28.06.2017
Elder Abuse—A National Legal Response | 2017 World Elder Abuse Awareness Day Forum
Elder Abuse Reform Symposium, Melbourne Town Hall, World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, 15 June 2017, Emeritus Professor Rosalind F Croucher AM, President, Australian Law Reform Commission* Audio Transcript [Note: Professor Croucher spoke to this paper, so the text below is not an exact transcript of the recording of the presentation—some comments were added, especially at the …
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Supporting Older People in Exercising and Protecting Their Rights—Insights from the ALRC’s Disability and Elder Abuse Inquiries
Keynote Address, ADA National Conference, ‘Human Rights & Social Justice: Shifting Client Control’, Surfers Paradise, Queensland, 23 March 2017, Emeritus Professor Rosalind F Croucher AM, President, Australian Law Reform Commission* Abstract: The ALRC’s Disability inquiry embodied the paradigm shift of the UNCRPD to supported decision making and, as a first principle, that all adults have …
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Law Reform Agencies and Government—Independence, survival and effective law reform?
Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher AM, President, Australian Law Reform Commission, Commonwealth Association of Law Reform Agencies, Melbourne, 25 March 2017.
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Encroachments on Freedoms— The ALRC Freedoms Inquiry
NSW Bar Association, 10 November 2016, Sydney, Professor Rosalind Croucher AM* [Note: Professor Croucher spoke to this paper, so the text below is not an exact transcript of the recording of the presentation—some comments were added, especially at the beginning; and some parts of the text were somewhat condensed in presentation] Acknowledgments As the Head of …
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Protecting the rights of older Australians from abuse through laws and legal frameworks—the ALRC’s Elder Abuse Inquiry
AAG 2016 National Conference, Canberra, 4 November 2016, Rosalind F Croucher* [Note: Professor Croucher spoke to this paper at the conference, including making reference to presenters in the same session that preceded her speech, so the text below is not an exact transcript of the recording of the presentation] Acknowledgment I begin my presentation by acknowledging …
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Modelling Supported Decision Making in Commonwealth Laws – The ALRC’s 2014 Report and Making it Work
AGAC 2016 National Conference, 18 October 2016, Rosalind F Croucher* Transcript Acknowledgment & Introduction I begin by acknowledging the Gadigal people of the Eora nation, who are the traditional owners and custodians of the land on which we meet—and I pay my respects to their elders, both past and present and acknowledge Indigenous guests attending …
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Common Law and the Protection of Rights, Freedoms and Privileges: Insights from the ALRC Freedoms Inquiry
The Common Law and the Protection of Rights, Freedoms and Privileges: Insights from the ALRC Freedoms Inquiry, The Mayo Lecture for 2016, James Cook University, Townsville, 12 September 2016 by Professor Rosalind Croucher AM* Introduction Thank you, Ed Harridge, President of the James Cook University (JCU) Student Association, for inviting me to present the Marylyn Mayo Lecture for 2016. I am …
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Mutual Wills — An Ancient Doctrine with Modern Teeth
STEP Qld Annual Trusts and Estates Conference, 2 September 2016, Rosalind F Croucher AM* Transcript [Professor Croucher spoke to this paper, so the audio does not correspond precisely to the text below] Of Ancient and Modern When ‘ancient’ and ‘modern’ are coupled in the same sentence it reminds me of the hymn book, Hymns Ancient and Modern. …
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What’s the secret?
Leadership Lunch Series, Women Lawyers NSW, Newcastle Chapter, 4 August 2016, Professor Rosalind Croucher AM* President, Australian Law Reform Commission Transcript Acknowledgment Reflecting our commitment in our Reconciliation Action Plan, as the head of a government agency—and personally, I acknowledge the traditional custodians of this land, the Awabakal and Worimi peoples, who must have sat in a place like this …
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The ALRC’s Freedoms Report and Government Lawyers— Issues on the Horizon
Australian Government Legal Network, 29 July 2016, Canberra, by Professor Rosalind Croucher AM* Transcript [Square bracket notes indicate interpolated material. Not all the text was delivered.] Acknowledgments As the Head of an Australian Government agency, and in the spirit of our Reconciliation Action Plan, I begin my presentation by acknowledging the traditional custodians of this land, and pay my …
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