Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Monash University
Yee-Fui researches in the areas of political integrity and the law, as well as the interaction between public law and politics. She is particularly interested in the influences on the contemporary Executive, such as ministerial advisers, the media and lobby groups, which have led to reactive government decision-making and policy-making.
Yee-Fui is the author of 'The Rise of Political Advisors in the Westminster System' (Routledge, 2018) and 'Ministerial Advisers in Australia: The Modern Legal Context' (Federation Press, 2016), which was a finalist for the Holt Prize. She was awarded the Monash Silver Jubilee Postgraduate Research Scholarship, as the highest ranking PhD applicant in the University, as well as the Monash Postgraduate Law Dean's Award, as the top-ranking PhD applicant in the Monash Law Faculty.
Dr Ng is a Victorian Convenor of the Electoral Regulation Research Network. She has previously worked as a Policy Adviser at the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, a Senior Legal Adviser at the Victorian Department of Premier and Cabinet, as well as a Manager at the Victorian Department of Justice. Yee-Fui has also practised as a solicitor at top tier law firms in Melbourne, London and Canberra.
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