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19.06.2015
Justice and Freedoms in Times of Terror Panel Session
ALRC Freedoms Inquiry, Justice and Freedoms in Times of Terror Panel Session, 19 June 2015, Professor Rosalind Croucher AM, President, Australian law Reform Commission[1] Introduction Thank you for the opportunity to join such an eminent panel today (with David Irvine AO, Professor George Williams AO and Graham Turnbull SC). Coming last made me wonder about contrasts—perhaps ‘specific’ to ‘general’, …
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Forgotten Freedoms Panel Session
ALRC Freedoms Inquiry, Forgotten Freedoms Panel Session, 19 June 2015, Professor Rosalind Croucher AM, President, Australian Law Reform Commission[1] Why ‘forgotten’? This is a nicely alliterative title for our panel, but one is tempted to say that the very fact of having it suggests that nothing is forgotten …. What does the idea of ‘forgotten …
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ALRC recommendations for reform of the Native Title Act
The ALRC report, Connection to Country: Review of the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) (ALRC Report 126), was released today.This Report marks the first major review of ‘connection’ in native title claims—central to native title determinations—since the introduction of the Native Title Act. The Report also examines authorisation of persons bringing native title claims and joinder …
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Native Title enews – Issue 8 – June 2015
Final Report available!We are pleased to announce the release of the Final Report for this Inquiry Connection to Country: Review of the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) (ALRC Report 126). The Report was tabled in Parliament today and is now available to the public.The Report is available in HTML, PDF, and as an ebook.See media release >>See …
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Podcast: Connection to Country: Review of the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) – the Final Report
TranscriptHello,I am Lee Godden, the Australian Law Reform Commissioner who led the Review of the Commonwealth legislation – the Native Title Act 1993. Native Title holds much significance for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and it is important as the legal system’s recognition of traditional rights and interests in lands and waters.The ALRC was …
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ALRC InBrief | April 2015
ALRC President’s news On 26 January this year, Professor Rosalind Croucher, ALRC President was conferred the award of Member of the Order of Australia for “significant service to the law as an academic, to legal reform and education, to professional development, and to the arts”. During her eight years at the ALRC, Professor Croucher has overseen …
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Women lawyers and ‘engagement’
Professor Rosalind Croucher AM* at Women Lawyers Association of New South Wales, Launch of 2015 Program, Union, University & Schools Club, 25 Bent St, Sydney, 25 February 2015 Opening In this little corner of Sydney, not far from the glorious waters of Sydney Harbour, may I begin by acknowledging the Gadigal people of the Eora nation, the traditional custodians …
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Governance and Public Policy
Australia India Youth Dialogue, 28 January 2015, by Professor Rosalind Croucher, President, Australian Law Reform Commission* Thank you for including me in today’s discussion on the theme of ‘Governance and Public Policy’. As the head of an independent Australian federal Government agency, this is a topic that is dear to my heart. Independence will be the central theme in …
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ALRC President, Professor Rosalind Croucher, awarded the Order of Australia
Professor Rosalind Croucher, BA(Hons) LLB PhD AMusA ACLM (Hon) FRSA FAAL TEP, President of the Australian Law Reform Commission, has been conferred the award of Member of the Order of Australia for “significant service to the law as an academic, to legal reform and education, to professional development, and to the arts”. The Order of Australia …
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Michael Kirby – ‘The Originals’
To mark the ALRC’s 40th anniversary, the Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG, foundation ALRC Chairman, recounts the early days of the Commission, and the people and personalities that bought it into being.
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