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23.10.2015
Australian Law Reform Commission 40th Anniversary – Senator the Hon George Brandis QC
Media release: Sneator the Hon George Brandis QC Attorney-GeneralSee PDF of orginal media release.Today I am attending an event in Sydney to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) and I extend my best wishes to the Commission on this occasion. Since its foundation in 1975, the Commission has played an important role in independently researching, …
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ALRC President, Professor Rosalind Croucher AM reappointed
Professor Rosalind Croucher AM, has been reappointed as ALRC President for a further 3 year term.See Attorney-General’s media release >>
Read more12.10.2015
Jack Goldring—A man for all seasons
Jack Goldring Memorial Lecture 2015, 9 October 2015, University of Wollongong, Professor Rosalind Croucher AM* President, Australian Law Reform Commission Introduction Thank you Dean Warwick Gullett for your warm introduction. Like you, may I also acknowledge the eminent guests attending today: including Vice-Chancellor Paul Wellings CBE; former Vice-Chancellor Emeritus Professor Gerard Sutton AO; University of Wollongong Law School Advisory …
Read more11.10.2015
Proportionality and the Constitution
National Freedoms Symposium, Federal Court, Queens Square, Sydney, 8 October 2015. Speaking notes Professor Rosalind Croucher AM, ALRC President and Commissioner for the Inquiry Professor Denise Meyerson, Macquarie Law School, Macquarie University Professor Anne Twomey, Sydney Law School, University of Sydney Michael Sexton SC, NSW Solicitor-General
Read more30.09.2015
Fair trial, procedural fairness and other traditional rights
National Freedoms Symposium, Federal Court, Melbourne, 30 September 2015.Chaired by the Hon Justice John Eric Middleton, Part-time Commissioner, Federal Court of Australia, MelbourneSpeaking notes: Professor Rosalind Croucher AM, ALRC President and Commissioner for the InquiryProfessor Jeremy Gans, Melbourne Law School, University of MelbourneDr Matthew Groves, Professor, Faculty of Law, Monash UniversityProfessor Adrienne Stone, Director, Centre for Comparative Constitutional Studies, University of …
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Advocacy through law reform
Moot Court Bench—Coffee Hour Seminar, Professor Rosalind Croucher AM*, President, Australian Law Reform Commission, Jackson McDonald, Perth, 29 September 2015. Introduction Thank you Dr David Cox, both as Chair of the Law Reform Commission of Western Australia and as a partner of Jackson McDonald, for hosting today’s seminar. Thank you to Lorraine Finlay, Director of …
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Freedom’s Limits: Speech, Association & Movement in the Australian Legal System
National Freedoms Symposium, Constitutional Centre of Western Australia, Perth, 29 September 2015. Topic: Freedom of speech, association, and movement receive some limited protection through the operation of the common law and under the Constitution. However, these freedoms are not absolute and are frequently in tension with imperatives such as public safety and the protection of rights of others. For …
Read more23.09.2015
Accommodating rights? Religion, speech and equality in Australia
National Freedoms Symposium, Adelaide University North Terrace Campus, Adelaide, 21 September 2015. Chaired by Professor Andrew Stewart, John Bray Professor of Law, Adelaide Law School, University of Adelaide Speeches: Professor Rosalind Croucher AM, ALRC President and Commissioner for the Inquiry The Honourable Catherine Branson QC Associate Professor Anne Hewitt, Adelaide Law School, The University of Adelaide, South Australia …
Read more09.09.2015
A home is no longer a castle? – real property rights in the context of mining and environmental claims
National Freedoms Symposium, Commonwealth Law Courts, Brisbane, 2 September 2015. Speeches: Professor Rosalind Croucher AM, ALRC President and Commissioner for the Inquiry Professor Jonathan Fulcher, Director CIMEL/IMELP Lorraine Finlay, School of Law, Murdoch University Dr Noeleen McNamara, School of Law & Justice, University of Southern Queensland
Read more31.08.2015
ALRC InBrief | August 2015
Appointment of part-time Commissioner, Emeritus Professor Suri Ratnapala On 21 July, the Attorney-General, Senator the Hon George Brandis QC appointed Emeritus Professor Anura Surindra (Suri) Ratnapala as a part-time Commissioner until the conclusion of the Freedoms Inquiry. Professor Ratnapala is Emeritus Professor of Law at the University of Queensland and a current Fellow of the Australian …
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