22.06.2023

WEBINAR From Ideas to Action: What Interim Report C means for you

Restructuring and reframing the legislative framework for financial services Monday 10 July 2023 at 1.00pm AEST Register now Everyday objects are easier to use if they are well designed. The same is true of the law. Join the ALRC to examine Interim Report C and what it means for you. Hear about the ALRC’s proposals for

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22.06.2023

Unpacking and repacking Chapter 7: Improving the structure and framing of financial services legislation

Chapter 7 of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) is like an old cupboard: it is crammed full and poorly organised, with insufficient time set aside for the occasional spring clean. While the first few boxes fit in this cupboard, over time the containers have become mislabeled and inconsistently sorted.

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22.06.2023

Third interim report proposes simpler structure and framing for financial services legislation

Interim Report C includes proposals for restructuring and reframing financial services legislation to make it easier to navigate and understand.

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22.06.2023

Financial Services Legislation: Interim Report C (ALRC Report 140)

Interim Report C contains recommendations, proposals, and questions in relation to the reform of corporations and financial services legislation.

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29.05.2023

Superannuation and the Legislative Framework for Financial Services (FSL11)

This discussion of superannuation and the legislative framework for financial services is the 11th in a series of background papers released by the Australian Law Reform Commission (‘ALRC’)
as part of its Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation (‘the Inquiry’).

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08.05.2023

Post-Legislative Scrutiny (FSL8)

This discussion of post-legislative scrutiny is the eighth in a series of background papers to be released by the Australian Law Reform Commission (‘ALRC’) as part of its Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation (‘the Inquiry’).

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20.04.2023

Deadline for reporting on Religious Educational Institutions Inquiry Extended

The Attorney-General of Australia, the Hon Mark Dreyfus KC MP, has today announced an extension to the reporting deadline for the Australian Law Reform Commission’s (ALRC’s) Inquiry on Religious Educational Institutions and Anti-Discrimination Laws. The report, which was initially due on 21 April 2023, will now be delivered to the Attorney General by 31 December

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09.03.2023

RECORDING Crypto Assets and Decentralised Autonomous Organisations Webinar

On 15 February 2023, the Australian Law Reform Commission, in association with the Corporate Law and Financial Regulation Research Program at Melbourne Law School, held a webinar on the regulation of crypto assets and Decentralised Autonomous Organisations (DAOs).

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28.02.2023

Corporations, Financial Services and Charities – Regulatory Complexity and Coherence

On 6 February 2023, Dr Andrew Godwin (Special Counsel and Team Leader at the Australian Law Reform Commission) presented a paper with Professor Rosemary Langford of Melbourne Law School on ‘Corporations, Financial Services and Charities – Regulatory Complexity and Coherence’.

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23.02.2023

Submissions

The views and opinions expressed in the submissions belong to their authors and do not reflect those of the Australian Law Reform Commission. Readers are advised that some submissions contain content that they may find offensive and distressing. Individuals Organisations 1. P Nolan 9. Healinglife Church and Ministries Inc 2. C Bauer 75. Australian Discrimination

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