03.06.2015
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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Podcast: Equality, Capacity and Disability in Commonwealth Laws – the Final Report
TranscriptSabina Wynn (SW): Hello I’m Sabina Wynn, the Executive Director of the Australian Law Reform Commission and I’m here with the Commission’s President, Professor Rosalind Croucher, and Part-time Commissioner Graeme Innes, and we’re going to be talking about the ALRC’s latest report Equality, Capacity and Disability in Commonwealth Laws.So Ros, what was the ALRC asked …
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Podcast: Review of the Native Title Act – the Discussion Paper
TranscriptSabina Wynn (SW): Hello, I’m Sabina Wynn, Executive Director of the Australian Law Reform Commission, and I’m here with Professor Lee Godden, who is Commissioner in Charge of the ALRC’s Review of the Native Title Act.Lee Godden (LW): Hello everyone.SW: So, Lee, why is it important to review the Native Title Act at this time?LG: The …
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Podcast: Equality, Capacity and Disability in Commonwealth Laws – the Discussion Paper
TranscriptThis is Rosalind Croucher, I’m President of the Australian Law Reform Commission and I’m the Commissioner who has been leading the inquiry into Disability and Commonwealth Laws.I’m very pleased to talk about the Discussion Paper, Equality, Capacity and Disability in Commonwealth Laws which the ALRC has just released. This is the second consultation document that …
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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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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 …
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Podcast: Copyright and the Digital Economy – Discussion Paper
Transcript Sabina Wynn (SW): Hello, I’m Sabina Wynn, the Executive Director of the Australian Law Reform Commission, and I’m here with Professor Jill McKeough who is the Commissioner in charge of the Copyright Inquiry. The ALRC has just released a Discussion Paper for this Inquiry, and I was wondering if you could just outline, Jill, what’s …
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Podcast: Age Barriers to Work – the Final Report
Transcript SW: I’m Sabina Wynn, Executive Director of the Australian Law Reform Commission, and I’m here today with the President of the ALRC, Professor Rosalind Croucher, who was the lead Commissioner in the Age Barriers to Work inquiry, and Amanda Alford, a legal officer working on the inquiry. So Professor Croucher, what’s the background to …
Read more27.02.2013
Podcast: ALRC intern interview – Christopher Stackpoole, Penelope Swales and Kiri McEwan
Christopher Stackpoole, Penelope Swales and Kiri McEwan took part in the 2013 summer legal internship program at the ALRC, working on the Copyright and the Digital Economy inquiry. In this recording they talk about their experiences, tasks they performed, and what they learned as ALRC legal interns. Transcript Marie-Claire Muir (MCM): Hi. I’m Marie-Claire Muir. …
Read more17.12.2012
Message from the President, December 2012
Download or listen to audio >> Transcript Hello. This is Rosalind Croucher. I’m the President of the Australian Law Reform Commission and, as it’s approaching the end of 2012, I wanted to give a short reflection on the year and to say ‘thanks’ to a lot of people who have played such an important role …
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