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Dr Andrew Burke is a Senior Lecturer and Director of Education at Macquarie Law School, Macquarie University. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Resource Management and Bachelor of Laws (BSc/LLB) from Macquarie University (1997), a Master of Laws (LLM) from the University of Sydney, and a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) from Macquarie University (2017). His PhD thesis, titled 'The law of proportionality and the sentencing of environmental crimes in the Land and Environment Court of New South Wales', analyzed sentencing practices from 2004 to 2013. Prior to his academic career, Burke was admitted to legal practice in 2007, worked as a solicitor in private practice specializing in criminal defence, and served as Programs Director and board member of the Environmental Defenders Office (EDO) NSW, a specialist public interest environmental law centre. He joined Macquarie Law School as a Lecturer in 2017, teaching Environmental Law, Environmental Law and Sustainable Development, and criminal law subjects, before his promotion to Senior Lecturer.

Burke's research focuses on criminal law and procedure, particularly environmental crimes, sentencing proportionality, reparative justice, police body-worn cameras, suppression orders in the digital era, and ethical considerations in AI-enabled policing. Key publications include co-authorship of the eighth edition of Hayes & Eburn Criminal Law and Procedure in New South Wales (LexisNexis Australia, 2026); 'Artificial Intelligence, policing and ethics: a best practice model for AI enabled policing in Australia' (IEEE EDOCW, 2021, co-author); 'Suppression orders in criminal trials: still necessary in the digital era' (Criminal Law Journal, 2021, co-author); 'The impact of body technologies upon the teaching of criminal law' (Bond University, 2020); 'Fairness, justice and repairing environmental harm: reconciling the reparative approach to the sentencing of environmental crimes with sentencing principles' (Environmental and Planning Law Journal, 2018); and 'Threatened species, endangered justice: how additional maximum penalties for harming threatened species have failed in practice' (2016). His research has informed policy submissions that influenced New South Wales legislation on biodiversity and threatened species protection.