10.02.2010
Royal Commissions and official inquiries
The ALRC considered a number of matters including whether there was any need to develop an alternative form or forms of Commonwealth executive inquiry, with statutory foundations, to provide more flexibility, less formality and greater cost-effectiveness than a Royal Commission.
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Making Inquiries: A New Statutory Framework (ALRC Report 111)
ALRC Report 111 represents the culmination of a nine month inquiry by the ALRC into the operation of the provisions of the Royal Commissions Act 1902 (Cth), and the question of whether an alternative form or forms of Commonwealth executive inquiry should be established by statute.It consists of 21 chapters and 82 recommendations for reform.View …
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ALRC recommends ‘two-tier’ plan for flexible, cost-effective public inquiries
Costs associated with expensive Royal Commissions could be reduced by establishing an alternative, second tier of public inquiry with proper investigatory powers and appropriate levels of transparency and protections for those involved, Australia’s leading law reform agency said today.The review of Royal Commissions and other federal inquiries by the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) has …
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Royal Commissions and Official Inquiries (DP 75)
This Discussion Paper, the second consultation document produced during this Inquiry, contains a detailed treatment of the issues. It reflects the views of the stakeholders with whom the Commission had so far consulted and indicates the ALRC’s thinking in the form of specific proposals for reform. View DP 75 in HTML on the AustLII website
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ALRC calls for greater flexibility, more options for Royal Commissions and other official inquiries
A legislative framework is required to govern the establishment and operation of official inquiries at the federal level, to ensure that such inquiries have adequate investigatory powers while at the same time ensuring the protection of the rights of individuals concerned, the nation’s peak law reform agency said today.This would put what are now simply …
Read more15.04.2009
Review of the Royal Commissions Act (IP 35)
This Issues Paper is the first consultation document produced during the course of the Royal Commissions Inquiry. It identifies the main issues relevant to the Inquiry, provides background information and encourages informed community participation. View IP 35 in html on the AustLII website
Read more06.04.2009
Cost, formality of Royal Commissions queried in ALRC Review
The Australian Law Reform Commission today released an Issues Paper, Review of the Royal Commissions Act (IP35) seeking feedback from the community on 49 questions posed as part of its current review of the Royal Commissions Act 1902 (Cth). The ALRC has been asked by the Attorney-General, the Hon Robert McClelland MP, to review the …
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ALRC to consider flexibility, formality and cost of Royal Commissions
The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) welcomed the announcement today by the Commonwealth Attorney-General, the Hon Robert McClelland MP, of new Terms of Reference for the ALRC to review the Royal Commissions Act 1902 (Cth) and related issues. The Terms of Reference ask the ALRC to focus on a number of matters, including: whether there …
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Terms of Reference
Review of the Royal Commissions Act 1902 and related Issues I, ROBERT McCLELLAND, Attorney-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, having regard to the need to ensure that the executive government has available to it forms of inquiry on matters of public importance which are effective and efficient in the context of contemporary requirements, refer to …
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