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09.12.2015

Justice Connections 4 – Institutional Law Reform and Justice

Justice Connections, hosted by the University of Canberra and the Australian National University, University House, 20 November 2015.  Part 1 Part 2 Transcript [This dialogue followed a presentation by Dr Anrew Leigh MP.] Simon Rice (SR): Ros is President of the Australian Law Reform Commission and has just been reappointed for three years, and I chair the ACT Advisory Law

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29.10.2015

Forty Years On – Lessons of the ALRC | The Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG

The Hon. Michael Kirby AC CMG – Inaugural Chairman of the Australian Law Reform Commission (1975-84); Justice of the High Court of Australia (1996-2009).  Based on oral remarks on the 40th anniversary celebration held in the Federal Court of Australia, Sydney, on 23 October 2015. With honour, praise and reflection Chief Justice, Attorney General, Uncle Chicka,

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28.10.2015

ALRC 40th Anniversary Celebration | Chief Justice Robert French AC

Chief Justice Robert French AC, Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia, 23 October 2015, Federal Court, Sydney.President Rosalind Croucher, Attorney-General Senator George Brandis, Sir Gerard Brennan, Chairman Emeritus Michael Kirby, my colleague Justice Susan Kiefel, your Honours, ladies and gentlemen.  I thank the Australian Law Reform Commission for the invitation to participate in this important

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27.10.2015

Getting to Grips with Encroachments on Freedoms in Commonwealth Laws

Professor Rosalind Croucher AM,* President, Australian Law Reform Commission, to the Australian Academy of Law, Sydney, 27 October 2015  AAL President, the Hon Kevin Lindgren AM, thank you for allowing me to speak about the ALRC’s current inquiry, that we call the ‘freedoms inquiry’. I would like to begin my short talk this evening by acknowledging the

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26.10.2015

The ALRC’s first 40 years | Prof Rosalind Croucher AM

Professor Rosalind Croucher AM* President, Australian Law Reform Commission, 23 October 2015, Federal Court, Sydney. Thank you, Mr Kirby, for your wonderfully warm and vivid recollections of the early years of the ALRC. Marking the achievements of four decades In my role as President I stand on the shoulders of giants: particularly the six Chairmen and

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25.10.2015

ALRC InBrief | October 2015

ALRC President reappointed for a further 3-year term The Government announced that Professor Rosalind Croucher AM has been reappointed as ALRC President for a further 3 year term—to December 2018. Prof Croucher is currently leading the ALRC’s Freedoms Inquiry. See media release >> ALRC launches online timeline to celebrate 40 years of law reform The ALRC has

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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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15.10.2015

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 >>

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12.10.2015

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

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11.10.2015

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

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