adelaide-Water of a City, Wakefield Press, Adelaide, pp. 243-265.
2010	Wu, Z & McKay, JM 2010, 'Community knowledge of NRM board', 'How the NRM levy should be calculated-levy payers say', and 'What would encourage people change their water consumption behaviour?'', in Christopher Daniels,Catherine J. Tait, Adelaide Nature of a City, Australia.
2009	Hughes, S & McKay, JM 2009, 'The Contribution of Actors to Achieving Sustainability in Australia through Water Policy Transitions', in Dave Huitema & Sander Meijerink, Water Policy Entrepreneurs, A research companion to water transitions around the globe, Edward Elgar, UK, pp. 175-192. 8
2009	McKay, JM & Marsden, S 2009, 'Australia: The Problem of Sustainability in Water', in Joseph W Dellapenna & Joyeeta Gupta, The Evolution of the Law and Politics of Water, Springer Science and Business Media, Netherlands, pp. 175-188. 18
2009	McKay, JM 2009, 'Derecho de Aguas en la federacion Australiana: el paso hacia el Centralismo', in Antonio Embid Irujo, Gestion del Ahua y Descentralizacion Politica, Thomson Reuters, Spain, pp. 106-136.
2009	Turral, H, Connell, D & McKay, JM 2009, 'Much ado about the Murray: the drama of restraining water use', in F Molle & P Wester (eds), River basin trajectories: societies, environments and development, CAB International, UK, ch. 12, pp. 263-292. 6
2008	McKay, JM 2008, 'The Legal Frameworks of Australian Water: Progression from Common Law Rights to Sustainable Shares', in Lin Crase, Water Policy in Australia, Resources for the Future, US, pp. 44-60.
2008	Wu, Z & McKay, JM 2008, 'A Case Study of Chinese and Australian Participatory Irrigation Management Schemes', in SJTU, International and Comparative Environmental Law Review, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, pp. 335-341.

Journal Articles

Year	Output
2022	Cook, PG, Shanafield, M, Andersen, MS, Bourke, S, Cartwright, I, Cleverly, J, Currell, M, Doody, TM, Hofmann, H, Hugmann, R, Irvine, DJ, Jakeman, A, McKay, J, Nelson, R & Werner, AD 2022, 'Sustainable management of groundwater: an Australian perspective in current challenges', Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, vol. 44, article no. 101262, pp. 1-19. Open access
2022	McKay, J, Barthakur, A & Joksimovic, S 2022, 'Self-reflection on presentation skills and on the law in environmental law teaching: an Australian example', IUCN Academy of Environmental Law eJournal, no. 12, pp. 123-138. Open access
2021	McKay, J 2021, 'Sentencing climate change activists in Australia: issues and lessons from the early jurisprudence in Queensland', IUCN Academy of Environmental Law eJournal, no. 11, pp. 125-129. Open access
2016	Wu, Z, Keremane, G & McKay, J 2016, 'Sustainable urban water management through the lens of community: a photostory exercise in metropolitan Adelaide', Australasian Journal of Environmental Management, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 141-156. Open access 1 1
2015	Keremane, G, Mckay, J & Ettehad, E 2015, 'Hearing from the people on the collective or private governance of urban freshwater in Australia', Water Utility Management International, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 17-21.
2014	Gillet, V, McKay, J & Keremane, G 2014, 'Moving from local to State water governance to resolve a local conflict between irrigated agriculture and commercial forestry in South Australia', Journal of Hydrology, vol. 519, pt. C, pp. 2456-2467. Open access 11 10 3
2014	Keremane, G, Wu, Z & McKay, J 2014, 'Is organisational culture a barrier to implementing integrated urban water management in Adelaide?', Water: Journal of the Australian Water Association, vol. 41, no. 8, pp. 27-29. Open access
2014	Keremane, G, Wu, Z & McKay, J 2014, 'The emotional connection to urban water through the lens of the water customer: a photostory exercise in metropolitan Adelaide', Water: Journal of the Australian Water Association, vol. 41, no. 6, pp. 61-65. Open access
2014	Xu, C, McKay, J & Keremane, G 2014, 'Forestry water policy in South Australia: are written submissions a good engagement method in a complex forestry-environment-agriculture water conflict?', Water: Journal of the Australian Water Association, vol. 41, no. 1, pp. 84-88.
2013	Wu, Z, Hemphill, E, McKay, J & Keremane, G 2013, 'Investigating psychological factors of behavioural intention of urban residents in South Australia to use treated stormwater for non-potable purposes', Journal of Water Reuse and Desalination, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 16-25. Open access 8 10
2013	Xu, C, McKay, JM & Keremane, G 2013, 'Forestry water policy in South Australia: review of the history and policy change process in the south-east of South Australia', Water: Journal of the Australian Water Association, vol. 40, no. 4, pp. 104-107.
2012	Keremane, G & McKay, J 2012, 'Picturing sustainable water resources management : photo-conversations with irrigators and policymakers', The International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability, vol. 7, no. 6, pp. 145-153. Open access 2
2012	Keremane, G, McKay, JM & Wu, Z 2012, 'Sustainable water planning in Australia : a survey of attitudes of our sustainability water policy entrepreneurs', Water: Journal of the Australian Water Association, vol. 39, no. 5, pp. 62-65.
2012	McKay, J 2012, 'Groundwater management: looking to the future so there is a future', Water International, vol. 37, no. 7, pp. 721-726. 3 2 1
2012	Wu, Z, McKay, J & Keremane, G 2012, 'Issues affecting community attitudes and intended behaviours in stormwater reuse : a case study of Salisbury, South Australia', Water (Switzerland), vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 835-847. Open access 21 16
2012	Wu, Z, McKay, JM & Keremane, G 2012, 'Governance of urban freshwater : some views of three urban communities in Australia', Water: Journal of the Australian Water Association, vol. 39, no. 1, pp. 88-92.
2011	Keremane, G, McKay, J & Wu, Z 2011, 'No stormwater in my tea cup : an internet survey of residents in three Australian cities', Water: Journal of the Australian Water Association, vol. 38, no. 2, pp. 118-124.
2011	Keremane, GB & McKay, J 2011, 'Using PhotoStory to capture irrigators emotions about water policy and sustainable development objectives : a case study in rural Australia', Action Research, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 405-425. 17 13
2011	McKay, JM 2011, 'Australian water allocation plans and the sustainability objective-conflicts and conflict -resolution measures', Hydrological Sciences Journal, vol. 56, no. 4, pp. 615-629. Open access 14 15
2010	Laurenson, S, Kunhikrishnan, A, Bolan, N, Naidu, R, McKay, J & Keremane, G 2010, 'Management of recycled water for sustainable production and environmental protection : a case study with Northern Adelaide Plains recycling scheme', International Journal of Environmental Science and Development, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 176-180.
2010	McKay, JM 2010, 'America's Fascination with Australia's National Water Initiative', Water: Journal of the Australian Water Association, vol. 37, no. 4, pp. 48-51.
2010	McKay, JM 2010, 'The permanent court of arbitration and the Sudanese peace process : legal issues from the 'Abyei' arbitration in reviewing the mandate of an ad hoc body', Australian International Law Journal, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 233-239.
2010	McKay, JM 2010, 'Trust between users and the sustainable management of natural resources: the contribution of Professor Elinor Ostrom', Transnational Corporations Review, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 46-48. Open access
2010	Wu, Z, McKay, J & Hemphill, E 2010, 'Roles of levies for sustainable domestic water consumption', Water Resources Management, vol. 25, no. 3, pp. 929-940. 7 6
2009	Keremane, G & McKay, JM 2009, 'Critical success factors (CSFs) for private sector involvement in wastewater management: the Willunga pipeline case study', Desalination, vol. 244, no. 1-3, pp. 248-260. 9 6
2009	McKay, J 2009, 'The legal powers and potential cultural impact of the 2009 Bushfire Royal Commission in Victoria', Australian Journal of Emergency Management, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 3-4. Open access
2008	Hurlimann, A, Hemphill, EA, McKay, JM & Geursen, G 2008, 'Establishing components of community satisfaction with recycled water use through a structural equation model', Journal of Environmental Management, vol. 88, pp. 1221-1232. 81 74
2008	Keremane, G & McKay, JM 2008, 'Water reuse projects: The Role of Community Social Infrastructure', Water: Journal of the Australian Water Association, vol. 35, no. 1, pp. 46-52. Open access 7
2008	McKay, JM 2008, 'Insubstantial tenuous and vague laws- the achievement of ecologically sustainable development by water supply', Australian Business Law Review, vol. 36, no. 6, pp. 432-445.
2008	Pierce, JM & McKay, JM 2008, 'On Community Capitals as we see them through Photovoice: Cowell Oyster Industry in South Australia', Australasian Journal of Environmental Management, vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 159-168. 19 3
2008	Wu, Z, McKay, JM & Hemphill, EA 2008, 'Attitudes to the Natural Resources Management Levy in Adelaide', Water: Journal of the Australian Water Association, vol. 35, no. 2, pp. 154-156. Open access 1

Conferences

Year	Output
2010	McKay, JM 2010, 'Sustainable development of cross - boundary aquifers in Australia: the modern legal and institutional tools', Transboundary Aquifers : Challenges and New Directions, UNESCO, pp. 1-7. Open access
2010	McKay, JM 2010, 'Transition towards sustainability in water management laws in Australia: Lessons for the sister federation the USA', in Yumeka Brown, Whose Spigot is it?, American Bar Association, pp. 1-11.
2008	Bolan, N, Laurenson, S, Kunhikrishnan, A, Naidu, R, McKay, JM & Keremane, G 2008, 'Northern Adelaide Plains Recycling Scheme- Champion in the Management of Recycled Water for Sustainable Production and Environmental Protection', Irrigation Australia, pp. 1-17.

Reports

Year	Output
2014	Cuddy, S, Maheepala, S, Dandy, G, Thyer, M, Hatton, MD, McKay, J, Leonard, R, Bellette, K, Arbon, N, Marchi, A, Kandulu, J, Wu, W, Keremane, G, Wu, Z, Mirza, F, Daly, R, Kotz, S & Thomas, S 2014, A study into the supply, demand, economic, social and institutional aspects of optimising water supply to metropolitan Adelaide: preliminary research findings: Summary report from Project U2.2, Goyder Institute for Water Research, Australia. Open access
2014	Keremane, G, Wu, Z & McKay, J 2014, Institutional arrangements for implementing diverse water supply portfolio in metropolitan Adelaide: Scoping study, Goyder Institute for Water Research. Open access
2008	McKay, J 2008, Cooperative research centre for irrigation futures; Technical Report no. 09-07 - An evaluation of the corporate governance arrangements of Australian irrigation water providers, CRC IF, Australia. Open access
2008	Pierce, J, Thompson, K, Sharp, R & McKay, J 2008, Their world is an oyster : sustainability of emerging environmentally sensitive oyster aquaculture communities on the South Australian Eyre Peninsula : final report to the Eyre Regional Development Board, Hawke Research Institute for Sustainable Societies ; School of Commerce, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia. Open access

Other outputs

review of the co edited book Regulating water security in unconventional oil and gas in UWA Law review https://www.able.uwa.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/3644796/ODonnell-BR.pdf

edited by Regina M. Buono, Elena Lopéz Gunn, Jennifer McKay and Chad

Staddon, Cham, Switzerland, Springer, 2019, 418 pp., €119.99 (hardback),

€96.29 (ebook), ISBN 978-3-030-18342-4

https://doi.org/10.1080/02508060.2020.1729524

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

Highlights

2023 Convenor of Australian Law research Awards for Council of Australian Law Deans

2021

Honorary Legal Officer Defence Reserves Association South Australia Branch Inc.

Treasurer of the Australian Law Academics Association alaa.asn.au

invited to be an accent speaker by the Australian Water Assocation in the 2021 conference Re-imagining our water future. The topic will be water governance. May 5

https://www.ozwater.org/program/accent-speakers/

Invited to consult by The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) into the legislative framework for corporations and financial services regulation with the President of the ALRC (the Honourable Justice S C Derrington), and ALRC staff on Wednesday, 24 February 2021 at 2.30 – 4pm (ACDT) .

Noting your experience, the ALRC would appreciate the opportunity to discuss your perspectives on the Inquiry. This concerned issues around the strucuture of Corporations law and the penalty regimes.

By way of brief summary, the ALRC has been asked to review the legislative framework for corporations and financial services, with an emphasis on simplifying and rationalising the relevant legislation “within existing policy settings”.

2021 Invited to be a Friend of the Peter Cullen Trust https://www.petercullentrust.org.au/

This body Bridges science people and the environment as did its namesake Peter Cullen who I worked with on governance issues in the CRC Freshwater.

2020

Executive of the Australian Law Academics Assocation

Australian Water Association SA branch Premiers Medal for Water research.

Premier's Medal – Water Professional of the Year Award (sponsored by the Department for Environment and Water)Professor Jennifer McKay, Professor of Business Law, University of South AustraliaProfessor Jennifer McKay’s extensive body of research has provided insights into water law governance and policy in Australia. Her research has helped policy makers to understand the impacts of their policies on farmers, urban dwellers and water users generally. She has also provided constructive suggestions to reform and improve water governance structures, and promote ecologically sustainable development. Her research in relation to trust across and within the water sector has been instrumental in guiding water supply businesses and government strategy. Her passion and enthusiasm are evident and her contributions to the advancement of sustainable water management will have a lasting impact.

2019 Ambassador for Defence Reserves Support Council SA and committee member of Defence Reserves Association SA Branch inc.

The Defence Reserves Support Council is established to maintain an effective link between the Australian Defence Force, industry and commerce, the three levels of Government and the community. The Defence Reserves Association is a think tank for policy advice.

2018 Session leader UNESCO Conference on Technologies for development- voices of the global south for sustainable use of technology to support inclusive social and economic development 2018 - strengthening the research -policy nexus in the implementation of the SDG's

2016 -2019 River Murray sustainability program( PIRSA) Community and Engagement Reference group South Australian Government

2013 Water Industry Alliance award for contribution to local government water Managment for the team from the ( former)Water Policy and Law Group.

recent and current

2021 Organiser of 7th Frontiers in Environmental Law Colloquium a regional event of IUCN 25-26 Feb.https://www.iucnael.org/en/

This event will foster collaboraiton of environmental law academics. explore innovative environmental law ideas and involve other disciplines,contribute to the future of envronmental law in oceania,share teaching and learning approaches and assist early career researchers to pursue their career.

2020 co editor of IUCN https://www.iucnael.org/en/e-journal

2020 ANU College of Law Visiting Professor.

2019 Launch of the recent co edited book Regulating Water Security in Unconventional Oil and Gas Editors: Buono, R.M., López-Gunn, E., McKay, J., Staddon, C. (Eds.) at the IUCN Academy of Environmental law conference in Malaysia by the Dean of Law by Universiti Teknologi MARA’s Faculty of Law, Shah Alam, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.ISBN 978-3-030-18341-7

2020-2017 Internation Union for the Conservation of Nature , World Commission on Environmental Law, Member of two Commissions , Environment and Peace and Security, and Compliance and Enforcement

2019 from 2013 Ambassador for Australian- American Fulbright Commission ( former Senior Fulbright UC Boalt School of Law , University of California 2009

present since 2000 ARC reviewer for grants and Future fellowships ongoing

Visiting Professor University of Lincoln (UK) Law school, https://www.lincoln.ac.uk/home/law/visitingprofessors/

present from 1995 Sessional Commissioner of the Environment, Resources and Development court SA for natural resources management cases since inception of the court 20 years ago. Conduct mediations and make decisions.

2018 5th International Conference on Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development (EESD-2018)https://aip.scitation.org/doi/pdf/10.1063/1.5115359 Scientific committee member of EPFL / UNESco conference on Technology for Development - voices of the global south June 2018 https://cooperation.epfl.ch/op/edit/SE22-ENE

2008 Womens Honour roll for services to sustainable water management in South Australia 2008

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

Organisation	Country
Acciona Agua Adelaide PTY LTD	AUSTRALIA
Australian National University	AUSTRALIA
Charles Darwin University	AUSTRALIA
Charles Sturt University	AUSTRALIA
Chinese University of Hong Kong	HONG KONG
CSIRO Australia (Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research Organisation)	AUSTRALIA
Department of Primary Industries - NSW	AUSTRALIA
Environment Protection Authority	AUSTRALIA
Flinders University	AUSTRALIA
Geoscience Australia	AUSTRALIA
Griffith University	AUSTRALIA
iCatalist	SPAIN
International Water Management Institute	SRI LANKA
James Cook University	AUSTRALIA
La Trobe University	AUSTRALIA
Monash University	AUSTRALIA
Private Individual	AUSTRALIA
Queensland University of Technology	AUSTRALIA
Rice University	UNITED STATES
RMIT University	AUSTRALIA
SA Water Corporation	AUSTRALIA
South China Normal University	CHINA
Swinburne University of Technology	AUSTRALIA
University of Adelaide	AUSTRALIA
University of California	UNITED STATES
University of Melbourne	AUSTRALIA
University of New South Wales	AUSTRALIA
University of Queensland	AUSTRALIA
University of South Australia	AUSTRALIA
University of Technology Sydney	AUSTRALIA
University of the Sunshine Coast	AUSTRALIA
University of the West of England	UNITED KINGDOM
University of Western Australia	AUSTRALIA
Valoriza Water Australia Pty Ltd	AUSTRALIA

External engagement & recognition

Engagement/recognition	Year
Co-editor Academy of Environmental Law journal of environmental law	2022
Distinguished Fellow International Water Resources Association	2022
Fellow International Water Association	2022
Co-editor Academy of Environmental Law journal of environmental law	2021
Distinguished Fellow International Water Resources Association	2021
Co-editor Academy of Environmental Law journal of environmental law	2020
Premier's Medal - Water Professional of the Year Award Australian Water Association	2020
Co-editor Academy of Environmental Law journal of environmental law	2019
Editorial Board Member Australian Journal of Environmental Management, Environmental Institute of Australia and New Zealand	2018
Editorial Board Member Water International	2018
Honorary Visiting Fellow Fenner School Environment, Australian National University	2018
Visiting Professor of Environment and Natural Resources Law University of Lincoln, United Kingdom	2018
Editorial Board Member Australian Journal of Environmental Management, Environmental Institute of Australia and New Zealand	2017
Editorial Board Member Water International	2017
Honorary Visiting Fellow Fenner School Environment, Australian National University	2017
Member of Board Strategic Council - International Water Association (IWA)	2017
Teaching and Capacity Building Committee Member International Union for the Conservation on Nature Academy of Environmental Law	2017
Adjunct Professor School of Law, University of Lincoln, United Kingdom	2016
Board Member River Murray Sustainable Development Committee	2016
Board Member, Community and Industry engagement in sustainable irrigation committee Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources, Government of South Australia	2016
Co-convenor, Specialist Group International Governance and Regulation, International Water Association (IWA)	2016
Co-editor Natural Resources and Environmental Justice: Australian perspectives (CSIRO Publishing)	2016
Commissioner Natural Resources (Part-time) Resources and Development Court	2016
Council Member Tent of Variety , Variety Club South Australia	2016
Editorial Board Member Australian Journal of Environmental Management, Environmental Institute of Australia and New Zealand	2016
Elected Member National Committee, International Waters Association (IWA)	2016
Excellence in Research Assessor Australian Research Council (ARC)	2016
Fulbright Scholarship State Selection Panel Australian and American Fulbright Commission	2016
Member Strategic Council - International Water Association (IWA)	2016
Member and Co-convenor Strategic Council, Specialist Group in International Governance and Regulation	2016
Member, Environment, Resources and Development (ERD) Court Courts Administration Authority of South Australia	2016
Policy research to assist government with water resources management Local and State Government	2016
Reviewer Water International	2016
Teaching and Capacity Building Committee Member International Union for the Conservation on Nature Academy of Environmental Law	2016
Adjunct Professor School of Law, University of Lincoln, United Kingdom	2015
Advice to Ministers on recycled water use in SA and governance arrangements Government of South Australia	2015
Board Member River Murray Sustainable Development Committee	2015
Board Member, Community and Industry engagement in sustainable irrigation committee Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources, Government of South Australia	2015
Co-convenor, Specialist Group International Governance and Regulation, International Water Association (IWA)	2015
Co-editor Natural Resources and Environmental Justice: Australian perspectives (CSIRO Publishing)	2015
Commissioner Natural Resources (Part-time) Resources and Development Court	2015
Contributor Water Industry Alliance SA, Cluster in Policies and Laws	2015
Editorial Board Member Australian Journal of Environmental Management, Environmental Institute of Australia and New Zealand	2015
Elected Member National Committee, International Waters Association (IWA)	2015
Excellence in Research Assessor Australian Research Council (ARC)	2015
Fulbright Scholarship State Selection Panel Australian and American Fulbright Commission	2015
Inaugural leader Strategic Council, Specialist Group in International Governance and Regulation	2015
Member Strategic Council - International Water Association (IWA)	2015
Member, Community and Industry Engagement Reference Group South Australian River Murray Sustainability Irrigation Industry Improvement Program	2015
Member, Environment, Resources and Development (ERD) Court Courts Administration Authority of South Australia	2015
Policy research to assist government with water resources management Local and State Government	2015
Reviewer Water International	2015
Teaching and Capacity Building Committee Member International Union for the Conservation on Nature Academy of Environmental Law	2015
Adjunct Professor School of Law, University of Lincoln, United Kingdom	2014
Advice to Ministers on recycled water use in SA and governance arrangements Government of South Australia	2014
Board Member River Murray Sustainable Development Committee	2014
Co-convenor, Specialist Group International Governance and Regulation, International Water Association (IWA)	2014
Co-editor Natural Resources and Environmental Justice: Australian perspectives (CSIRO Publishing)	2014
Commissioner Natural Resources (Part-time) Resources and Development Court	2014
Contributor Water Industry Alliance SA, Cluster in Policies and Laws	2014
Editorial Advisory Board Emergency Management Australia, Attorney-General of Australia	2014
Editorial Board Member Australian Journal of Environmental Management, Environmental Institute of Australia and New Zealand	2014
Elected Member National Committee, International Waters Association (IWA)	2014
Excellence in Research Assessor Australian Research Council (ARC)	2014
Fulbright Scholarship State Selection Panel Australian and American Fulbright Commission	2014
Inaugural leader Strategic Council, Specialist Group in International Governance and Regulation	2014
Member Strategic Council - International Water Association (IWA)	2014
Member Water Management Law and Policy Specialist Network	2014
Member, Environment, Resources and Development (ERD) Court Courts Administration Authority of South Australia	2014
Panel Member Cluster in Policies and Laws - Water Industry Alliance (WIA)	2014
Policy research to assist government with water resources management Local and State Government	2014
Reviewer Water International	2014
Teaching and Capacity Building Committee Member International Union for the Conservation on Nature Academy of Environmental Law	2014
Adjunct Professor School of Law, University of Lincoln, United Kingdom	2013
Advice to Ministers on recycled water use in SA and governance arrangements Government of South Australia	2013
Australian Delegate International Law Association (ILA) Australian, International Law Committee for Sustainable Development	2013
Commissioner Natural Resources (Part-time) Resources and Development Court	2013
Committee Member, Expert Working Group for Strategic Research Priorities Australian Research Council (ARC)	2013
Conference Organising Committee Member The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) - Water Governance Program	2013
Consultant United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) - Groundwater Governance in Asia and Pacific	2013
Editorial Advisory Board Emergency Management Australia, Attorney-General of Australia	2013
Editorial Board Member Australian Journal of Environmental Management, Environmental Institute of Australia and New Zealand	2013
Elected Member National Committee, International Waters Association (IWA)	2013
Excellence in Research Assessor Australian Research Council (ARC)	2013
High Commendation- Smart Water Leadership (for Policy related research to assist Local Government in Managing water presented to Centre for Comparative Water Policies and Laws) Water Industry Alliance	2013
Inaugural leader Strategic Council, Specialist Group in International Governance and Regulation	2013
Member Water Management Law and Policy Specialist Network	2013
Member of Board Strategic Council - International Water Association (IWA)	2013
Member, Environment, Resources and Development (ERD) Court Courts Administration Authority of South Australia	2013
Panel Member Cluster in Policies and Laws - Water Industry Alliance (WIA)	2013
Policy research to assist government with water resources management Local and State Government	2013
Referee Australia Water Association - Water Journal	2013
Reviewer Water International	2013
Advice to Ministers on recycled water use in SA and governance arrangements Government of South Australia	2012
Appointment Reviewer School of Law, Singapore Management University	2012
Australian Delegate International Law Association (ILA) Australian, International Law Committee for Sustainable Development	2012
Commissioner Natural Resources (Part-time) Resources and Development Court	2012
Conference Organising Committee Member The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) - Water Governance Program	2012
Consultant Australian Research Council (ARC)	2012
Consultant United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) - Groundwater Governance in Asia and Pacific	2012
Convenor Water Management Law and Policy Specialist Network	2012
Editorial Advisory Board Emergency Management Australia, Attorney-General of Australia	2012
Editorial Board Member Australian Journal of Environmental Management, Environmental Institute of Australia and New Zealand	2012
Elected Member National Committee, International Waters Association (IWA)	2012
Excellence in Research Assessor Australian Research Council (ARC)	2012
Member Water Management Law and Policy Specialist Network	2012
Member, Environment, Resources and Development (ERD) Court Courts Administration Authority of South Australia	2012
Panel Member Cluster in Policies and Laws - Water Industry Alliance (WIA)	2012
Policy research to assist government with water resources management Local and State Government	2012
Referee Australia Water Association - Water Journal	2012
Reviewer Water International	2012
Australian Delegate International Law Association (ILA) Australian, International Law Committee for Sustainable Development	2011
Commissioner Natural Resources (Part-time) Resources and Development Court	2011
Convenor Water Management Law and Policy Specialist Network	2011
Editorial Advisory Board Emergency Management Australia, Attorney-General of Australia	2011
Editorial Board Member Australian Journal of Environmental Management, Environmental Institute of Australia and New Zealand	2011
Excellence in Research Assessor Australian Research Council (ARC)	2011
Member Water Management Law and Policy Specialist Network	2011
Member, Environment, Resources and Development (ERD) Court Courts Administration Authority of South Australia	2011
Policy research to assist government with water resources management Local and State Government	2011
Referee Australia Water Association - Water Journal	2011
Reviewer Water International	2011
Commissioner Natural Resources (Part-time) Resources and Development Court	2010
Convenor Water Management Law and Policy Specialist Network	2010
Editorial Advisory Board Emergency Management Australia, Attorney-General of Australia	2010
Member Water Management Law and Policy Specialist Network	2010
Referee Australia Water Association - Water Journal	2010
Commissioner Natural Resources (Part-time) Resources and Development Court	2009
Convenor Water Management Law and Policy Specialist Network	2009
Editorial Advisory Board Emergency Management Australia, Attorney-General of Australia	2009
Fulbright Senior Scholarship Australian and American Fulbright Commission	2009
Fulbright Senior Scholarship University of California, Berkley, USA	2009
Member Water Management Law and Policy Specialist Network	2009
Referee Australia Water Association - Water Journal	2009
Advisory Board Member Natural Resources Council of South Australia	2008
Award for services to water management South Australian Women Honour Roll	2008
Commissioner Natural Resources (Part-time) Resources and Development Court	2008
Convenor Water Management Law and Policy Specialist Network	2008
Editorial Advisory Board Emergency Management Australia, Attorney-General of Australia	2008
Fulbright Senior Scholarship Australian and American Fulbright Commission	2008
Fulbright Senior Scholarship University of California, Berkley, USA	2008
Referee Australia Water Association - Water Journal	2008

Other

Outside reviewer for publications by Cambridge University Press and the Australian Journal of Environmental Management and Water Policy many years

Australian Water Association South Australian branch commendation for the legal defin\ition of water words in the Australian Law dictionary 1997 Butterworths

UniSA Business School Sustainability Committee 2015-2019 worked on local campus initiatives for waste and water.

Member of Tent 75 Variety SA The Childrens' Charity 2017+

Member UniSA - JUS Research Leadership Strategy Group 2020+

Member of Law Society of South Australia Human Rights Committee, Administration and Public Law Committee and Planning and Environment and Local Government Committee.2021

Teaching & student supervision

Teaching strengths

Comparative law
Engaging the profession in class
PhD Supervision
Online learning Graduate Diploma
H5P and legal scenarios

Highlights

Teaching environmental law and the laws regulating Australian business forms is a complex task with frequent changes to laws. There are many pressures on the federal structure and many conflicting viewpoints.

Professor McKay has engaged with judges and former Law Reform Commissioners and incorporates video vignettes in to class on current and potential future directions of environmental law and Corporate law and regulation. She seeks to make the teaching commercially realistic by drawing on colleagues ( from her former firms) to assist with real world case examples which often form assessment tasks. Professor McKay has recently completed with, High Distiction ,a short course called Effective online Learning( at UniSA) and she is adapting tools to create an exciting online and face to face delivery. She is supported by the program leaders and the Library to innovate and is sharing her learning with her colleagues. The Covid pandemic has created opportunities for learning environments to change.

Professor McKay has been involved in the programs to induct new staff into research supervision for over 5 years and has delivered a reflective talk over 15 times. She then answers questions and engages in discussions to assist development of skills in Research supervision. She has done this for the Teaching Innovation Unit.

She has completed the training and is a Peer reviewer of UG teaching since June 2019.

Prof McKay's method of teaching in Environmental and Natural resources law and International and comparative environmental law uses many forms of communication including ones she commissioned. The Learnonline sites have been used in the TUI at UniSA as an exemplar of good practice.

She is completing a Graduate Diploma in educations studies (online learning) through UniSA .

In 2021 she will lead law students on a New Colombo Plan field trip to Fiji to look at domestic and international environmental law with a focus on climate change and plastic pollution

Teaching & student supervision

Research degree supervision

Supervisions from 2010 shown

Thesis title	Student status
Connected parliaments Evaluating the use of digital engagement techniques to connect the people to parliamentary lawmaking in Australia	Current
Impacts of technology development on social and governance frameworks in the context of mineral exploration	Current
Industry Led Product Stewardship Schemes consumer law issues	Current
An evaluation of stakeholder engagement methods in a complex forestry-environment-agriculture water conflict - a case study of the Lower Limestone Coast water allocation plan in South Australia	Completed
An evaluation of the public interest in desalination delivery in Australia: the cases of the Adelaide and Victorian desalination plants	Completed
Balancing and crossing trust bridges to sustainability : the case of the water sector reform in Lebanon	Completed
The paradox of social sustainability in water allocation: multiple social values but no social objectives - an institutional change analysis of a South Australian water allocation plan	Completed

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