01.01.2022
The ALRC monitors the media for references to the Commission and its inquiries. This list is not comprehensive.
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| Title | Date | Organisation | Topic |
| The ‘disordered share house’ of the Corps Act: ALRC | 28/11/2022 | Money Management | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| Government flags reforms to copyright laws | 24/11/2022 | Lawyerly | Review of Judicial Impartiality |
| Chuck out Chapter 7: Broome | 24/11/2022 | Financial Standard | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| Legislative complexity: what is it, how do we measure it, and why does it matter? | 23/11/2022 | Australian Public Law | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| Never been more optimistic: Abood | 23/11/2022 | Financial Standard | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| The NT’s anti-discrimination laws are being updated for the first time in 30 years. Here’s what you need to know | 22/11/2022 | ABC News | Religious Educational Institutions and Anti-Discrimination Laws |
| Darwin bishop threatens to shut NT’s Catholic schools if ‘divisive’ anti-discrimination legislation passes through parliament this week | 21/11/2022 | Sky News | Religious Educational Institutions and Anti-Discrimination Laws |
| ‘If you can’t be authentic, what’s the point’: Anti-Discrimination Bill plea | 19/11/2022 | NT News | Religious Educational Institutions and Anti-Discrimination Laws |
| Corporations Act in ‘class of its own’ for complexity | 13/11/2022 | Australian Financial Review | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| Australian Law Reform Commission to advise government on religious discrimination in schools | 11/11/2022 | The Mandarin | Religious Educational Institutions and Anti-Discrimination Laws |
| Plea for action as support grows for religious freedom laws | 10/11/2022 | The Australian | Religious Educational Institutions and Anti-Discrimination Laws |
| Federal Anti-Discrimination Laws to Target Christian Schools | 9/11/2022 | Vision Christian Media | Religious Educational Institutions and Anti-Discrimination Laws |
| Corps Act should be slashed by 66%, says ALRC | 9/11/2022 | Lawyers Weekly | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| Justice Reinvestment for Alice Springs | 7/11/2022 | The National Tribune | Pathways to Justice–Inquiry into the Incarceration Rate of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples (ALRC Report 133) |
| Australia launches inquiry into anti-discrimination protections for LGBT students in religious schools | 7/11/2022 | Star Observer | Religious Educational Institutions and Anti-Discrimination Laws |
| ‘You were mistaken’: Chief Minister urged to right the record over dangerous driving petitions | 7/11/2022 | Riotact | Review of Judicial Impartiality |
| Costs changes in sexual harassment cases could deter litigants | 6/11/2022 | WA Today | Integrity, Fairness and Efficiency—An Inquiry into Class Action Proceedings and Third-Party Litigation Funders (ALRC Report 134) |
| Faith shields back on agenda for religious discrimination laws | 5/11/2022 | The Australian | Religious Educational Institutions and Anti-Discrimination Laws |
| Labor takes step towards new religious discrimination laws with review of exemptions for schools | 4/11/2022 | The Guardian | Religious Educational Institutions and Anti-Discrimination Laws |
| Review called on religious exemptions in federal anti-discrimination law | 4/11/2022 | J-Wire | Religious Educational Institutions and Anti-Discrimination Laws |
| Lawmakers don’t have a guide to the universe but the ALRC is here to help | 1/11/2022 | The Mandarin | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| ‘Sophisticated investor’ criteria under scrutiny due to financial pitfalls | 1/11/2022 | The Australian | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| A-G: ‘Class actions provide an essential pathway to justice’ | 31/10/2022 | Lawyers Weekly | Integrity, Fairness and Efficiency—An Inquiry into Class Action Proceedings and Third-Party Litigation Funders (ALRC Report 134) |
| Federal budget boost to tackle ‘national shame’ of over-incarceration and deaths in custody | 27/10/2022 | National Indigenous Times | Pathways to Justice–Inquiry into the Incarceration Rate of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples (ALRC Report 133) |
| Dreyfus ‘sceptical’ on contingency fees for law firms | 27/10/2022 | Australian Financial Review | Integrity, Fairness and Efficiency—An Inquiry into Class Action Proceedings and Third-Party Litigation Funders (ALRC Report 134) |
| Voice not the focus for First Nations | 26/10/2022 | The Australian | Pathways to Justice–Inquiry into the Incarceration Rate of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples (ALRC Report 133) |
| Albanese budget invests $360M in anti-corruption commission, first National legal aid | 25/10/2022 | Lawyerly | Pathways to Justice–Inquiry into the Incarceration Rate of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples (ALRC Report 133) |
| Why one child in six rejects parenting orders | 25/10/2022 | The Canberra Times | Family Law for the Future: An Inquiry into the Family Law System (ALRC Report 135) |
| ‘Australians should be able to see themselves reflected in the judiciary’, says A-G | 17/10/2022 | Lawyers Weekly | Review of Judicial Impartiality |
| The problematic matter of regulating crypto | 17/10/2022 | Money Management | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| Gender order judged wise: Women fill the High Court bench | 16/10/2022 | Independent Australia | Review of Judicial Impartiality |
| Lower the voting age for a more robust democracy | 13/10/2022 | The Australian | Equality, Capacity and Disability in Commonwealth Laws (ALRC Report 124) |
| Ads for new judges could be in store as AG vows transparent system for appointments | 12/10/2022 | Lawyerly | Review of Judicial Impartiality |
| Optus could be Australia’s biggest lawsuit, worth billions | 10/10/2022 | Insurance News | Integrity, Fairness and Efficiency—An Inquiry into Class Action Proceedings and Third-Party Litigation Funders (ALRC Report 134) |
| High Court judge backs Labor move on appointments | 09/10/2022 | Australian Financial Review | Review of Judicial Impartiality |
| The High Court’s newest justice, Jayne Jagot | 08/10/2022 | The Saturday Paper | Review of Judicial Impartiality |
| Dreyfus to consult courts on complaints body | 06/10/2022 | Australian Financial Review | Review of Judicial Impartiality |
| Throw out financial services law clutter: ALRC | 05/10/2022 | Financial Standard | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| Responses sought to latest ALRC report | 04/10/2022 | Money Management | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| The High Court of Australia has a majority of women justices for the first time. Here’s why that matters | 04/10/2022 | The Conversation | Review of Judicial Impartiality |
| ALRC outlines plans for proposed financial laws overhaul | 03/10/2022 | Insurance News | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| Federal government to establish judicial commission and improve appointment transparency | 02/10/2022 | Lawyers Weekly | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| Class war: Weighing changes to Australia’s class action regime | 01/10/2022 | The Sydney Morning Herald | Integrity, Fairness and Efficiency—An Inquiry into Class Action Proceedings and Third-Party Litigation Funders (ALRC Report 134) |
| New judicial commission among reforms to boost public confidence in Australia’s legal system | 29/09/2022 | The Mandarin | Review of Judicial Impartiality |
| Judicial misconduct reforms win government support as court again overturns Judge Street | 29/09/2022 | Lawyerly | Review of Judicial Impartiality |
| The case for judging bias through track records | 23/09/2022 | The Australian | Review of Judicial Impartiality |
| “Too great a cost”: The High Court’s ruling in the Garlett appeal highlights the need for a Human Rights Act | 15/09/2022 | ABC | Pathways to Justice–Inquiry into the Incarceration Rate of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples (ALRC Report 133) |
| Albanese government starts to unwind Coalition’s class actions reforms | 8/09/2022 | Australian Financial Review | Integrity, Fairness and Efficiency—An Inquiry into Class Action Proceedings and Third-Party Litigation Funders (ALRC Report 134) |
| ‘Substantial’ changes tackle personal, general advice confusion | 5/09/2022 | Insurance News | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| Firms welcome unwinding of Morrison-era litigation funding reforms | 5/09/2022 | Lawyers Weekly | Integrity, Fairness and Efficiency—An Inquiry into Class Action Proceedings and Third-Party Litigation Funders (ALRC Report 134) |
| Government moves to overturn litigation funder licensing | 5/09/2022 | Insurance News | Integrity, Fairness and Efficiency—An Inquiry into Class Action Proceedings and Third-Party Litigation Funders (ALRC Report 134) |
| Litigation funding regulations to be rolled back by Albanese government | 2/09/2022 | Lawyerly | Integrity, Fairness and Efficiency—An Inquiry into Class Action Proceedings and Third-Party Litigation Funders (ALRC Report 134) |
| ‘Dizzying number of definitions’ forced ALRC to act on financial services law | 31/08/2022 | Independent Financial Adviser | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| Treasury releases first tranche of draft laws cutting complexity | 29/08/2022 | Insurance News | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| Government looks to reduce ‘complexity’ of financial services law | 24/08/2022 | Independent Financial Adviser | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| Govt to consult on corporations and financial services laws | 24/08/2022 | Investor Daily | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| Forum Finance judge recuses himself after questioning director’s credibility | 19/08/2022 | Lawyerly | Review of Judicial Impartiality |
| Coalition seeking review of Hague law | 18/08/2022 | The Australian | Equality before the Law: Justice for Women |
| Data and Judicial Impartiality | 19/08/2022 | Australian Public Law Blog | Review of Judicial Impartiality |
| Nothing to fear and much to be gained from a federal judicial commission | 19/08/2022 | Australian Public Law Blog | Review of Judicial Impartiality |
| Bias and judicial education | 19/08/2022 | Australian Public Law Blog | Review of Judicial Impartiality |
| Worth Waiting For: The ALRCs Without Fear or Favour Report | 19/08/2022 | Australian Public Law Blog | Review of Judicial Impartiality |
| The ALRC on judicial impartiality – and the momentum towards judicial appointments reform | 12/08/2022 | Australian Public Law Blog | Review of Judicial Impartiality |
| Without Fear or Favour: The ALRC’s Report on Judicial Impartiality | 12/08/2022 | Australian Public Law Blog | Review of Judicial Impartiality |
| Queensland farmer battling Suncorp Bank vows to keep pushing to fix financial services | 10/08/2022 | ABC News | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| Life, death and the law | 09/08/2022 | The Law Report | Review of Judicial Impartiality |
| IPA calls for ASIC’s powers to be stripped | 05/08/2022 | Accountants Daily | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| New data reveals decisions about an asylum seeker’s visa can vary depending on which judge they get | 04/08/2022 | ABC News | Review of Judicial Impartiality |
| Need for certainty, visibility underscored in judicial bias report | 03/08/2022 | The Mandarin | Review of Judicial Impartiality |
| Judicial impartiality in a changing world | 02/08/2022 | Proctor | Review of Judicial Impartiality |
| Federal judicial commission needed, says report | 02/08/2022 | Lawyers Weekly | Review of Judicial Impartiality |
| ALRC judicial impartiality report released | 02/08/2022 | Proctor | Review of Judicial Impartiality |
| Judges need better education and structures to improve impartiality: report | 02/08/2022 | The Conversation | Review of Judicial Impartiality |
| Judges are mostly Anglo-Celtic, married and only speak English | 02/08/2022 | Australian Financial Review | Review of Judicial Impartiality |
| ALRC calls for federal judicial commission to deal with complaints against judges | 02/08/2022 | Lawyerly | Review of Judicial Impartiality |
| Transparency calls for judge appointments | 02/08/2022 | Perth Now | Review of Judicial Impartiality |
| Release of Australian Law Reform Commission’s inquiry into judicial impartiality and law on bias | 02/08/2022 | The National Tribune | Review of Judicial Impartiality |
| Focus on principles key in financial services reform | 02/08/2022 | The Mandarin | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| What can Australia learn from UK’s financial services legislation? | 02/08/2022 | Money Management | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| It Is Time to Protect Students and Protect Schools | 19/07/2022 | The National Tribune | Review into the Framework of Religious Exemptions in Anti-discrimination Legislation |
| Industry group calls for level playing field for crypto-assets | 15/07/2022 | Investor Daily | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| Regulate crypto like other products: FPA | 14/07/2022 | Professional Planner | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| Making their voices heard | 11/07/2022 | Money Management | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| Dreyfus pledges sweeping data privacy reforms | 29/06/2022 | Australian Financial Review | Serious Invasions of Privacy in the Digital Era (ALRC Report 123) |
| Bring back CAMAC for independent advice on company law | 27/06/2022 | Australian Financial Review | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| Moving to a new era | 27/06/2022 | Money Management | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| Insignia proposes centralised certification for advisers | 24/06/2022 | Professional Planner | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| FBAA warns against merging credit licences with AFSLs | 22/06/2022 | The Adviser | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| Industry defies ALRC’s retail client definition proposals | 21/06/2022 | Money Management | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| Plug gaps in broker regulations, says MFAA | 21/06/2022 | The Adviser | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| Experts provide input on financial services rules | 20/06/2022 | Insurance News | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| Web of definitions weighing down financial services law: ALRC | 20/06/2022 | The Adviser | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| Regime has provided access to justice’: Judge Oks $56.3M Colonial class action settlement | 20/06/2022 | Lawyerly | Integrity, Fairness and Efficiency—An Inquiry into Class Action Proceedings and Third-Party Litigation Funders (ALRC Report 134) |
| ALRC reveals feedback from advice legislation inquiry | 17/06/2022 | Money Management | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| No simple metric to measure quality advice: FPA | 17/06/2022 | Professional Planner | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| Ditch one-size-fits-all regulatory approach: SIAA | 17/06/2022 | Professional Planner | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| RIP MIS: Funders, lawyers hail end of ‘ill-fitting’ regime for class actions | 16/06/2022 | Lawyerly | Integrity, Fairness and Efficiency—An Inquiry into Class Action Proceedings and Third-Party Litigation Funders (ALRC Report 134) |
| CPD: Bigger than Hayne? The ALRC Review and what it means for financial advisers | 15/06/2022 | Adviser Voice | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| Calls to combat financial elder abuse | 15/06/2022 | The Adviser | Elder Abuse—A National Legal Response (ALRC Report 131) |
| ALRC president recognised in Queen’s Birthday Honours | 14/06/2022 | Money Management | ALRC |
| ALRC leaders named to Order of Australia | 13/06/2022 | Australiasian Lawyer | ALRC |
| Longo challenges lawyers to go beyond ‘checklist’ | 09/06/2022 | Australian Financial Review | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| ‘Don’t ignore us’: Faith leaders demand quick action on religious freedoms | 09/06/2022 | The Sydney Morning Herald | Review into the Framework of Religious Exemptions in Anti-discrimination Legislation |
| Exclusive: ALRC mulls separate adviser, stockbroker rules | 08/06/2022 | Professional Planner | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
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Judge who abolished notion of terra nullius was a dedicated advocate for human rights |
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The Sydney Morning Herald |
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| Former High Court top judge Gerard Brennan remembered for ‘profound’ contribution | 02/06/2022 | Lawyerly | ALRC |
| Sensitive NDIS health data breached in client platform hack | 31/05/2022 | Innovation Australia | Serious Invasions of Privacy in the Digital Era (ALRC Report 123) |
| ‘Sophisticated’ investors struggle with financial knowledge | 30/05/2022 | Money Management | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| ALRC says changes to current legislation will result in ‘better compliance’ | 27/05/2022 | Independent Financial Adviser | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| The long-term gains of simplifying financial services legislation | 27/05/2022 | Money Management | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| No pain, no gain: ALRC ponders Govt tolerance of Corps Act overhaul | 26/05/2022 | Professional Planner | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| Reducing compliance ‘opacity’ key to reform: CoreData | 26/05/2022 | Professional Planner | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| Digital super agency considered for $10b transformation | 25/05/2022 | Australian Financial Review | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| ASIC wants brokers to avoid pitfalls of overly complex advice laws | 24/05/2022 | Australian Financial Review | Serious Invasions of Privacy in the Digital Era (ALRC Report 123) |
| Mixed views on decoupling ‘personal advice’ from ‘financial service’ | 17/05/2022 | Money Management | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| SIAA challenges individual adviser registration move despite industry support | 16/05/2022 | Professional Planner | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| Breaking down the ALRC’s legislation review | 16/05/2022 | Money Management | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| An ‘archaic’ law has been removing Australians with disability from the electoral roll ‘in droves’, advocates say | 14/05/2022 | ABC News | Equality, Capacity and Disability in Commonwealth Laws (ALRC Report 124) |
| Calls for safe harbour provisions to be recasted as ‘indicative behaviours of compliance’ | 13/05/2022 | Independent Financial Adviser | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| Commission sparks design 101 conversation for legislative drafting | 12/05/2022 | The Mandarin | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| Whatever the outcome in this election, the religious freedom issue is not going away | 12/05/2022 | The Catholic Weekly | Review into the Framework of Religious Exemptions in Anti-discrimination Legislation |
| At-risk Liberal MP wants to align timing of faith and LGBTQ laws | 10/05/2022 | Australian Financial Review | Review into the Framework of Religious Exemptions in Anti-discrimination Legislation |
| PM appears unaware of surgery rules for trans youngsters | 10/05/2022 | Australian Financial Review | Review into the Framework of Religious Exemptions in Anti-discrimination Legislation |
| Tough task ahead as PM stands by plan for a religious discrimination act | 10/05/2022 | The Catholic Leader | Review into the Framework of Religious Exemptions in Anti-discrimination Legislation |
| Pensions being lost in advice regulation discussion | 09/05/2022 | SMSF Adviser | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| No winner in shouty debate but Labor pulls clear | 09/05/2022 | In Daily | Review into the Framework of Religious Exemptions in Anti-discrimination Legislation |
| Australia needs decisive action to combat climate change, corporate corruption and human rights violations | 09/05/2022 | The Fifth Estate | Corporate Criminal Responsibility (ALRC Report 136) |
| Liberal MPs will cross the floor again to protect LGBT students if religious bill is revived | 08/05/2022 | The Sydney Morning Herald | Review into the Framework of Religious Exemptions in Anti-discrimination Legislation |
| Stoker signals no changes to Sex Discrimination Act in future agenda | 07/05/2022 | Out in Perth | Review into the Framework of Religious Exemptions in Anti-discrimination Legislation |
| Removing the financial threshold test | 06/05/2022 | Money Management | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| There are other ways to simplify best interest duty: AFA | 05/05/2022 | Professional Planners | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| Sophisticated investor? Financial planners want new rules on who qualifies | 04/05/2022 | The Australian | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| PM vows to pass unamended Religious Discrimination bill | 03/05/2022 | Out in Perth | Review into the Framework of Religious Exemptions in Anti-discrimination Legislation |
| PM Morrison says he will pass the unamended Religious Discrimination bill | 02/05/2022 | Eternity | Review into the Framework of Religious Exemptions in Anti-discrimination Legislation |
| ‘Regulating the crap out of it’: More to advice than consumer protection | 22/04/2022 | Professional Planner | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| Calls for law reform to secure voting access for people with disability | 21/04/2022 | Out in Perth | Equality, Capacity and Disability in Commonwealth Laws (ALRC Report 124) |
| Two UNE researchers focus on protecting rights of elderly | 18/04/2022 | The Armidale Express | Elder Abuse—A National Legal Response (ALRC Report 131) |
| Big parties – big data: political parties should be stripped of their privacy protection exemption | 17/04/2022 | The National Tribune | For Your Information: Australian Privacy Law and Practice (ALRC Report 108) |
| Election 2022: Catholic challenge set for faith laws | 13/04/2022 | The Australian | Review into the Framework of Religious Exemptions in Anti-discrimination Legislation |
| The Corporate Counsel Show: Risk, reform and financial services | 12/04/2022 | Lawyers Weekly | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| No pain, no gain | 6/04/2022 | NMP Education | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| How to draft a workable Religious Discrimination Bill | 6/04/2022 | Australian Public Law Blog | Review into the Framework of Religious Exemptions in Anti-discrimination Legislation |
| Safe bet on no rate hike in election campaign as RBA keeps powder dry | 05/04/2022 | The Australian | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| Industry backs federal budget spending on mental health support | 04/04/2022 | Insurance News | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| Product and advice must be separated to make industry a ‘genuine profession’ | 1/04/2022 | SMSFAdviser | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| Budget 2022: Could more changes be announced by the election? | 31/03/2022 | Money Management | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| Product and advice must be separated to make industry a ‘genuine profession’ | 30/03/2022 | Independent Financial Adviser | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| Regulatory architecture can’t cope with evolving consumer risks: ALRC | 29/03/2022 | Professional Planner | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| Increasing access won’t dilute advice quality: Levy | 28/03/2022 | Professional Planner | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| Plan to simplify retail client definition sparks concern | 28/03/2022 | Insurance News | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| Financial services rules ‘too complex, incoherent and inaccessible’ | 27/03/2022 | Australian Financial Review | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| Jurors who sat in the Zachary Rolfe murder trial might now feel cheated – that’s understandable | 26/03/2022 | The Guardian | Family Violence – A National Legal Response (ALRC Report 114) / |
| Financial services legislation has become extraordinarily complex: ALRC | 24/03/2022 | Money Management | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| Labor could make it easier for shareholders to sue ‘dodgy’ directors | 24/03/2022 | Australian Financial Review | Integrity, Fairness and Efficiency—An Inquiry into Class Action Proceedings and Third-Party Litigation Funders (ALRC Report 134) |
| ICA warns against retail definition change | 22/03/2022 | Insurance News | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| Judge pans ‘inappropriate’ class action reforms, says courts have it covered | 18/03/2022 | Lawyerly | Integrity, Fairness and Efficiency—An Inquiry into Class Action Proceedings and Third-Party Litigation Funders (ALRC Report 134) |
| Shadow AG watched ‘in horror’ as class action reforms advanced | 18/03/2022 | Lawyerly | Integrity, Fairness and Efficiency—An Inquiry into Class Action Proceedings and Third-Party Litigation Funders (ALRC Report 134) |
| Murphy’s law enforcer: Why police are watching people in bottle shop car park | 16/03/2022 | The Age | For Your Information: Australian Privacy Law and Practice (ALRC Report 108) |
| OPINION: All-white juries are a symptom of structural racism | 15/03/2022 | NITV | Pathways to Justice–Inquiry into the Incarceration Rate of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples (ALRC Report 133) |
| Pat O’Shane calls for police accountability on International Day Against Police Brutality | 15/03/2022 | Green Left | Pathways to Justice–Inquiry into the Incarceration Rate of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples (ALRC Report 133) |
| TAA suggests careful approach on financial law reforms | 14/03/2022 | Insurance News | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| Quality of Advice Review terms of reference finalised | 11/03/2022 | Professional Planner | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| Banks lobby for changes to rules on products | 10/03/2022 | Australian Financial Review | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| ALRC needs to ‘tread carefully’ with simplifying Corporations Act: TAA | 09/03/2022 | Money Management | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| Calls to separate financial advice from product ‘long overdue’ | 08/03/2022 | Independent Financial Adviser | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| TAA calls for prudent pace for reforms | 08/03/2022 | Financial Standard | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| NIBA rejects renaming personal advice | 07/03/2022 | Insurance News | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| Sensible class action reform needed to ensure access to justice for next 30 years | 07/03/2022 | Lawyerly | Integrity, Fairness and Efficiency—An Inquiry into Class Action Proceedings and Third-Party Litigation Funders (ALRC Report 134) |
| Unfinished business: Hayne’s call for simpler corporate laws | 07/03/2022 | Australian Financial Review | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| ASIC chair outlines 2022 priorities | 04/03/2022 | Mortgage Business | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| FSC calls on Govt to provide clear and interactive Corporations Act | 04/03/2022 | Money Management | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| Corporations Act ‘broken and needs reform’, says ASIC chief Joe Longo | 03/03/2022 | The Australian | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| Advisers cautious of election promises | 03/03/2022 | Financial Standard | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| The AFSL regime should not be ‘one size fits all’ | 03/03/2022 | Money Management | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| InFocus: Moving to principle-based legislation | 03/03/2022 | Money Management | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| Ditch AFSLs for advisers: FPA | 02/03/2022 | Professional Planner | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| FPA pushes for advice law simplification | 02/03/2022 | Financial Standard | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| FPA proposes changes to financial advice law | 02/03/2022 | Money Management | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| Advisers being hit with ‘never-ending list of contradictory requirements’: FPA | 02/03/2022 | Independent Financial Adviser | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| An Australian republic requires a new constitution | 26/02/2022 | The Canberra Times | ALRC |
| Governments accused of allowing elder financial abuse | 24/02/2022 | National Seniors Australia | Elder Abuse—A National Legal Response (ALRC Report 131) |
| NIBA shares 2021.2 convention highlights | 24/02/2022 | Insurance Business Australia | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| Taking on stigma is crucial to eradicating elder abuse | 23/02/2022 | SBS Hindi | Elder Abuse—A National Legal Response (ALRC Report 131) |
| The night God, sex and the backbench humbled a prime minister | 20/02/2022 | Australian Financial Review | Review into the Framework of Religious Exemptions in Anti-discrimination Legislation |
| Julian Leeser: Protections for all of us | 20/02/2022 | The Catholic Weekly | Review into the Framework of Religious Exemptions in Anti-discrimination Legislation |
| The debate over the federal Religious Discrimination Bill has been hijacked by progressive secularists — and neither party is blameless | 16/02/2022 | ABC | Review into the Framework of Religious Exemptions in Anti-discrimination Legislation |
| Bankers call for financial reforms to stop elder abuse | 16/02/2022 | HelloCare | Elder Abuse—A National Legal Response (ALRC Report 131) |
| ‘This is what defines me’: Why a first-term Liberal MP crossed the floor | 15/02/2022 | The Sydney Morning Herald | Review into the Framework of Religious Exemptions in Anti-discrimination Legislation |
| Bankers push for an end to elder abuse | 15/02/2022 | Mortgage Business | Elder Abuse—A National Legal Response (ALRC Report 131) |
| Bankers call for financial reforms to stop elder abuse | 14/02/2022 | The Canberra Times | Elder Abuse—A National Legal Response (ALRC Report 131) |
| Kristina Keneally admits Labor may support sacking LGBTIQA+ teachers | 13/02/2022 | Out in Perth | Review into the Framework of Religious Exemptions in Anti-discrimination Legislation |
| Shadow Home Affairs Minister Kristina Keneally says statement of belief ‘not needed’ | 13/02/2022 | The West Australian | Review into the Framework of Religious Exemptions in Anti-discrimination Legislation |
| Take the time to write a proper religious discrimination bill | 11/02/2022 | The Sydney Morning Herald | Review into the Framework of Religious Exemptions in Anti-discrimination Legislation |
| Glaring deficiency in discrimination law remains in religion stoush | 11/02/2022 | The Australian | Review into the Framework of Religious Exemptions in Anti-discrimination Legislation |
| How in God’s name did we get here? | 11/02/2022 | WA Today | Review into the Framework of Religious Exemptions in Anti-discrimination Legislation |
| Religious freedom tumbles into political and cultural divide | 11/02/2022 | The Australian | Review into the Framework of Religious Exemptions in Anti-discrimination Legislation |
| Religious discrimination bill scratched for now | 11/02/2022 | The Mandarin | Review into the Framework of Religious Exemptions in Anti-discrimination Legislation |
| Australia politics live: Religious discrimination bill passed by the House with key amendment, now heads to the Senate | 10/02/2022 | News.com.au | Review into the Framework of Religious Exemptions in Anti-discrimination Legislation |
| Labor MPs agree to pass religious bill in House of Representatives if changes are made in the Senate | 10/02/2022 | Sky News | Review into the Framework of Religious Exemptions in Anti-discrimination Legislation |
| Why the future of the religious discrimination bill is now in doubt | 10/02/2022 | SBS News | Review into the Framework of Religious Exemptions in Anti-discrimination Legislation |
| Marathon debate wraps up as religious discrimination bill passes House of Representatives | 10/02/2022 | The West Australian | Review into the Framework of Religious Exemptions in Anti-discrimination Legislation |
| Cynical vote grabbing or genuine concern: the Religious Discrimination Bill unpacked | 10/02/2022 | WA Today | Review into the Framework of Religious Exemptions in Anti-discrimination Legislation |
| Senators to push for independent review of contentious religious discrimination bill | 10/02/2022 | 4BC News Talk | Review into the Framework of Religious Exemptions in Anti-discrimination Legislation |
| Anne Ruston says the government’s proposed federal integrity commission would have powers ‘well in excess’ of a royal commission. Is she correct? | 10/02/2022 | ABC News | For Your Information: Australian Privacy Law and Practice (ALRC Report 108) |
| Religious freedom bill passes amid Liberal revolt | 10/02/2022 | Australian Financial Review | Review into the Framework of Religious Exemptions in Anti-discrimination Legislation |
| Everything you need to know about the law changes for LGBTQI students | 10/02/2022 | The Sydney Morning Herald | Review into the Framework of Religious Exemptions in Anti-discrimination Legislation |
| Labor sets out changes to religion bill | 09/02/2022 | 7 News | Review into the Framework of Religious Exemptions in Anti-discrimination Legislation |
| Labor will back the government’s religious discrimination bill, will attempt to include trans protections in Senate | 09/02/2022 | ABC News | Review into the Framework of Religious Exemptions in Anti-discrimination Legislation |
| Every child deserves protection of the law | 09/02/2022 | The Age | Review into the Framework of Religious Exemptions in Anti-discrimination Legislation |
| Calls for law to recognise serious privacy breaches deserve compensation | 09/02/2022 | The Mandarin | Serious Invasions of Privacy in the Digital Era (ALRC Report 123) |
| Scott Morrison’s warning to Liberals: unite or lose federal election | 09/02/2022 | The Australian | Review into the Framework of Religious Exemptions in Anti-discrimination Legislation |
| Protections for trans students rejected | 08/02/2022 | The Canberra Times | Review into the Framework of Religious Exemptions in Anti-discrimination Legislation |
| PM wins Coalition backing for religious freedom laws | 08/02/2022 | Australian Financial Review | Review into the Framework of Religious Exemptions in Anti-discrimination Legislation |
| ‘License to degrade or belittle’: Liberal MP breaks ranks | 08/02/2022 | The West Australian | Review into the Framework of Religious Exemptions in Anti-discrimination Legislation |
| ‘Think about our team’: PM pressures moderates as party backs religious laws | 08/02/2022 | WA Today | Review into the Framework of Religious Exemptions in Anti-discrimination Legislation |
| Transgender students won’t be protected from expulsion under proposed change to Sex Discrimination Act | 08/02/2022 | ABC News | Review into the Framework of Religious Exemptions in Anti-discrimination Legislation |
| Don’t Listen To Lies | 08/02/2022 | The National Tribune | Review into the Framework of Religious Exemptions in Anti-discrimination Legislation |
| Religious discrimination legislation seeks corporate blessing | 06/02/2022 | The Australian | Review into the Framework of Religious Exemptions in Anti-discrimination Legislation |
| ScoMo staring down fiery Senate battle over controversial laws | 04/02/2022 | The Australian | Review into the Framework of Religious Exemptions in Anti-discrimination Legislation |
| Amanda Stoker: religious schools should be able to exercise beliefs others find ‘offensive’ | 04/02/2022 | RN Breakfast | Review into the Framework of Religious Exemptions in Anti-discrimination Legislation |
| Timeline of religious discrimination laws | 04/02/2022 | The Canberra Times | Review into the Framework of Religious Exemptions in Anti-discrimination Legislation |
| PM says Sex and Religious Discrimination will be adjusted simultaneously | 04/02/2022 | Out in Perth | Review into the Framework of Religious Exemptions in Anti-discrimination Legislation |
| Religion’s right to offend? ‘The language of hate has no place in schools’ | 04/02/2022 | The Australian | Review into the Framework of Religious Exemptions in Anti-discrimination Legislation |
| PM Scott Morrison wants gay students protected before 2022 federal election | 04/02/2022 | The Canberra Times | Review into the Framework of Religious Exemptions in Anti-discrimination Legislation |
| PM confirms plan to deliver protections for LGBTIQ students before election | 04/02/2022 | WA Today | Review into the Framework of Religious Exemptions in Anti-discrimination Legislation |
| Lack of clarity clouds the nation’s rule of law | 03/02/2022 | The Australian | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| Senate committee signs off on litigation funding reform, with caveats | 03/02/2022 | Australian Financial Review | Integrity, Fairness and Efficiency—An Inquiry into Class Action Proceedings and Third-Party Litigation Funders (ALRC Report 134) |
| Church schools will lose right to expel gay students as PM deals with moderate Liberals | 03/02/2022 | The Sydney Morning Herald | Review into the Framework of Religious Exemptions in Anti-discrimination Legislation |
| Senate committee backs cap on litigation funders’ returns | 03/02/2022 | Lawyerly | Integrity, Fairness and Efficiency—An Inquiry into Class Action Proceedings and Third-Party Litigation Funders (ALRC Report 134) |
| Why Morrison refuses to drop the religious discrimination bill | 29/01/2022 | The Saturday Paper | Review into the Framework of Religious Exemptions in Anti-discrimination Legislation |
| FSC announces new executive director for advocacy | 24/01/2022 | Independent Financial Adviser | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| New call for ASIC’s ‘flawed’ regulatory model to be overhauled | 21/01/2022 | Independent Financial Adviser | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| From the aggressive to the bizarre: MPs grill prelate over Religious Discrimination Bill | 21/01/2022 | The Catholic Weekly | Review into the Framework of Religious Exemptions in Anti-discrimination Legislation |
| Broker feedback wanted on ‘complex’ financial services legislation | 17/01/2022 | The Adviser | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |
| Industry called on to help address ‘complex’ financial services laws | 13/01/2022 | Independent Financial Adviser | Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation |