Associate Professor Mark Fowler

Adjunct Associate Professor - School of Law

Secondary Email: mfowler@fclaw.net.au

Biography

Mark Fowler is an Adjunct Associate Professor at his alma mater, the University of New England School of Law, and an Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Notre Dame School of Law, Sydney.

He is an Appeals Panel member for the Australian Council for International Development, the peak body for Australian non-government organisations (NGOs) involved in international development and humanitarian action.

He is a member of the Australian Charities and Not-for-Profits Commission’s Adviser Forum and has served as a member of the Queensland Law Society’s Human Rights Working Group.

Mark is the Chancellor of the Anglican Diocese of the Northern Territory and is Principal of Fowler Charity Law, with his specialist areas of advice including the law applying to schools, international aid organisations, retirement villages, aged care facilities and religious organisations. He also maintains a particular focus on the affordable, community and social housing sectors.

Mark has advised many leading national and international charities across these fields. Prior to establishing Sydney-based Fowler Charity Law Pty Ltd in 2019, Mark was a Partner in leading national charity and not-for-profit law firms located in Sydney and Brisbane.

Publications

Refereed Journal Publications

Fowler, Mark ‘Judicial Apprehension of Religious Belief under the Commonwealth Religious Discrimination Bill’, in Michael Quinlan and A. Keith Thompson (eds) Religious Freedom and Inclusivity – Compatibility, Conflict and the Future, (Shepherd Street Press, 2021 forthcoming)
Fowler, Mark ‘Attaining to Certainty: Does the Expert Panel’s Proposal for Reform of the Charities Act Sufficiently Protect Religious Charities?’ Third Sector Review, Vol 2, (2020 forthcoming).
Fowler, Mark, 'Identifying Faith-Based Entities for the Purpose of Anti-Discrimination Law' in Neville G. Rochow and Brett G. Scharffs Paul T. Babie (eds), Freedom of Religion or Belief: Creating the Constitutional Space for Fundamental Freedoms (Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2020).
Fowler, Mark ‘The Courts and the Marriage Debate’ Upholding the Australian Constitution, Proceedings of the Samuel Griffith Society August (Volume 27) (2017).
Rex Glencross-Grant, Kate Rhook and Mark Fowler ‘Waste Not, Want Not – Present and Future Solid Waste Management in Northern NSW’, The Environmental Engineer. Journal of the Environmental Engineering Society, Vol 3(4), (2002).

Non-Refereed Publications

Fowler, Mark ‘Charitable Housing – Update and Future Trends’ in Myles McGregor-Lowndes (ed) The Australian Nonprofit Sector Legal and Accounting Almanac 2014, Working Paper No. ACPNS 64, (The Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies, Queensland University of Technology Prints, 2015)
Fowler, Mark ‘National Rental Affordability Scheme’ in Myles McGregor-Lowndes (ed), The Australian Nonprofit Sector Legal Almanac 2009, Working Paper No. CPNS 49, (The Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies, Queensland University of Technology, 2010).
‘A Review of the Success of the Threatened Species Conservation Act in Protecting Threatened Species Within New South Wales’. Full report available at: www.ncec.org.au/thspp_report/NCEC_TSCA_Report_May2004.pdf. Various Headnotes, Australian Law Reports, CCH, 2002.

‘Mediation: What Potential for the Resolution of International Environmental Disputes?’ September 2002: National Mediation Conference Paper Presentation, Paper published in conference proceedings at http: http://www.leadr.com.au/contents.html

Memberships

Mark is a member of the Australian Charities and Not-for-Profits Commission’s Adviser Forum and has served as a member of the Queensland Law Society’s Human Rights Working Group.