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23.01.2024
The FSL Journey
Last week, the Final Report of the ALRC’s Corporations and Financial Services Inquiry was published. The Final Report laid out the results of three years’ work examining why the law is so complex and setting out how it should be reformed. In this article, we describe the ALRC’s journey from the Inquiry’s genesis through to …
Read more23.01.2024
Justice System’s Response to Sexual Violence Inquiry Begins
The Australian Law Reform (ALRC) has begun its inquiry into the justice system’s response to sexual violence.
Read more18.01.2024
ALRC recommends confronting complexity in corporations and financial services legislation
Today the Australian Law Reform Commission report, Confronting Complexity: Reforming Corporations and Financial Services Legislation (ALRC Report 141), was tabled in Parliament by the Attorney-General of Australia, the Hon Mark Dreyfus KC.
Read more15.12.2023
ALRC In Brief | December 2023
Final Report submitted On 30 November 2023, the Final Report of the ALRC’s Corporations and Financial Services Legislation Inquiry was submitted to the Attorney-General. Thank you to everyone who contributed during the Inquiry. We look forward to participating in public discussions on the ALRC’s recommendations in due course. Article: The regulatory challenges of evolving technology …
Read more29.11.2023
The regulatory challenges of evolving technology and financial services law
Author: Dr Vannessa Ho As the ALRC’s Financial Services Legislation Inquiry reaches its conclusion, it pays to look to the future. In an ever-evolving technological landscape, what will be the next challenge for financial services law? This article explores some recent innovations and the regulatory challenges they (and similar future developments) pose in the context …
Read more14.09.2023
Should we use emojis in legislative drafting?
Author: Jane Hall Emojis are ubiquitous in modern communication. In 2021, Unicode reported that 92% of the world’s online population use emojis. Emojipedia estimates that over 900 million emojis are sent each day without text on Facebook Messenger, and that by mid-2015, half of all comments on Instagram included an emoji. Given how frequently we …
Read more12.09.2023
Consumer Experiences in Financial Services: A Research Survey Collaboration
Data collection and analysis have been crucial in the ALRC’s inquiry into the legislative framework for corporations and financial services regulation. During the Inquiry, the ALRC partnered with leading academics and consumer advocacy group CHOICE to commission survey research of consumer understandings and experiences with financial services and the legislative framework for their regulation. The …
Read more04.09.2023
RECORDING Maximising rights in religious education institutions: International perspectives
Human rights practitioners and policymakers have long considered how to ‘balance’ human rights when they intersect or overlap. But what if we have been using the wrong metaphor to guide this important work? As part of the ALRC’s Inquiry into Religious Educational Institutions and Anti-Discrimination Laws, the ALRC and Wolters Kluwer hosted a webinar to hear …
Read more02.08.2023
WEBINAR Maximising rights in religious educational institutions: International perspectives
Register now Like Australia, countries around the world have grappled with the question of how anti-discrimination laws should apply to religious educational institutions. This engages a range of overlapping rights including the right to freedom of religion or belief, right to non-discrimination, right to education, children’s rights, and right to privacy. Different jurisdictions have – …
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 …
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