22.02.2022

Identifying complexity in financial services legislation

In 2022, the ALRC is undertaking a number of projects to identify aspects of complexity in corporations and financial services legislation. These projects will provide legislators with a reform menu and allow complexity to be appropriately managed over time.

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16.02.2022

Tidying our house of law: bringing the Marie Kondo philosophy to the Commonwealth statute book

Australian Public Law Blog Article by Dr William Isdale and Nicholas Simoes da Silva

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14.02.2022

RECORDING Reducing Complexity: Why? Where? How?

On Thursday 10 February 2022, the Australian Law Reform Commission hosted a webinar to delve deeper into key proposals and questions from Interim Report A of the ALRC’s ongoing Financial Services Legislation Inquiry.  The webinar offered perspectives on three key questions: Why should we seek to reduce the complexity of corporations and financial services legislation?

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08.02.2022

RECORDING (Re)viewing Twin Peaks in Australia and Abroad Webinar

On Thursday 27 January 2022, the Australian Law Reform Commission, in partnership with Melbourne Law School, hosted a webinar to review the Twin Peaks model of financial regulation and to launch the book: The Cambridge Handbook of Twin Peaks Financial Regulation (Cambridge University Press, 2021). Professor Rosemary Langford, on behalf of the Centre for Corporate

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25.01.2022

Financial Services Legislation | ENews January 2022

Join our upcoming webinars (Re)viewing Twin Peaks in Australia and Abroad Thursday 27 January 2022, 6pm-7.30pm (AEDT) This free webinar will examine the Twin Peaks model of financial regulation in Australia and internationally. The webinar will feature a panel of prominent speakers, including former Chairs of APRA and ASIC, who will talk about the evolution and impact

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25.01.2022

Doing the Financial Product Hokey Pokey

While many of us unplugged and relaxed over the festive season, members of the ALRC team used their downtime to pursue some creative works inspired by the ALRC’s Financial Services Legislation Inquiry.

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14.01.2022

WEBINAR Reducing Complexity: Why? Where? How?

Thursday 10 February 2022 at 5pm AEDT
This interactive webinar will provide an opportunity to delve deeper into the key topics covered in the Financial Services Legislation Inquiry: Interim Report A.

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11.01.2022

WEBINAR (Re)viewing Twin Peaks in Australia and Abroad

27 January 2022, 6pm-7.30pm
As the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) pursues its inquiry into the legislative framework for corporations and financial services regulation, it is timely to review the Twin Peaks model of financial regulation and its impact on the broader regulatory landscape. Please join us for the webinar ‘(Re)viewing Twin Peaks in Australia and Abroad’.

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20.12.2021

Cutting back the thicket of corporations and financial services law

Proctor Article by Dr William Isdale and Christopher Ash

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15.12.2021

Breaking down the ALRC 12 Days of Christmas

As an end-of-year celebration of the research, analysis and reports completed in 2021, the ALRC team, led by the Hon Justice SC Derrington, have created a festive inquiry-related version of the 12 Days of Christmas. The Inquiry that lasts for three years is the ongoing Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services

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