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22.06.2023
Third interim report proposes simpler structure and framing for financial services legislation
Interim Report C includes proposals for restructuring and reframing financial services legislation to make it easier to navigate and understand.
Read more20.04.2023
Deadline for reporting on Religious Educational Institutions Inquiry Extended
The Attorney-General of Australia, the Hon Mark Dreyfus KC MP, has today announced an extension to the reporting deadline for the Australian Law Reform Commission’s (ALRC’s) Inquiry on Religious Educational Institutions and Anti-Discrimination Laws. The report, which was initially due on 21 April 2023, will now be delivered to the Attorney General by 31 December …
Read more09.03.2023
RECORDING Crypto Assets and Decentralised Autonomous Organisations Webinar
On 15 February 2023, the Australian Law Reform Commission, in association with the Corporate Law and Financial Regulation Research Program at Melbourne Law School, held a webinar on the regulation of crypto assets and Decentralised Autonomous Organisations (DAOs).
Read more28.02.2023
Corporations, Financial Services and Charities – Regulatory Complexity and Coherence
On 6 February 2023, Dr Andrew Godwin (Special Counsel and Team Leader at the Australian Law Reform Commission) presented a paper with Professor Rosemary Langford of Melbourne Law School on ‘Corporations, Financial Services and Charities – Regulatory Complexity and Coherence’.
Read more04.02.2023
Judicial Legitimacy
This article published in Australian Law Journal Volume 97 (1) by the Hon Justice Stephen Gageler AC addresses some of the key themes of the ALRC Report, Without Fear or Favour: Judicial Impartiality and the Law on Bias (ALRC Report 138).
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
ALRC Religious Educational Institutions Inquiry: Consultation Paper Released
The ALRC today released a Consultation Paper with proposals for changing the way Commonwealth anti-discrimination law applies to religious schools and other educational institutions.
Read more27.01.2023
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
WEBINAR Crypto Assets and Decentralised Autonomous Organisations
Wednesday 15 February 2023 at 5.00pm AEDT – The Corporate Law and Financial Regulation Research Program, in association with the Australian Law Reform Commission, invites you to a webinar on the regulation of crypto assets and Decentralised Autonomous Organisations. The webinar will provide an update on regulatory developments in Australia and overseas, and will explore the direction of future reforms.
Read more25.01.2023
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.