Review of the Royal Commissions Act (IP 35)
This Issues Paper is the first consultation document produced during the course of the Royal Commissions Inquiry. It identifies the main issues relevant to the Inquiry, provides background information and encourages informed community participation. View IP 35 in html on the AustLII website
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Read morePrivilege in Perspective: Client Legal Privilege in Federal Investigations (ALRC Report 107)
ALRC Report 107 (tabled 13 February 2008) is the final report of the ALRC’s Client Legal Privilege Inquiry.The ALRC’s research identified over 40 federal bodies with coercive information-gathering powers (as well as Royal Commissions established from time to time) and many more than 40 statutes that addressed the powers of these bodies. Many of these …
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Read moreSubmission to NSW Legislative Council on the publication of names of children involved in criminal proceedings
12 December 2007: The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) makes the following submission to the NSW Legislative Council’s Standing Committee on Law and Justice in relation to the prohibition on the publication of names of children involved in criminal proceedings.In making this submission, the ALRC draws on its experience from current and past inquiries. In …
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Read moreClient Legal Privilege in Federal Investigatory Bodies (DP 73)
DP 73 was released on 26 September 2007, the second consultation document in this inquiry. View DP 73 in HTML on the AustLII website.
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Read moreClient Legal Privilege in Federal Investigatory Bodies (IP 33)
To encourage public participation in the Inquiry the ALRC released IP 33, the first of two consultation papers—an Issues Paper on 23 April 2007. View IP 33 in HTML on the AustLII website
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Read moreFighting Words: A Review of Sedition Laws in Australia (ALRC Report 104)
ALRC Report 104 (tabled 13 December 2006) is the final report of the ALRC’s Inquiry into sedition offences contained in the Commonwealth Criminal Code and related offences in Part IIA of the Crimes Act 1914 (Cth).Historically, sedition law has been used to suppress political dissent, punishing speech that is critical of the established order. Stakeholders, …
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Read moreSame Crime, Same Time: Sentencing of Federal Offenders (ALRC Report 103)
ALRC Report 103 (tabled 13 September 2006) is the final report of the ALRC’s second inquiry into the sentencing of federal offenders. The first inquiry commenced in 1978 and concluded in 1988 with the release of the report, Sentencing (ALRC Report 44).View ALRC Report 103 in HTML on the AustLII website.
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Read moreSedition
In this Inquiry, the ALRC examined the offence of sedition as amended by federal Parliament in 2005.Historically, sedition law has been used to suppress political dissent, punishing speech that is critical of the established order. Stakeholders, including politicians across party lines, the media, and a Senate inquiry expressed concerns that sedition laws introduced by the …
Inquiries
Read moreClient legal privilege in federal investigations
In this Inquiry, the ALRC examined the application of client legal privilege (also known as legal professional privilege) within the context of federal investigations.The Inquiry was announced as part of the Australian Government’s response to the Royal Commission that investigated the conduct of the Australian Wheat Board in relation to the United Nations ‘Oil for …
Inquiries
Read more‘Same crime, same time’: ALRC calls for consistency in federal sentencing
Thursday, 22 June 2006: Australia ’s system for sentencing federal offenders should be significantly overhauled to provide greater consistency, fairness and clarity, according to a major report by the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) tabled today in federal Parliament. ALRC President Professor David Weisbrot said there is compelling evidence of inconsistent treatment of federal offenders, …
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