Legal barriers for people with disabilities
27.02.2014
Advisory Committee
Committee members Emeritus Professor Terry Carney, Sydney Law School, University of Sydney, Sydney The Hon Justice Berna Collier, Federal Court of Australia, Brisbane Phillip French, Director, Australian Centre for Disability Law, Sydney David Fintan, Corporate Counsel, Disability Care Australia, Sydney Stephen Gianni, Acting CEO, The Australian Federation of Disability Organisations, Melbourne Damian Griffis, Executive Director, …
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Disability enews | Issue 6
Issue 6 | 11 February 2014. View original format. Thank you We’d like to thank everyone who sent us submissions in response to the Issues Paper released late last year. All up we’ve received around 80 submissions, and these will help guide our thinking as we work towards the next consultation document – the Discussion Paper. Submissions …
Read more14.01.2014
Disability enews | Issue 5 | Deadline for subs one week away!
Issue 5 | 13 January 2014. View original format.Submissions due in one week!We’d like to wish all our readers and stakeholders a happy New Year. We hope the break has been happy and restful for you, leaving you energised for the challenges and opportunities 2014 brings.A reminder to all our stakeholders that the extended submission date is …
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Submissions
It is ALRC policy to publish public submissions on this website. Publication will not be immediate as submissions need to be read and processed prior to publication. This page will be updated in stages.Responses to Discussion Paper (DP81)From OrganisationsThese files are in PDF format.No.Organisation88Scope90Pave The Way91Australian Guardianship and Adminstration Council (AGAC)92National Disability Services93Self Advocacy Group …
Read more17.12.2013
Podcast: Equality, Capacity and Disability in Commonwealth Laws – the Issues Paper
Transcript Sabina Wynn (SW): Hello, I’m Sabina Wynn, Executive Director of the Australian Law Reform Commission, and I’m here with the ALRC’s President, Professor Rosalind Croucher, who is also the Commissioner in charge of the Disability Inquiry. So, Ros, what’s the Inquiry actually about? Rosalind Croucher (RC): We’re looking at two main things. The principal focus …
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Disability enews | Issue 4 | STOP PRESS – Deadline for submissions to Issues Paper extended
Issue 4 | 20 November 2013. View original format.Submissions deadline extended!Last Friday the ALRC released the Issues Paper for this Inquiry, Equality, Capacity and Disability in Commonwealth Laws (IP 44).The ALRC has heard concerns from several stakeholders that the original deadline of 16 December for submissions to the Issues Paper will be very difficult to meet, given the …
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Disability enews | Issue 3 | Issues Paper released!
Issue 3 | 15 November 2013. View original format.MilestonesThis enews marks the first major milestone of this Inquiry, the release of our Issues Paper! It’s a week or two later than we flagged in our “save the date” enews – but the extra time has been well spent. Graeme Innes, myself and the team have …
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ALRC seeks input into the Disability and Commonwealth Laws Inquiry
The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) today released an Issues Paper, Equality, Capacity and Disability in Commonwealth Laws (IP 44), calling for submissions to its Disability Inquiry. The ALRC has been asked to review Commonwealth laws and legal frameworks that may deny or diminish the equal recognition of people with disability as persons before the …
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Equality, Capacity and Disability in Commonwealth Laws IP 44
Equality, Capacity and Disability in Commonwealth Laws was released on 15 November 2013. This Issues Paper is the first consultation document in the ALRC’s Inquiry into Commonwealth laws and legal frameworks that deny or diminish the equal recognition of people with disability before the law, and their ability to exercise legal capacity. This Issues Paper can …
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Easy English: Equality, Capacity and Disability in Commonwealth Laws IP 44
The ALRC is looking at laws that treat people with disability unfairly. This Issues Paper talks about the problems we have learned about so far. It also has some questions. We would like people with disability to answer the questions so we can learn more about any problems you have with the law. We would also …
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