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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 |