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22.06.2023
WEBINAR From Ideas to Action: What Interim Report C means for you
Restructuring and reframing the legislative framework for financial services Monday 10 July 2023 at 1.00pm AEST Register now Everyday objects are easier to use if they are well designed. The same is true of the law. Join the ALRC to examine Interim Report C and what it means for you. Hear about the ALRC’s proposals for …
Read more22.06.2023
Unpacking and repacking Chapter 7: Improving the structure and framing of financial services legislation
Chapter 7 of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) is like an old cupboard: it is crammed full and poorly organised, with insufficient time set aside for the occasional spring clean. While the first few boxes fit in this cupboard, over time the containers have become mislabeled and inconsistently sorted.
Read more22.06.2023
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.