27.01.2023

Anti-Discrimination Laws eNews | January 2023

Today the Australian Law Reform Commission released a Consultation Paper with proposals for changing the way Commonwealth anti-discrimination law applies to religious schools and other educational institutions.
Stakeholder submissions are now invited.

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27.01.2023

Religious Educational Institutions and Anti-Discrimination Laws: Consultation Paper (2023)

The Australian Law Reform Commission seeks stakeholder submissions on proposals to change the way Commonwealth anti-discrimination law applies to religious schools and other educational institutions.

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25.01.2023

Reflecting on Reforms II – Submissions to Interim Report B (FSL10)

This discussion of the submissions received in response to Interim Report B is the 10th in a series of background papers to be released by the ALRC as part of its Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation.

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25.01.2023

WEBINAR Crypto Assets and Decentralised Autonomous Organisations

Wednesday 15 February 2023 at 5.00pm AEDT – The Corporate Law and Financial Regulation Research Program, in association with the Australian Law Reform Commission, invites you to a webinar on the regulation of crypto assets and Decentralised Autonomous Organisations. The webinar will provide an update on regulatory developments in Australia and overseas, and will explore the direction of future reforms.

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25.01.2023

Financial Services Legislation eNews | January 2023

Stakeholder feedback is crucial for developing recommendations for simplification of corporations and financial services legislation.
In this Background Paper, Reflecting on Reforms II – Submissions to Interim Report B, the ALRC provides an overview of the feedback it has received, by way of formal submissions, on questions and proposals outlined in Interim Report B.

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24.01.2023

Previous Inquiries

Extensive consultations have been undertaken previously on the issues under examination in the inquiry into Religious Education Institutions and Anti-Discrimination Laws. The ALRC is considering submissions and reported findings from previous inquiries, in addition to key reports, published over a 30-year period, from 1992-2022, at both Federal and State or Territory levels.

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19.01.2023

User-friendly legislation: Why we need it, and how to achieve it

Modern smartphones are some of the most technologically sophisticated pieces of equipment ever invented. And yet, to operate one, you don’t need a PhD in computer science or years of experience. For the most part, their operations are intuitive and their functions easily navigable. If only the same could be said for all modern legislation.

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09.01.2023

Individual views and experiences

The ALRC also ran a survey to allow individual members of the public to contribute their personal views and experiences to its Inquiry into anti-discrimination laws as they apply to religious educational institutions. It closed on 24 February 2023. The survey is a consultation tool and is not intended to reflect a representative sample of

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09.01.2023

The Hon Justice Sarah C Derrington AM

Justice Sarah Derrington was President of the Australian Law Reform Commission from 9 January 2018 to 9 January 2023.

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09.01.2023

The Hon Justice Mark Moshinsky

Justice Moshinsky is a part-time Commissioner of the ALRC and was appointed on 9 January 2023 for a term of five years. Justice Moshinsky fulfilled the role of Acting President from 10 January 2023 to 9 July 2023. Justice Moshinsky was appointed to the appointed to the Federal Court of Australia in 2015. He completed

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