09.01.2023

Acting President of the ALRC appointed

On 9 January 2023, the Attorney-General of Australia, the Hon Mark Dreyfus KC MP, announced the appointment of the Hon Justice Mark Moshinsky as a part-time Commissioner of the ALRC. Justice Moshinsky will also fulfil the role of Acting President until a permanent replacement is confirmed.

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01.01.2023

ALRC in the media – 2023

The ALRC monitors the media for references to the Commission and its inquiries. This list is not comprehensive.

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20.12.2022

Advisory Committee

​The ALRC forms an advisory committee, or panel of experts, for each Inquiry

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20.12.2022

RECORDING Inaugural Michael Kirby Lecture

On Monday 5 December 2022, the ALRC hosted the Inaugural Michael Kirby Lecture at the Federal Court of Australia in Melbourne. The 2022 keynote address was delivered by the Attorney-General of Australia, the Hon Mark Dreyfus KC MP.

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19.12.2022

The Wondrous Universe of Law: The ALRC’s DataHub and a new age of legal exploration

In this article the ALRC announce the launch of the DataHub, which will enable greater explorations of our Universe of Law. Using the DataHub and new tools of discovery, this article summarises four key learnings about our law. They concern the law’s scale, expansion, complexity, and tendency to disorder. These learnings, and others gleaned from the DataHub, can help improve our Universe of Law, for the benefit of all.

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16.12.2022

Download the Data

Data as at 12 Dec 2022 This page provides links to download sixteen data sets created by the ALRC. These data sets form the basis of the DataHub. Legislative data derived from the Federal Register of Legislation The following data sets were created by webscraping the Federal Register of Legislation. A description of how this

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16.12.2022

Lawmaking by Parliamentary Term

Data as at 12 December 2022. Table of Contents Legislating by Parliament Acts and delegated legisaltion per Parliamentary term Government Bills Private Members’ Bills The scale and diversity of modern lawmaking means that Parliamentarians today confront a completely different legal landscape to their predecessors. Even as the rate of Parliamentary lawmaking has increased, the challenge

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16.12.2022

Law, War, and Peace

Data as at 12 December 2022. Table of Contents Law in times of war Law in the First World War Law in the Second World War Winning the peace Defence-related legislation Terrorism-related legislation Sanctions legislation Methodology The ALRC DataHub offers opportunities to explore how lawmaking by the Australian Parliament and Government has changed over the

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16.12.2022

Lawmaking during the Covid-19 Pandemic

Data as at 12 December 2022. This page is no longer updated. Table of Contents Making law in response to Covid-19 Legislative responses to the pandemic Lawmakers got busier The UK legislative response compared to Australia’s Subject matter legislation during the pandemic The subject matter of Covid-19 legislation Changes in lawmaking for selected subject matter

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16.12.2022

Topics of Interest

The ALRC DataHub offers opportunities to explore how lawmaking by the Australian Parliament and Executive Government has changed over the past 120 years. The DataHub’s Topics of Interest series of webpages provides case studies in how data can be used to tell original stories about law, law-making, and legal history. The data is a reminder

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