Snapshot of 2015–16

Appointments and cessations

  • On 9 July 2015, Professor Anura Surindra Ratnapala was appointed a part-time Commissioner for the Review of Commonwealth Laws for Consistency with Traditional Rights, Freedoms and Privileges (the Freedoms Inquiry).

  • On 28 November 2015, Justice Nye Perram was re-appointed as a part-time Commissioner for a further period of 12 months.

  • On 28 November 2015, Justice John Middleton was re-appointed as a part-time Commissioner for a further period of 12 months.

  • On 14 December 2015, Professor Rosalind Croucher AM was re-appointed as President of the ALRC for a period of three years.

Significant events

  • On 23 February 2016, the ALRC received Terms of Reference for an Inquiry into Protecting the Rights of Older Australians from Abuse (the Elder Abuse Inquiry).

  • On 2 March 2016, the ALRC’s Final Report, Traditional Rights and Freedoms—Encroachments by Commonwealth Laws (ALRC Report 129) was tabled and launched in Parliament by the Attorney-General, Senator the Hon George Brandis QC.

Publications

Table 1: ALRC publications completed 2015–16

Area

Publication title

Date of completion

Freedoms

Traditional Rights and Freedoms—Encroachments by Commonwealth Laws (ALRC Interim Report 127)

3 August 2015

Corporate

Annual Report 2014–15 (ALRC Report 128)

16 September 2015

Freedoms

Traditional Rights and Freedoms—Encroachments by Commonwealth Laws (ALRC Report 129)

23 December 2015

Elder Abuse

Elder Abuse (IP 47)

15 June 2016