01.01.2021

ALRC in the media – 2021

The ALRC monitors the media for references to the Commission and its inquiries. This list is not comprehensive.

For media queries, please contact comms@alrc.gov.au.

Title	Date	Organisation	Topic
Landmark study finds one in six older Australians suffering elder abuse	25/12/2021	WA Today	Elder Abuse—A National Legal Response (ALRC Report 131)
Catholic schools ‘open’ to fast-tracking protections for gay students	21/12/2021	The Sydney Morning Herald	Review into the Framework of Religious Exemptions in Anti-discrimination Legislation
Cutting back the thicket of corporations and financial services law	20/12/2021	Proctor	Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation
Religious discrimination bill and protection for gay students are ‘separate issues’: Attorney-General	15/12/2021	The Age	Review into the Framework of Religious Exemptions in Anti-discrimination Legislation
A-G reassures faith groups on exemptions	15/12/2021	The Canberra Times	Review into the Framework of Religious Exemptions in Anti-discrimination Legislation
Judicial impartiality final report to be handed down soon	09/12/2021	Lawyers Weekly	Review of Judicial Impartiality
Industry collaboration will be key in 2022	07/12/2021	Money Management	Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation
ALRC tears up the advice regulation playbook	06/12/2021	Professional Planner	Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation
ALRC proposes key financial law changes	06/12/2021	Insurance News	Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation
Proposed reforms could simplify advice	03/12/2021	Financial Standard	Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation
ALRC calls for untangling advice laws	03/12/2021	NMP Education	Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation
Complexity questioned: laws regulating corporations and financial services under review	02/12/2021	The Mandarin	Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation
‘Laws regulating financial services are unnecessarily complex’, review finds	01/12/2021	Independent Financial Adviser	Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation
Smoothing out the Regulatory Rinkles: ALRC calls for reform on “efficiently, honestly and fairly”	01/12/2021	Herbert Smith Freehills	Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation
Understanding the new horizons in regulatory policymaking	01/12/2021	In the Black	Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation
ALRC proposes to rename ‘general’ and ‘personal’ advice	01/12/2021	Money Management	Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation
Banksia-inspired conflicts of interest regulations quietly take effect	01/12/2021	Lawyerly	Integrity, Fairness and Efficiency—An Inquiry into Class Action Proceedings and Third-Party Litigation Funders (ALRC Report 134)
Laws governing corporates are ‘are uniquely and unnecessarily complex’: ALRC	30/11/2021	Lawyers Weekly	Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation
Three keys to balancing belief and rights	30/11/2021	The Australian	Review into the Framework of Religious Exemptions in Anti-discrimination Legislation
Invidious bill is proof of how craven our politics has become	28/11/2021	Sydney Morning Herald	Review into the Framework of Religious Exemptions in Anti-discrimination Legislation
What the religious discrimination bill is really about	27/11/2021	The Saturday Paper	Review into the Framework of Religious Exemptions in Anti-discrimination Legislation
Replace financial advisers with robots: CBA whistleblower	26/11/2021	Australian Financial Review	Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation
Morrison appeals to higher order with religious discrimination bill	26/11/2021	The Australian	Review into the Framework of Religious Exemptions in Anti-discrimination Legislation
Four radical ideas to fix the broken wealth advice model	26/11/2021	Australian Financial Review	Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation
The FPA’s 5-year plan, 18 months on: What’s changed?	26/11/2021	Professional Planner	Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation
Faith law referred to human rights inquiry	26/11/2021	Australian Associated Press	Review into the Framework of Religious Exemptions in Anti-discrimination Legislation
Cautious support for religious freedom law	26/11/2021	The Catholic Weekly	Review into the Framework of Religious Exemptions in Anti-discrimination Legislation
Deliberation on the Religious Discrimination Bill	26/11/2021	Radio Adelaide	Review into the Framework of Religious Exemptions in Anti-discrimination Legislation
Expect slowdown in regulatory change in 2022	25/11/2021	Money Management	Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation
Senator Stoker faces tough questions over Religious Discrimination bill	25/11/2021	Out in Perth	Review into the Framework of Religious Exemptions in Anti-discrimination Legislation
Morrison finds that religion and politics do mix	25/11/2021	Australian Financial Review	Review into the Framework of Religious Exemptions in Anti-discrimination Legislation
Morrison says faith, freedom inseparable	25/11/2021	The Canberra Times	Review into the Framework of Religious Exemptions in Anti-discrimination Legislation
No protection for gay students at religious schools at least until 2023	25/11/2021	The Age	Review into the Framework of Religious Exemptions in Anti-discrimination Legislation
Corporate law ‘like a Russian doll’	25/11/2021	Australian Financial Review	Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation
The Religious Discrimination Bill makes it easier to expel LGBTQ+ students	25/11/2021	The Big Smoke	Review into the Framework of Religious Exemptions in Anti-discrimination Legislation
Labor backs religious freedom but warns on risk for gay teachers, students	24/11/2021	WA Today	Review into the Framework of Religious Exemptions in Anti-discrimination Legislation
Banksia Hill Detention Centre “a tinderbox ready to ignite” lawyers warn WA Government	24/11/2021	National Indigenous Times	Pathways to Justice–Inquiry into the Incarceration Rate of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples (ALRC Report 133)
Scott Morrison locks in protection for gay children	24/11/2021	The Australian	Review into the Framework of Religious Exemptions in Anti-discrimination Legislation
Prime Minister Scott Morrison to introduce Religious Discrimination bill	23/11/2021	Out in Perth	Review into the Framework of Religious Exemptions in Anti-discrimination Legislation
No release date for data on the prevalance of elder abuse in Australia	23/11/2021	Canberra Times	Elder Abuse—A National Legal Response (ALRC Report 131)
Liberal MPs express concern over religious freedom bill	23/11/2021	Sydney Morning Herald	Review into the Framework of Religious Exemptions in Anti-discrimination Legislation
Wealth advice model is ‘broken’	22/11/2021	Australian Financial Review	Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation
Strewth: Walk and chew gum	22/11/2021	The Australian	Review into the Framework of Religious Exemptions in Anti-discrimination Legislation
The government’s class action reforms will become a case study in unintended consequences	21/11/2021	The Australian	Integrity, Fairness and Efficiency—An Inquiry into Class Action Proceedings and Third-Party Litigation Funders (ALRC Report 134)
Australia’s insider trading laws might not apply to super – here’s why they should	20/11/2021	Micky	Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation
Morrison’s secretive religious ‘freedom’ bill: it’s certainly free of information	19/11/2021	Sydney Morning Herald	Review into the Framework of Religious Exemptions in Anti-discrimination Legislation
‘Secret’ laws confuse business: Law Reform Commission chief	18/11/2021	Australian Financial Review	Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation
Religious discrimination bill will protect ‘critical right’ to employ teachers of faith	17/11/2021	Brisbane Times	Review into the Framework of Religious Exemptions in Anti-discrimination Legislation
Doctors call to stop religious freedom law over health concerns	17/11/2021	Sydney Morning Herald	Review into the Framework of Religious Exemptions in Anti-discrimination Legislation
Older Australians must be protected against abuse	17/11/2021	The National Tribune	Elder Abuse—A National Legal Response (ALRC Report 131)
Parliament must protect class action customers	11/11/2021	The Australian	Integrity, Fairness and Efficiency—An Inquiry into Class Action Proceedings and Third-Party Litigation Funders (ALRC Report 134)
“We need to have an honest conversation about incarceration”	08/11/2021	SBS Insight	Pathways to Justice–Inquiry into the Incarceration Rate of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples (ALRC Report 133)
Emergency powers must never stifle our rights	04/11/2021	The Australian	ALRC
Industry welcomes introduction of class action litigation funding reforms into Parliament	28/10/2021	The National Tribune	Integrity, Fairness and Efficiency—An Inquiry into Class Action Proceedings and Third-Party Litigation Funders (ALRC Report 134)
Class action lawyers in the fight of their lives	27/10/2021	Australian Financial Review	Integrity, Fairness and Efficiency—An Inquiry into Class Action Proceedings and Third-Party Litigation Funders (ALRC Report 134)
Religious discrimination bill will be here soon; Victorian schools bill introduced to parliament	27/10/2021	Eternity	Review into the Framework of Religious Exemptions in Anti-discrimination Legislation
ALRC warms to a more principles-based Corps Act	19/10/2021	Professional Planner	Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation
High Court ruling on relationship between judge and barrister may have major repercussions on judicial wellbeing	14/10/2021	Lawyers Weekly	Review of Judicial Impartiality
ASIC to investors: ‘take responsibility’	21/09/2021	Australian Financial Review	Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation
Who do you trust? Uni researchers beat judges	16/09/2021	Australian Financial Review	Review of Judicial Impartiality
Legal practitioners report experiences with judicial biases	13/09/2021	Lawyers Weekly	Review of Judicial Impartiality
ASIC enforcers dish out warning to banks	03/09/2021	Australian Financial Review	Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation
Errant Act needs reform	31/08/2021	The Australian	Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation
New ASIC unit to focus on reducing regulatory costs for businesses	27/08/2021	Professional Planner	Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation
ASIC leads deregulation push to help recovery	26/08/2021	The Australian	Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation
Reacting to scandals a poor platform for financial services reform: ALRC panel	18/08/2021	Professional Planner	Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation
Australian judges should not be able to rule on self-recusal, review told	18/08/2021	The Guardian	Review of Judicial Impartiality
Addressing the current (and flawed) tests for biases in courtrooms	16/08/2021	Lawyers Weekly	Review of Judicial Impartiality
Everyone wants a good death. Does assisted dying give it to them?	12/08/2021	Canberra Times	Elder Abuse—A National Legal Response (ALRC Report 131)
Whitlam would be spinning in his grave	28/07/2021	The Age	ALRC
Traps in enduring power of attorney and super	27/07/2021	The Australian Financial Review	Elder Abuse—A National Legal Response (ALRC Report 131)
Liberal MPs want ‘Folau’s law’ removed from Religious Discrimination Bill	13/07/2021	The Sydney Morning Herald	Review into the Framework of Religious Exemptions in Anti-discrimination Legislation
Collaboration needed for future financial advice	23/07/2021	Money Management	Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation
Excessive strip-searching shines light on discrimination of Aboriginal women in the criminal justice system	19/07/2021	The Conversation	Pathways to Justice–Inquiry into the Incarceration Rate of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples (ALRC Report 133)
Call to give fund members product advice support outside of Chapter 7	15/07/2021	Professional Planner	Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation
Westpac lands ‘one of Australia’s leading corporate lawyers’	14/07/2021	Investor Daily	ALRC
Directors wary of 70pc floor for class action payouts	13/07/2021	The Australian Financial Review	Integrity, Fairness and Efficiency—An Inquiry into Class Action Proceedings and Third-Party Litigation Funders (ALRC Report 134)
Professionalising advice occupation hampered by licencing regime	13/07/2021	Money Management	Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation
Complexity, advice issues targeted in law reform feedback	12/07/2021	Insurance News	Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation
Reform call after judge’s ‘inexcusable’ conduct	08/07/2021	The Australian	Review of Judicial Impartiality
It’s 1000 days since PM Scott Morrison said he’d protect LGBTIQ+ kids	07/07/2021	OutinPerth	Review into the Framework of Religious Exemptions in Anti-discrimination Legislation
Private prosecutions: the realm of the whacky or power abuse safeguard?	07/07/2021	The Age	Standing in Public Interest Litigation (ALRC Report 27)
Half-measures won’t do on the Voice, minister: Australians have spoken	07/07/2021	The Sydney Morning Herald	Family Law for the Future: An Inquiry into the Family Law System (ALRC Report 135)
The B-team’s deeply cynical politics will generate more, not less, persecution of the religious	03/07/2021	The Sydney Morning Herald	Review into the Framework of Religious Exemptions in Anti-discrimination Legislation
Do we have a constitutional right to free speech?	02/07/2021	Spectator Australia	Traditional Rights and Freedoms—Encroachments by Commonwealth Laws (ALRC Interim Report 127)
Principles-based regulation won’t work: industry	01/07/2021	Independent Financial Adviser	Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation
Who’s been looking at your check-in data? We asked the states and territories to ’fess up	01/07/2021	The Mandarin	Serious Invasions of Privacy in the Digital Era (ALRC Report 123)
Hayne’s ‘norms of conduct’ could fall short	30/06/2021	InvestorDaily	Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation
Coercive control may soon be criminalised in NSW	30/06/2021	The Big Smoke	Family Violence – A National Legal Response (ALRC Report 114)
Ai Group supports 70% minimum return to class members	29/06/2021	Mirage News	Integrity, Fairness and Efficiency—An Inquiry into Class Action Proceedings and Third-Party Litigation Funders (ALRC Report 134)
ALRC push to consolidate financial products and services definitions	28/06/2021	Professional Planner	Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation
Advice Bill introduces individual registration for advisers	25/06/2021	Professional Planner	Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation
Movers & shakers	25/06/2021	The Mandarin	Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation
‘A strong indictment’: Three graphs that show where Australia is not closing the gap	23/06/2021	Sydney Morning Herald	Pathways to Justice–Inquiry into the Incarceration Rate of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples (ALRC Report 133)
Young Labor calls on government to take action on transgender rights	23/06/2021	OutinPerth	Review into the Framework of Religious Exemptions in Anti-discrimination Legislation
Time to take individual adviser registration seriously: FPA	16/06/2021	Professional Planner	Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation
Corps Act split would separate companies from consumers: ALRC President	16/06/2021	Professional Planner	Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation
‘Probably Australia’s greatest international lawyer of all time’	16/06/2021	WA Today	ALRC
COTA calls for stronger and more comprehensive protections for older people on World Elder Abuse Awareness Day	15/06/2021	Mirage News	Elder Abuse—A National Legal Response (ALRC Report 131)
Strewth: Freedom isn’t free	09/06/2021	The Australian	Review into the Framework of Religious Exemptions in Anti-discrimination Legislation
Hanrahan: Updating retail/wholesale client definitions ‘urgent’	08/06/2021	Professional Planner	Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation
Professionalism: Be careful what you wish for	07/06/2021	Professional Planner	Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation
Australian Regulators Weekly Wrap — Monday, 7 June 2021	07/06/2021	Lexology	Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation
Questionable jurisdiction: Academic Amanda Porter on policing First Nations	02/06/2021	Mondaq	Recognition of Aboriginal Customary Laws (ALRC Report 31)
Australian Government saddened at passing of James Crawford, Judge of International Court of Justice	01/06/2021	Mirage News	ALRC
No law yet to ban religious schools from expelling LGBT students	31/05/2021	Star Observer	Review into the Framework of Religious Exemptions in Anti-discrimination Legislation
Judge’s secret romance triggers courtroom conflict of interest	30/05/2021	The Mandarin	Review of Judicial Impartiality
PM accused of failing to deliver on promise to end discrimination	28/05/2021	Out in Perth	Review into the Framework of Religious Exemptions in Anti-discrimination Legislation
With media freedom under attack, globally and locally, what health issues are at stake?	26/05/2021	Croakey Health Media	Secrecy Laws and Open Government in Australia (ALRC Report 112)
ALRC to balance prescription and principles in regulation review	25/05/2021	Professional Planner	Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation
Calls for independent review into Australian judge and barrister’s undeclared relationship	24/05/2021	The Guardian	Review of Judicial Impartiality
Chapter 7 repeal could pave the way for individual adviser registration	19/05/2021	Professional Planner	Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation
Law review aims to wind back complexity	19/05/2021	Insurance News	Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation
Health sector urged to lift game on prison health	19/05/2021	Croakey Health Media	Pathways to Justice–Inquiry into the Incarceration Rate of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples (ALRC Report 133)
ALRC bombshell: Chapter 7 removal from Corps Act ‘on the table’	17/05/2021	Professional Planner	Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation
Queensland Government Bulletin – In the media, reports, cases and legislation	17/05/2021	Mondaq	ALRC
‘People always ask me “how Aboriginal” I am. This is what they don’t know.’	12/05/2021	Mamamia	Pathways to Justice–Inquiry into the Incarceration Rate of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples (ALRC Report 133)
Big budget spend omits ASIC amid role shift	12/05/2021	Professional Planner	Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation
Movers & shakers: APSC appoints academy head	08/05/2021	The Mandarin	ALRC
Prison deaths failing	06/05/2021	National Indigenous Times	Pathways to Justice–Inquiry into the Incarceration Rate of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples (ALRC Report 133)
Woke insurgency and its weapons of mass destruction	06/05/2021	Spectator Australia	Review of Judicial Impartiality
What’s on the agenda for the industry’s legal overhaul	05/05/2021	Independent Financial Adviser	Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation
‘Such a talented woman’: Rowena Orr named as Victoria’s solicitor-general	04/05/2021	The Age	ALRC
Review considers shake-up of federal judicial appointments	03/05/2021	The Sydney Morning Herald	Review of Judicial Impartiality
Review considers shake-up of federal judicial appointments	03/05/2021	The Age	Review of Judicial Impartiality
Review considers shake-up of federal judicial appointments	03/05/2021	Brisbane Times	Review of Judicial Impartiality
Review considers shake-up of federal judicial appointments	03/05/2021	WA Today	Review of Judicial Impartiality
Review considers shake-up of federal judicial appointments	03/05/2021	Daily Legal Press	Review of Judicial Impartiality
Government urged to address ‘legislative morass’ choking industry	03/05/2021	Independent Financial Adviser	Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation
Self-disqualified judges, overhauled federal appointment process front of mind for judicial impartiality inquiry	02/05/2021	Lawyers Weekly	Review of Judicial Impartiality
Judges may have ‘blind spot’ when hearing applications for their own recusal, ALRC told	30/04/2021	Lawyerly	Review of Judicial Impartiality
Should judges decide if they are biased?	30/04/2021	Australian Financial Review	Review of Judicial Impartiality
Clarity sought on judicial bias	30/04/2021	The Australian	Review of Judicial Impartiality
Validation Act must go to repair ICAC damage	30/04/2021	The Australian	Review of Judicial Impartiality
ALRC releases judicial impartiality consultation paper	30/04/2021	QLS Proctor	Review of Judicial Impartiality
Australia’s Judicial Impartiality Consultation Paper released	30/04/2021	Mirage News	Review of Judicial Impartiality
High Court reviews ‘inexcusable’ relationship between judge and barrister	25/04/2021	Lawyer Weekly	Review of Judicial Impartiality
Australian judge and barrister involved in same case fail to declare relationship	23/04/2021	The Guardian	Review of Judicial Impartiality
‘Indigenous deaths in custody deserves multifaceted response’	22/04/2021	National Indigenous Times	Pathways to Justice–Inquiry into the Incarceration Rate of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples (ALRC Report 133)
Tom Minear: Royal commissions only made worthwhile if we act on them	21/04/2021	Geelong Advertiser	Making Inquiries: A New Statutory Framework (ALRC Report 111)
ALRC webinars focus on simpler regulation	19/04/2021	Insurance News	Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation
Granny flat tax exemption to become law	19/04/2021	Financial Standard	Elder Abuse—A National Legal Response (ALRC Report 131)
NSW parliamentary report into Indigenous deaths in custody makes 39 recommendations	16/04/2021	ABC News	Pathways to Justice–Inquiry into the Incarceration Rate of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples (ALRC Report 133)
PM wastes millions yet crucifies Holgate over $20,000	16/04/2021	The Sydney Morning Herald	ALRC
Real action needed on Aboriginal Deaths in Custody	13/04/2021	Pursuit – University of Melbourne	Pathways to Justice–Inquiry into the Incarceration Rate of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples (ALRC Report 133)
Incremental improvements not enough to end tragedy of high Indigenous incarceration rate	13/04/2021	The Age	Pathways to Justice–Inquiry into the Incarceration Rate of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples (ALRC Report 133)
Movers & shakers: chief environmental biosecurity officer appointed	09/04/2021	The Mandarin	Elder Abuse—A National Legal Response (ALRC Report 131)
What we can do to stop Indigenous deaths in custody	07/04/2021	The Sydney Morning Herald	Pathways to Justice–Inquiry into the Incarceration Rate of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples (ALRC Report 133)
Banks unite to help customers experiencing financial abuse	04/04/2021	Mirage News	Elder Abuse—A National Legal Response (ALRC Report 131)
The treatment of women in the Australian judicial process needs to be reviewed	03/04/2021	The Canberra Times	Uniform Evidence Law (ALRC Report 102)
NIBA CEO set to retire this year	01/04/2021	Insurance News	Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation
Calls for uniform laws to thwart financial abuse	01/04/2021	Mortgage Business	Elder Abuse—A National Legal Response (ALRC Report 131)
Another family law review, another shrug. Why conduct time-consuming inquiries if they go nowhere?	31/03/2021	The Conversation	Family Law for the Future: An Inquiry into the Family Law System (ALRC Report 135)
Banks call for consistent laws to prevent elder abuse	31/03/2021	Money Management	Elder Abuse—A National Legal Response (ALRC Report 131)
Federal Government not keeping track of Indigenous deaths in custody	29/03/2021	National Indigenous Times	Pathways to Justice–Inquiry into the Incarceration Rate of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples (ALRC Report 133)
Media sector leads business push against citizen privacy right	29/03/2021	Australian Financial Review	Integrity, Fairness and Efficiency—An Inquiry into Class Action Proceedings and Third-Party Litigation Funders (ALRC Report 134)
The case for a Justice Fund	23/03/2021	Lawyerly	Grouped Proceedings in the Federal Court (ALRC Report 46)
Government rejects call to hand control of family law system to states and territories	22/03/2021	ABC News	Family Law for the Future: An Inquiry into the Family Law System (ALRC Report 135)
Government rejects call to hand control of family law system to states and territories	21/03/2021	The Australian	Family Law for the Future: An Inquiry into the Family Law System (ALRC Report 135)
‘Sisters in Law Project’ fighting for change	20/03/2021	Illawarra Mercury	Pathways to Justice–Inquiry into the Incarceration Rate of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples (ALRC Report 133)
Between here and justice	20/03/2021	The Saturday Paper	The Future of Law Reform: A Suggested Program of Work 2020-25
Australia’s first Indigenous surgeon says identifying hearing loss would change lives	17/03/2021	Sydney Morning Herald	Pathways to Justice–Inquiry into the Incarceration Rate of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples (ALRC Report 133)
Christian Porter’s defamation action threatens to further chill public interest journalism	16/03/2021	The Guardian	The Future of Law Reform: A Suggested Program of Work 2020-25
Jane Gilmore: Scott Morrison has ignored women. It shows in the streets, and it will show at the polls	16/03/2021	The New Daily	ALRC
Judicial commission needed to help judges’ welfare	11/03/2021	The Australian	Review of Judicial Impartiality
‘More Besser block than brick’: the push to fix Australia’s nightmarish business laws	07/03/2021	The Guardian	Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation
What will the aged care royal commission recommend? We think we know, and how the government will respond	01/03/2021	ABC News	Elder Abuse—A National Legal Response (ALRC Report 131)
Online group builds connection between Australians living with disabilities in the bush	27/02/2021	ABC News	Equality, Capacity and Disability in Commonwealth Laws (ALRC Report 124)
Children’s rights suffer in Queensland	27/02/2021	The Saturday Paper	Seen and heard: priority for children in the legal process (ALRC Report 84)
Movers & shakers	26/02/2021	The Mandarin	Appointment of the Hon Justice Colvin
Law Reform Commission plays down financial services review outcomes	23/02/2021	Money Management	Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation
Federal court judge to head corps act inquiry	23/02/2021	IFA (Independent Financial Adviser)	Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation
Family Court merger	20/02/2021	The Saturday Paper	Family Law for the Future: An Inquiry into the Family Law System (ALRC Report 135)
Law reform commission skewers Corps Act with comedy skit	19/02/2021	Professional Planner	Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation
We should not forget the phallocentric end of the Family Court	19/02/2021	The Big Smoke	Family Law for the Future: An Inquiry into the Family Law System (ALRC Report 135)
Permanent changes to continuous disclosure laws – what do they mean for D&O insurance?	19/02/2021	Insurance Business Australia	Integrity, Fairness and Efficiency—An Inquiry into Class Action Proceedings and Third-Party Litigation Funders (ALRC Report 134)
Family law fees targeted for reform	18/02/2021	The Australian	Family Law for the Future: An Inquiry into the Family Law System (ALRC Report 135)
Hannah Clarke was murdered a year ago. Criminalising coercive control is only one part of the response that’s needed to tackle domestic abuse	18/02/2021	ABC News	Family Law for the Future: An Inquiry into the Family Law System (ALRC Report 135)
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg moves to permanently ‘water down’ ASX continuous disclosure rules	18/02/2021	ABC News	Integrity, Fairness and Efficiency—An Inquiry into Class Action Proceedings and Third-Party Litigation Funders (ALRC Report 134)
Bar Association believes proposed court merger unnecessary, unlikely to solve Family Court problems	17/02/2021	ABC RN Breakfast	Family Law for the Future: An Inquiry into the Family Law System (ALRC Report 135)
Crown, Collingwood and the corporate conscience	16/02/2021	Pursuit	Corporate Criminal Responsibility (ALRC Report 136)
‘Corporations Act, it’s time to grow up!’	14/02/2021	Lawyers Weekly	Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation
Is it OK for judges, barristers to meet? High Court to rule	12/02/2021	The Australian	Review of Judicial Impartiality
Family law, class actions top Porter agenda	12/02/2021	Australian Financial Review	Integrity, Fairness and Efficiency—An Inquiry into Class Action Proceedings and Third-Party Litigation Funders (ALRC Report 134)
Native Title Act amendments to increase accountability	12/02/2021	National Indigenous Times	Connection to Country: Review of the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) (ALRC Report 126)
Plan to beef up aged care incident reporting misses many older Australians, Labor says	04/02/2021	Sydney Morning Herald	Elder Abuse—A National Legal Response (ALRC Report 131)
New website aims to reduce huge cost of divorce by ditching lawyers and helping couples go it alone	02/02/2021	news.com.au	Family Law for the Future: An Inquiry into the Family Law System (ALRC Report 135)
Advice sector forefront of red tape issues: Law Reform Commission	01/02/2021	Professional Planner	Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation
‘Once in a generation opportunity’: ALRC to review financial services laws	01/02/2021	Lawyers Weekly	Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation
It’s time to simplify and clarify our corporate law	28/01/2021	The Australian	Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation
Three reports of assault every day: QLD’s shocking aged care record	25/01/2021	The Courier Mail	Elder Abuse—A National Legal Response (ALRC Report 131)
History of Australia Day: Significance of January 26 date explained	25/01/2021	Geelong Advertiser	Recognition of Aboriginal Customary Laws (ALRC Report 31)
ALRC launches probe into judicial bias	19/01/2021	LSJ Online	Review of Judicial Impartiality
Black Lives Matter movement in Australia: First Nations perspectives	19/01/2021	UNSW Newsroom	Pathways to Justice–Inquiry into the Incarceration Rate of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples (ALRC Report 133)
Banking royal commission: most recommendations have been abandoned or delayed	19/01/2021	The Guardian	Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation
Making ‘more varied, productive and positive decisions’ as lawyers	12/01/2021	Lawyers Weekly	Family Law for the Future: An Inquiry into the Family Law System (ALRC Report 135)
$6 million in legal fees: The high price of getting a divorce in Sydney	08/01/2021	Sydney Morning Herald	Family Law for the Future: An Inquiry into the Family Law System (ALRC Report 135) Integrity, Fairness and Efficiency—An Inquiry into Class Action Proceedings and Third-Party Litigation Funders (ALRC Report 134)