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08.04.2011

Classification e-news | Issue 1

Issue 1 | 8 April 2011 View original format Welcome to the Inquiry Welcome to the first e-newsletter for the Censorship and Classification Inquiry. We will use this e-newsletter as a way to keep stakeholders, including the community and industry, informed about the progress of the Inquiry and to seek input on an ongoing …

24.03.2011

Secrecy Provisions: Policy and Practice

Justice Susan Kenny, Federal Court of Australia, Part-time Commissioner, Australian Law Reform Commission, addressing the National Information Law Conference in Canberra, on 24 March 2011 Introduction James Madison, sometimes called the Father of the United States Constitution, once said that: … I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the …

24.03.2011

Secrecy Provisions: the Law Reform Project

Professor Rosalind Croucher** President, Australian Law Reform Commission, National Information Law Conference 2011, 24 March 2011Abstract: This paper discusses the inquiry conducted by the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) into Commonwealth secrecy laws: Secrecy Laws and Open Government in Australia (ALRC Report 112) tabled in March, 2010. It considers how, from a law reform perspective, …

17.03.2011

ALRC Brief | March 2011

View original e-newsletter format Welcome to the first edition of the ALRC Brief – a new publication distributed by email and on the website, to keep our friends and stakeholders apprised of news and developments at the ALRC. From the President’s desk Welcome to the inaugural edition of the ALRC Brief. The idea for this newsletter is to …

16.03.2011

The ALRC and Indigenous People—Continuing the Conversation

By Amanda Alford[1] and Rosalind Croucher[2]. This article was first published in the Indigenous Law Bulletin, January/February 2011 Volume 7 Issue 22

15.03.2011

Family violence & Commonwealth laws e-news | Issue 5

Issue 5 | 15 March 2011 View original format3rd Issues Paper released: Family Violence—Child support and family assistanceClosing date for submissions to this Issues Paper is 21 April 2011. This Issues Paper deals with the treatment of family violence in child support and family assistance laws, and questions how laws and practices can be …

01.03.2011

Family violence & Commonwealth laws e-news | Issue 4

Issue 4 | 1 March 2011 View original format2nd issues paper released: Family Violence—Immigration LawClosing date for submissions to this Issues Paper is 12 April 2011. With respect to migrants, Family Violence and Commonwealth Laws—Immigration Law (IP 37) considers the ‘family violence exception’ in the Migration Regulations 1994 (Cth) that works to ensure that …

23.02.2011

Family violence & Commonwealth laws e-news | Issue 3

Issue 3 | February 2011 View original formatInquiry update As prefaced in last month’s newsletter, the ALRC is releasing a series of four Issues Papers covering the treatment of family violence in four key areas:employment and superannuation lawchild support and family assistance lawimmigration law, andsocial security lawThese Issues Papers are intended to encourage informed community …

23.02.2011

ALRC releases Issues Papers on Family Violence and Commonwealth Laws

The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) today released the first in a series of four Issues Papers for its current Inquiry into Family Violence and Commonwealth Laws. In November 2010, the ALRC (with the NSW Law Reform Commission) completed its first inquiry into family violence with the release of the report, Family Violence: A National …

08.02.2011

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