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The ALRC is seeking submissions in response to the Issues Paper, which contains a number of questions to help guide submissions. It is not essential to respond to all of the questions, and we would like to hear about the questions that matter most to you. Submissions will remain open until Friday, 24 May 2024. …
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Read moreJustice Responses to Sexual Violence: Issues Paper (2024)
The Australian Law Reform Commission invites stakeholder submissions in relation to the questions raised in the Issues Paper. The questions focus on the information, support, and options available to victim survivors following their experience of sexual violence. At the same time, the questions recognise that a person accused of an act of sexual violence cannot …
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Read moreWEBINAR Confronting Complexity: The ALRC’s reforms to financial services legislation and beyond
Wednesday 1 May 2024 at 1.00pm AEST Register now After more than 20 years of development, the legislative framework for corporations and financial services legislation is no longer fit for purpose. So, what should reform look like? Join the ALRC for a conversational and interactive analysis of the Final Report in the corporations and financial …
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Read moreALRC Religious Educational Institutions and Anti-Discrimination Laws Report tabled in Parliament
The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) has recommended legislative reforms to ensure the Australian Government’s policy regarding anti-discrimination laws and religious educational institutions is given legal effect in accordance with Australia’s international legal obligations. The ALRC’s Report – ‘Maximising the Realisation of Human Rights: Religious Educational Institutions and Anti-Discrimination Laws’, was today tabled in Parliament …
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Read moreMaximising the Realisation of Human Rights: Religious Educational Institutions and Anti-Discrimination Laws (ALRC Report 142)
The Australian Law Reform Commission report, Maximising the Realisation of Human Rights: Religious Educational Institutions and Anti-Discrimination Laws (ALRC Report 142), was tabled in Parliament by the Attorney-General of Australia, the Hon Mark Dreyfus KC on 21 March 2024.
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Read moreFAQs: The Legislative Data Framework
Over the past few years, the ALRC used pioneering data collection and analysis to scrutinise corporations and financial services legislation. Using legislative data, the ALRC was able to show just how complex corporations and financial services legislation is. The ALRC also used that data when developing reforms. This article aims to answer some of the …
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Read moreThe Hon Marcia Neave AO
Marcia Neave is a part-time Commissioner of the ALRC and was appointed on 22 January 2024, with the term expiring on 22 January 2025. Marcia Neave has had a distinguished career having served as a judge, commissioner, law reformer, public policy maker, and academic. After nine years on the Supreme Court of Victoria, Court of …
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Read moreHer Honour Judge Liesl Kudelka
Judge Liesl Kudelka is a part-time Commissioner of the ALRC and was appointed on 22 January 2024, with the term expiring on 22 January 2025. Judge Kudelka was appointed as a Judge of the District Court of South Australia in October 2017. She has 25 years of experience in the criminal jurisdiction as a judge, …
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Read moreFAQs: The FSL Schedule
This article answers some of the (hypothetically) frequently asked questions about the Financial Services Law Schedule (the ‘FSL Schedule’) recommended by the ALRC. Implementing two of the ALRC’s recommendations would produce the FSL Schedule: creating the Financial Services Law by restructuring and reframing the financial services provisions within Chapter 7 of the Corporations Act 2001 …
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Read moreThe ALRC’s Roadmap to Implementation
Throughout the Corporations and Financial Services Legislation Inquiry, stakeholders emphasised the importance of staging the implementation of reforms and managing transition costs. This article explains the ALRC’s suggested approach for implementing the reformed legislative framework for financial services. This is the fourth in a series of short pieces following the release of the ALRC’s Final …
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