11.09.2024
ALRC In Brief | September 2024
Modernising Australia’s human tissue laws The Attorney-General has announced that he will soon refer the ALRC an inquiry into Australia’s human tissue laws. It has been almost 50 years since the ALRC completed its 1977 report, Human Tissue Transplants. Significant social, technological, and scientific change in that time means the law has not kept pace, …
Read more21.07.2023
ALRC In Brief | July 2023
New ALRC President On 10 July 2023, the Hon Justice Mordecai Bromberg commenced his five year term as President of the ALRC. Justice Bromberg has been a judge of the Federal Court of Australia since December 2009. He has significant experience in the leadership of legal research and expertise across a broad range of practice …
Read more30.01.2023
ALRC In Brief | January 2023
On 27 January 2023, the Australian Law Reform Commission released a Consultation Paper with proposals for changing the way Commonwealth anti-discrimination law applies to religious schools and other educational institutions.
Stakeholder submissions are now invited.
27.01.2023
Anti-Discrimination Laws eNews | January 2023
Today the Australian Law Reform Commission released a Consultation Paper with proposals for changing the way Commonwealth anti-discrimination law applies to religious schools and other educational institutions.
Stakeholder submissions are now invited.
25.01.2023
Financial Services Legislation eNews | January 2023
Stakeholder feedback is crucial for developing recommendations for simplification of corporations and financial services legislation.
In this Background Paper, Reflecting on Reforms II – Submissions to Interim Report B, the ALRC provides an overview of the feedback it has received, by way of formal submissions, on questions and proposals outlined in Interim Report B.
08.11.2022
ALRC In Brief | November 2022
On 4 November 2022 the Australian Law Reform Commission received Terms of Reference from the Attorney-General of Australia, the Hon Mark Dreyfus KC MP, to consider reforms to the way Federal anti-discrimination laws apply to religious educational institutions.
Read more07.11.2022
Religious Exemptions Inquiry eNews | November 2022
On 3 November 2022 the Attorney-General of Australian, the Hon Mark Dreyfus KC MP, withdrew the terms of reference for the review into the framework of Religious Exemptions in Anti-discrimination Legislation. Accordingly, this Inquiry is now closed and will not be completed.
Read more27.10.2022
Judicial Impartiality ENews | October 2022
Government Response to ALRC Judicial Impartiality Recommendations Watch the Attorney-General deliver the Australian Government’s response to the ALRC’s final report and recommendations in the Judicial Impartiality Inquiry, followed by reflections on different aspects of the report by three members of the Inquiry’s Advisory Committee. READ WEBINAR SUMMARY READ ALRC MEDIA RELEASE The ALRC Report, Without Fear …
Read more26.10.2022
Financial Services Legislation ENews | October 2022
WEBINAR Legislation Renovation: What Interim Report B means for you Re-designing, Renovating and Renewing the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Wednesday 16 November 2022 at 1.00pm AEDT | 12.00pm AEST Join the ALRC to examine Interim Report B and its proposed legislative model. Hear about the research and novel data analysis underpinning the ALRC’s most recent report …
Read more02.08.2022
Judicial Impartiality ENews | August 2022
Final Report Released Today the Australian Law Reform Commission report, Without Fear or Favour: Judicial Impartiality and the Law on Bias (Report 138, 2021) was tabled in Parliament by the Attorney-General of Australia, the Hon Mark Dreyfus KC. The report makes 14 recommendations to promote and protect judicial impartiality and public confidence in the Commonwealth judiciary. VIEW …
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