Mr Wayne Gumley - Researcher Profile

Wayne Gumley

Address

Department of Business Law and Taxation
Monash University, Clayton

Contact Details

Tel: +61 3 990 56572

Email: Wayne.Gumley@monash.edu


Biography

Wayne Gumley is a senior lecturer in the Department of Business Law and Taxation. 

Wayne began his career as a solicitor in general practice in regional Victoria, and later took a position with the Australian Government Solicitor's Office in Melbourne, where he practised in administrative law and revenue law, and reached the position of principal legal officer.

During his time at Monash, Wayne has maintained strong links with industry, including a sabbatical with law firm McKimmie Matthews in Calgary, Canada, and short term engagements with chartered accountants KPMG Peat Marwick in Melbourne and Pitcher Partners in Melbourne. He has also served on a range of professional advisory committees at the Law Institute of Victoria, Australasian Insurance Law Association and National Environmental Law Association. From 2003 to 2010, he was editor of the NELA journal, the National Environmental Law Review.

He has taught a wide range of taxation commercial law and has personally established a range of environmental law units at undergraduate and graduate levels, including some that have been adopted as core units in programs offered by the Faculty of Engineering and Faculty of Arts. He has served as the deputy head of department and as director of the Graduate Tax Program for the Department of Business Law and Taxation. He received a Dean’s Award for Teaching Excellence in 2006 and has also been involved in several faculty and university-wide programs to promote education for sustainability.

Wayne has a broad range of research interests including administrative law, taxation law, ecological tax reform, environmental law and corporate environmental responsibility. Wayne’s current research projects are on tax expenditure reform, environmental taxes in China, carbon pricing and the role of complementary measures, and environmental impact assessment.

Keywords

Regulation, Corporations, Environment, Taxation, Sustainability, Climate change

Qualifications

LAWS
Institution: Monash University
Year awarded: 1997
LAWS
Institution: Monash University
Year awarded: 1980
SCIENCE
Institution: Monash University
Year awarded: 1978

Publications

Books

Gumley, W.S., Daya-Winterbottom, T. (eds), 2009, Climate change law : Comparative, contractual & regulatory considerations, Thomson Reuters, Australia.

Devos, K., Gumley, W., 1999, BTF3951 Business Taxation Subject Book, Department of Accounting and Finance Monash Uni, Caulfield Vic Australia.

Devos, K., Gumley, W., 1999, BTG2221 Taxation Law and Practice Subject Book, Distance Education Centre, Monash University, Churchill Vic Australia.

Gumley, W., 1999, Business Taxation Subject Book 1999 and Subject Reader, Monash Distance Education Centre, Churchill Vic Australia.

Book Chapters

Gumley, W., Stoianoff, N., 2011, Behavior modifying taxes, emissions trading and tax expenditure reform: Market-based responses to climate change in Australia, in Green Taxation in East Asia, eds Richard Cullen, Jefferson VanderWolk and Yan Xu, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham UK, pp. 209-248.

Gumley, W., 2011, Using tax reform to promote sustainable energy supplies in Australia, in Energy and the Environmental Challenge: Lessons from the European Union and Australia, eds Lillian Wylie and Pascaline Winand, Peter Lang, Brussels Belgium, pp. 157-177.

Gumley, W.S., 2009, Beyond Bali: The future of climate change law, in Climate Change Law : Comparative, Contractual & Regulatory Considerations, eds Wayne Gumley and Trevor Daya-Winterbottom, Thomson Reuters, Pyrmont NSW Australia, pp. 295-305.

Gumley, W.S., 2002, Taxation and the management of land degradation in Australia: the case of dryland salinity, in Critical Issues in International Environmental Taxation, eds Kreiser, LA, CCH Incorporated, Chicago USA, pp. 111-126.

Gumley, W., 1999, Administration, in The Laws of Australia, Thomson Legal and Regulatory Group, Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 1-156.

Gumley, W., 1998, The taxation appeals system: an administrative law perspective, in Tax Administration - Facing the challenges of the future, Prospect Media Pty Ltd, St Leonards NSW, pp. 299-314.

Journal Articles

Gumley, W., Stoianoff, N., 2011, Carbon pricing options for a post-Kyoto response to climate change in Australia, Federal Law Review [P], vol 39, issue 1, Australian National University Faculty of Law, Acton ACT Australia, pp. 131-159.

Anderson, H.L., Gumley, W.S., 2008, Corporate social responsiblity: Legislative options for protecting employees and the environment, Adelaide Law Review, vol 29, issue 1, Adelaide Law Review Association, Adelaide SA Australia, pp. 29-77.

Gumley, W.S., 2006, A case for reform of tax expenditures applicable to agriculture in Australia, International Journal of Environment, Workplace and Employment, vol 2, issue 4, Inderscience Publishers, UK, pp. 303-317.

Gumley, W.S., 2005, Under the microscope: biodiversity protection in Australia, Law Institute Journal, vol 79, issue 7, Law Institute of Victoria Ltd, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 58-61.

Gumley, W.S., 2004, Investment markets and sustainable agriculture; a case for ecological tax reform, Revenue Law Journal, vol 14, issue 1, The Faculty of Law, Bond University, Gold Coast Qld Australia, pp. 200-222.

Cary, J., Jackson, H., Gumley, W.S., 2004, Statutory tools for environmental protection in Victoria: the next generation, National Environmental Law Review, vol 2, National Environmental Law Association, Australia, pp. 37-41.

Gumley, W.S., 2003, Environmental crimes: offences and penalties in Victoria, Corporate Misconduct eZine, vol 1, issue 1, Thomson, on-line, pp. 103-115.

Gumley, W.S., 2001, The role of economic instruments in promoting sustainable land use, Australasian Journal of Natural Resources Law and Policy, vol 7, issue 2, University of Wollongong, NSW Australia, pp. 137-167.

Gumley, W.S., 2000, A new tax system...serving the old economy?, Australian Environmental Law News, vol 2, National Environmental Law Association, Canberra ACT Australia, pp. 30-37.

Gumley, W., 1999, How Green is Australian Taxation Law, New Zealand Journal of Taxation Law and Policy, vol 5 no 3, Brooker's, Wellington NZ, pp. 158-176.

Gumley, W., 1997, Environmental Risk Management for Secured Creditors, Australian Banking Law Bulletin, vol 12, Prospect Media Pty Ltd, St Leonards, pp. 175-180.

Boulter, T., Gumley, W., 1997, Environmental Risk Management for Secured Creditors: Some Further Considerations, Australian Banking Law Bulletin, vol 12, Prospect Publishing, St.Leonards NSW Australia, pp. 175-180.

Gumley, W., 1997, Legal and Economic Responses to Global Warming for Resource Rich Countries, Environment and Planning Law Journal, vol 14, LBC Information Services, Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 341-355.

Conference Proceedings

Gumley, W.S., 2006, Can corporations law reform save the planet?, Enhancing Corporate Accountability - Prospects and Changes: Conference Proceedings, 08 February 2006 to 09 February 2006, School of Business & Economics Gippsland & Department of Business Law & Taxation, Monash University, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 239-266.

Gumley, W.S., 2006, Green steps for business: using sustainability skills to enhance industry placements for business graduates, Sharing Wisdom for Our Future: Environmental Education in Action - Proceedings of the National Conference of the Australian Association for Environmental Education, 03 October 2006 to 06 October 2006, Australian Association for Environmental Education, Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 192-202.

Gumley, W., 1999, How Green is Australian Taxation Law, ATTA Annual Conference, Canberra ACT 5-7 February 1999, ATTA Organising Committee, Canberra ACT Australia, pp. 1-19.