Financial Services Legislation Inquiry

An inquiry into the legislative framework for corporations and financial services regulation.

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Religious Educational Institutions and Anti-Discrimination Laws

An inquiry into the application of anti-discrimination legislation.

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ALRC DataHub

The ALRC DataHub offers insights into Australia’s statute book and reflects our commitment to identifying, analysing, and understanding complexity in legislation and across the Australian legal system.

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Past Inquiries

Judicial Impartiality (2021)
Corporate Criminal Responsibility (2020)
Where next for law reform? (2019)
Family Law (2019)
Litigation Funding (2018)
Pathways to Justice (2017)
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News and Media

The regulatory challenges of evolving technology and financial services law

Author: Dr Vannessa Ho As the ALRC’s Financial Services Legislation Inquiry reaches its conclusion, it pays to look to the future. In an ever-evolving technological ...

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Should we use emojis in legislative drafting?

Author: Jane Hall Emojis are ubiquitous in modern communication. In 2021, Unicode reported that 92% of the world’s online population use emojis. Emojipedia estimates that ...

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Financial Services Legislation Interim Report B

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Financial Services Legislation Interim Report A

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Financial Services Legislation Inquiry Background Papers

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Judicial Impartiality 

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Corporate Criminal Responsibility

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