19.08.2011
Issue 8 | 19 August 2011 View original format
Discussion Paper now available!
At the end of July we told you
to expect this Discussion Paper in the first week of August: we do
apologise for the delay and thank you for your patience. Commissioner in charge
of the Inquiry and ALRC President Professor Rosalind Croucher described the process
as rather like ‘unravelling a jumper—or in this case, several jumpers—as the
threads of each of the very distinct parts of the Inquiry were explored’. The
deadline for submissions has been extended to 30 September 2011
We have actually produced two documents. The full Discussion Paper provides a
detailed account of our research and reasoning to explain how the ALRC arrived
at the questions and proposals for reform. It is a very large document (approx
750 pages) which we trust will be of assistance to stakeholders who require
more detailed background information, and be a valuable resource down the
track. The Discussion Paper is available only online, in html and as PDFs for
each of the seven areas.
Because we appreciate the time constraints on stakeholders and the
impracticality of asking all respondents to tackle the full Discussion Paper,
we have also produced a brief Summary Paper. It gives informed stakeholders
easy access to the principles on which our ideas are based and what we are
actually suggesting. We anticipate that most stakeholders will simply refer to
the Summary Paper when developing submissions. The Summary Discussion Paper is
available online. If you are unable to download your free copy of this Summary,
the ALRC has a limited number of hard copies available.
Access Discussion Paper, Family Violence and Commonwealth Laws (DP 76) >>
Access Summary Discussion Paper >>
Making submissions
We strongly encourage
respondents to use the online submission forms we have developed for this phase
of the consultation.
This Inquiry is large in scope and there are many questions and proposals for
reform. We have created separate forms for each of the different areas of law
(eg, migration law, employment law, family assistance, etc) to help simplify
the process. This means that if you are only, for example, interested in the
area of employment law, you need only respond to that section of the Discussion
Paper, using the relevant form. Of course, you may respond to as many of
the sections as you wish. You are not required to respond to each and every
proposal within a form.
- DP 76 Part A – Common Threads (Chapters 3-4)
- DP 76 Part B – Social Security (Chapters 5-8)
- DP 76 Part C – Child Support and Family Assistance (Chapters 9-12)
- DP 76 Part D – Income Management (Chapter 13)
- DP 76 Part E—Employment (Chapters 14-18)
- DP 76 Part F – Superannuation (Chapter 19)
- DP 76 Part G – Migration (Chapters 20-22)
You can also provide your submission via email, mail or fax.