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20.02.2014
Podcast: Summer Interns 2014
Lidija Bujanovic, Laura Neill and Andrew Brooks took part in the 2014 summer legal internship program at the ALRC, working on the Disbaility inquiry and the review of the Native Title Act. In this recording they talk about their experiences, tasks they performed, and what they learned as ALRC legal interns. Transcript Marie-Claire Muir (MCM): …
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Native Title Inquiry | Issue 2 | Save the date!
Issue 2 | 13 February 2014. View original format. Consultations Since our last e-news the team has been busy researching issues outlined in the Terms of Reference, and speaking with stakeholders to determine particular areas of concern. We have met with many people in the course of informing our understanding about the operation of the Native Title …
Read more12.02.2014
ALRC releases copyright report
The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) today released the final report for its inquiry, Copyright and the Digital Economy. The ALRC was asked to consider whether current copyright exceptions are adequate and appropriate in the digital era. The report recommends the introduction of fair use in Australia. Fair use is a defence to copyright infringement …
Read more11.02.2014
Disability enews | Issue 6
Issue 6 | 11 February 2014. View original format. Thank you We’d like to thank everyone who sent us submissions in response to the Issues Paper released late last year. All up we’ve received around 80 submissions, and these will help guide our thinking as we work towards the next consultation document – the Discussion Paper. Submissions …
Read more14.01.2014
Disability enews | Issue 5 | Deadline for subs one week away!
Issue 5 | 13 January 2014. View original format.Submissions due in one week!We’d like to wish all our readers and stakeholders a happy New Year. We hope the break has been happy and restful for you, leaving you energised for the challenges and opportunities 2014 brings.A reminder to all our stakeholders that the extended submission date is …
Read more17.12.2013
Podcast: Equality, Capacity and Disability in Commonwealth Laws – the Issues Paper
Transcript Sabina Wynn (SW): Hello, I’m Sabina Wynn, Executive Director of the Australian Law Reform Commission, and I’m here with the ALRC’s President, Professor Rosalind Croucher, who is also the Commissioner in charge of the Disability Inquiry. So, Ros, what’s the Inquiry actually about? Rosalind Croucher (RC): We’re looking at two main things. The principal focus …
Read more12.12.2013
New Australian Law Reform Inquiry to Focus on Freedoms
The Attorney-General, Senator the Hon George Brandis QC, has asked the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) to review Commonwealth legislation to identify provisions that unreasonably encroach upon traditional rights, freedoms and privileges. See Attorney-General’s Media Release >> Proposed Terms of Reference Review of Commonwealth laws for consistency with traditional rights, freedoms and privileges I, Senator the …
Read more28.11.2013
Copyright enews | Issue 9 | Final report delivered to A-G
Issue 9 | 29 November 2013. View original format. Final report delivered to Attorney-General The final Report in the Copyright Inquiry, Copyright and the Digital Economy (ALRC Report 122), has been completed and presented to the Attorney-General, as required by the Terms of Reference. The Report is the result of an 18-month Inquiry during which the ALRC produced two …
Read more28.11.2013
ALRC InBrief | November 2013
See original format >> Message from the President 2013 has been a massive year for the ALRC. We completed two inquiries, Age Barriers to Work and Copyright and the Digital Economy. We commenced three new inquiries: Legal barriers for people with disability; Serious Invasions of Privacy; and the Native Title Act. For a significant part of the year have been working on four inquiries at …
Read more25.11.2013
Disability enews | Issue 4 | STOP PRESS – Deadline for submissions to Issues Paper extended
Issue 4 | 20 November 2013. View original format.Submissions deadline extended!Last Friday the ALRC released the Issues Paper for this Inquiry, Equality, Capacity and Disability in Commonwealth Laws (IP 44).The ALRC has heard concerns from several stakeholders that the original deadline of 16 December for submissions to the Issues Paper will be very difficult to meet, given the …
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