27.10.2020
Regulation expert joins the Financial Services Inquiry
The ALRC welcomes Associate Professor Andrew Godwin as Special Counsel for the Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation.
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Advisory Committee
The ALRC forms an advisory committee, or panel of experts, for each Inquiry: Professor Elise Bant, University of Western Australia Law School Mr Alan Cameron AO, Chairperson, New South Wales Law Reform Commission Ms Shannon Finch, General Counsel, Westpac Group; and Executive member, Law Council of Australia Dr Andrew Godwin, Principal Fellow, University of Melbourne Law …
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Timetable
This Inquiry’s final report will be provided to the Attorney-General by 30 November 2023. September 2020 Terms of Reference received 30 November 2021 Interim Report A tabled in Parliament and publicly released 25 February 2022 Submissions to Interim Report A closed 30 September 2022 Interim Report B tabled in Parliament and publicly released 30 November …
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Terms of Reference
I, the Hon Christian Porter MP, Attorney-General of Australia, having regard to: the Government’s commitment in response to the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry to simplify financial services laws; the importance, within the context of existing policy settings, of having an adaptive, efficient and navigable legislative framework for …
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Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation
The ALRC has been asked to inquire into the potential simplification of laws that regulate financial services in Australia.
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