Age Barriers to Work—Indigenous People
What is this information sheet about?This information sheet discusses the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) Age Barriers to Work Inquiry. It outlines some of the ALRC’s key recommendations aimed at removing barriers to workforce participation for mature age people, and in particular Indigenous mature age people. Further detail about these recommendations can be found in …
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Read moreAge Barriers to Work—Culturally and Linguistically Diverse People
What is this information sheet about?This information sheet discusses the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) Age Barriers to Work Inquiry. It outlines some of the ALRC’s key recommendations aimed at removing barriers to workforce participation for mature age people, including mature age people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds. Further detail about these recommendations …
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Read moreGrey Areas—Age Barriers to Work in Commonwealth Laws (IP 41)
This Issues Paper was released on 1 May 2012 to form a basis for consultation for the Age Barriers to Work Inquiry. It is intended to encourage informed community participation in the Inquiry by providing some background information and highlighting the issues so far identified by the ALRC as relevant with respect to each of …
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Read moreFamily violence & Commonwealth laws e-news | February 2012
Issue 11 | 8 February 2012 View original format Final Report now available! We are very happy to announce that the Final Report for this Inquiry, Family Violence and Commonwealth Laws—Improving Legal Frameworks (ALRC 117, 2011), was tabled in Parliament yesterday and launched by the Attorney-General, the Hon Nicola Roxon MP, today, and is now …
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Read moreALRC releases Family Violence and Commonwealth Laws Report
The Australian Law Reform Commission today released its second report addressing family violence, Family Violence and Commonwealth Laws—Improving Legal Frameworks (ALRC 117, 2011). Together with its first family violence report in 2010, the two reports provide 289 recommendations for reform, amounting to a major contribution to the Australian Government’s agenda to improve the safety of …
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Read moreFamily Violence and Commonwealth Laws—Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Communities
This information sheet discusses the Commonwealth Family Violence Inquiry and briefly outlines some of the ALRC’s key recommendations aimed at better protecting the safety of people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities who are experiencing family violence.
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Read moreALRC submission to the Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs’ review of the Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Bill 2010 and the Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2010
27 October 2010 Mr Hamish HansfordCommittee SecretaryStanding Committee on Legal and Constitutional AffairsPO Box 6100CANBERRA ACT 2600 Dear Mr Hansford, The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs’ review of the Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Bill 2010 and the Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) …
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Read moreFamily violence and Commonwealth laws
This Inquiry looked at the treatment of family/domestic violence in Commonwealth laws, including child support and family assistance law, immigration law, employment law, social security law, superannuation law and privacy provisions in relation to those experiencing family/domestic violence.
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Read moreALRC submission to inquiry into the Future Direction and Role of the Scrutiny of Bills Committee
Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills Inquiry into the Future Direction and Role of the Scrutiny of Bills Committee.The ALRC welcomes the opportunity to contribute to a discussion on the future direction and role of this very important Committee.In order to assist the Committee with its inquiry, the ALRC has conducted a survey …
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Read moreUniform Evidence Law
In July 2004, the Attorney-General of Australia asked the ALRC to examine the operation of the Evidence Act 1995 (Cth).The legislation is based on a uniform Evidence Act scheme, which was the product of a previous ALRC inquiry. At the time of the commencement of this latest Evidence inquiry, the Commonwealth, New South Wales, Tasmania, …
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