ALRC in the media – 2023

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
Catholic schools to oppose LGBTQ+ teacher and student law reform proposal 31/01/2023 The Guardian Religious Educational Institutions and Anti-Discrimination Laws
Lidia Thorpe welcomes assurance on Sovereignty, remains unconvinced on Voice 31/03/2023 National Indigenous Times Pathways to Justice–Inquiry into the Incarceration Rate of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples (ALRC Report 133)
Australia mulls new law to ban religious schools from discriminating against LGBT students, staff 31/03/2023 Star Observer Religious Educational Institutions and Anti-Discrimination Laws
Philip Ruddock’s warning on shared-care overhaul 31/03/2023 The Australian Family Law for the Future: An Inquiry into the Family Law System (ALRC Report 135)
Calls for feedback on new ‘child-focused’ draft Family Law Act 30/01/2023 The Mandarin Family Law for the Future: An Inquiry into the Family Law System (ALRC Report 135)
Changes to family law system on the cards 30/01/2023 Shepparton News Family Law for the Future: An Inquiry into the Family Law System (ALRC Report 135)
‘Discriminatory impact on First Nations people’: coroner calls for urgent bail reform in Veronica Nelson inquest 30/01/2023 The Conversation Pathways to Justice–Inquiry into the Incarceration Rate of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples (ALRC Report 133)
Dads ‘cut out’ in changes to law 30/01/2023 The Australian Family Law for the Future: An Inquiry into the Family Law System (ALRC Report 135)
The Dreyfus interview: Action coming on refugee ‘inhumanity’ 28/01/2023 The Saturday Paper ALRC
ALRC recommends ending discrimination exemption for religious schools 27/01/2023 Lawyerly Religious Educational Institutions and Anti-Discrimination Laws
New ALRC consultation paper looks at discrimination in religious schools 27/01/2023 Proctor Religious Educational Institutions and Anti-Discrimination Laws
Pressure taken off thousands of regional WA motorists with unpaid fines and infringements 21/01/2023 The West Australian Pathways to Justice–Inquiry into the Incarceration Rate of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples (ALRC Report 133)
Law Council backs call for feedback on judicial commission 18/01/2023 Proctor Without Fear or Favour: Judicial Impartiality and the Law on Bias (ALRC Report 138)
Amid push for reforms, judges refuse to recuse themselves time and again 18/01/2023 Lawyerly Without Fear or Favour: Judicial Impartiality and the Law on Bias (ALRC Report 138)
AGD seeks feedback on potential federal judicial commission 18/01/2023 The Mandarin Without Fear or Favour: Judicial Impartiality and the Law on Bias (ALRC Report 138)
Consultation opens for federal judicial commission 17/01/2023 The Australian Without Fear or Favour: Judicial Impartiality and the Law on Bias (ALRC Report 138)
Federal judicial commission could consider complaints about current, former judges 17/01/2023 Lawyers Weekly Without Fear or Favour: Judicial Impartiality and the Law on Bias (ALRC Report 138)Judicial Impartiality
Judicial commission would be ‘protective, not disciplinary’, government says 17/01/2023 Lawyerly Without Fear or Favour: Judicial Impartiality and the Law on Bias (ALRC Report 138)
Australia’s human rights credibility undermined by domestic record, new report finds 12/01/2023 ABC News Pathways to Justice–Inquiry into the Incarceration Rate of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples (ALRC Report 133)
Justice Derrington to depart ALRC 11/01/2023 Investment Magazine ALRC
Justice Derrington to depart ALRC 11/01/2023 Professional Planner ALRC
ALRC president to depart after five years 10/01/2023 Money Management ALRC
Law firm must compete to administer $300M J&J class action settlement 10/01/2023 Lawyerly Integrity, Fairness and Efficiency—An Inquiry into Class Action Proceedings and Third-Party Litigation Funders (ALRC Report 134)
Alarm over reports of neglect and abuse experienced by at-risk adults 07/01/2023 Herald Sun Elder Abuse—A National Legal Response (ALRC Report 131)