Wayne Boom and Dr Keely Boom

Education

2000 – Moruya High School. Dux of Year 10, 1998. Dux of Year 12, 2000. Accelerated mathematics throughout high school, completing the Higher School Certificate for mathematics in Year 10. University Admission Index of 99.55% placing 5th in NSW for Ancient History

2001-2006 – Bachelor of Commerce (Finance) and Bachelor of Laws (Honours) at the University of Wollongong. Holder of the IMB Work-Integrated Foundation Scholarship and recipient of an Exchange Student Scholarship to study at Utrecht University

2005 – Diploma in International Refugee Law at the International Institute of Humanitarian Law, San Remo, Italy

2006 – Admitted to practice as a law in the State of New South Wales at the Supreme Court

2013 – Doctor of Philosophy (Law) on ‘Exposure to Legal Risk for Climate Change Damage under the UNFCCC, Kyoto Protocol and LOSC: A Case Study of Tuvalu and Australia’ from the University of Wollongong

2007-present – working as a solicitor in Moruya, with additional academic appointments

Publications

Various academic publications, including the following peer reviewed book chapters:

Boom, K., I. Prihandono, and N. Hosen, 'A mandate to investigate the Carbon Majors and the climate crisis: The Philippines Commission on Human Rights investigation' (2022) 23(1) Australian Journal of Asian Law 57.

I. Prihandono, H. Hosen, and K. Boom, 'Komans HAM's human rights jurisdiction over businesses involved in the haze crisis' (2021) 11(1) Indonesia Law Review 45.

Boom, K., ‘Lessons for Animal Law From the Environmental Law Governing the Kangaroo and Whaling Industries: Australian Successes and Failures’ in R. Abate (ed), What Can Animal Law Learn From Environmental Law? (Environmental Law Institute) (2020)

Ben-Ami, D., Boom, K., Boronyak, L., Townend, C., Ramp, D., Croft, D. B., and Bekoff, M., ‘The welfare ethics of the commercial killing of free ranging kangaroos: an evaluation of the benefits and costs of the industry’ (2014) 23 Animal Welfare 

Boom, K., D. Ben-Ami, L. Boronyak and S. Riley, ‘The role of inspections in the commercial kangaroo industry’ International Journal of Rural Law and Policy (2013)

Boom, K., ‘The rising tide of international climate litigation: An illustrative hypothetical of Tuvalu v Australia’ in R. Abate, and E. Kronk (eds), Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples: The Search for Legal Remedies (Edward Elgar Publishing) (2013)Ben-Ami, D., Boom, K., Boronyak, L., Townend, C., Ramp, D., Croft, D. B., and Bekoff, M., ‘The welfare ethics of the commercial killing of free ranging kangaroos: an evaluation of the benefits and costs of the industry’ (2014) 23 Animal Welfare 

Boom, K., D. Ben-Ami, L. Boronyak and S. Riley, ‘The role of inspections in the commercial kangaroo industry’ International Journal of Rural Law and Policy (2013)

Boom, K., ‘The rising tide of international climate litigation: An illustrative hypothetical of Tuvalu v Australia’ in R. Abate, and E. Kronk (eds), Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples: The Search for Legal Remedies (Edward Elgar Publishing) (2013)

Boom, K., ‘The rising tide of international climate litigation: An illustrative hypothetical of Tuvalu v Australia’ in R. Abate, and E. Kronk (eds), Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples: The Search for Legal Remedies (Edward Elgar Publishing) (2013)

Ramp, D., D. Ben-Ami, K. Boom, D. B. Croft, ‘Compassionate conservation: A paradigm shift for wildlife management in Australasia’ in M. Bekoff (ed), Ignoring Nature No More: The Case for Compassionate Conservation (University of Chicago Press, Chicago) (2013)

Boom, K., and D. Ben-Ami, ‘Kangaroos at a crossroads: Environmental law and the kangaroo industry’ (2013) 30(2) Environmental and Planning Law Journal 

Boom, K., and D. Ben-Ami, D. B. Croft, N. Cushing, D. Ramp and L. Boronyak, ‘‘Pest’ and resource: A legal history of Australia’s kangaroos’ (2012) 1(1) Animal Studies Journal 17

Boom, K. and D. Ben-Ami, ‘Shooting our wildlife: An analysis of the law and its animal welfare outcomes for kangaroos and wallabies’ (2011) 5 Australian Animal Protection Law Journal 44

Boom, K. and E. Ellis, ‘Enforcing animal welfare law: the NSW experience’ (2009) 3 Australian Animal Protection Law Journal 6

Other interests

Bushwalking, science, ancient history, family, community, gardening