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Richard Johnstone is a Professor in the School of Law at Queensland University of Technology, and an Honorary Professorial Fellow at the Melbourne Law School. He is a member of the Queensland Work Health and Safety Board, and editor-in-chief of the Journal of Occupational Health Law. His research interests include labour law (especially work health and safety), regulation and socio-legal research. He has published widely in work health and safety regulation. His most recent books are Creighton & Stewart’s Labour Law (Federation Press, 2016, with Andrew Stewart, Anthony Forsyth, Mark Irving and Shae McCrystal) and Strike Ballots, Democracy and Law (OUP 2020, with Breen Creighton, Catrina Denvir, Shae McCrystal and Alice Orchiston).