Snapshot of 2016–17

Appointments and cessations

  • On 28 November 2016, the Hon Justice Nye Perram was reappointed as a part-time Commissioner for a further period of three years

  • On 28 November 2016, the Hon Justice John Middleton was reappointed as a part-time Commissioner for a further period of three years

  • On 7 February 2017, Judge Matthew Myers AM was appointed as a part-time Commissioner to lead the Inquiry into the Incarceration Rates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples

  • On 1 June 2017, the Hon Justice Nye Perram resigned as a part-time Commissioner.

Significant events

  • On 10 February 2017, the ALRC received Terms of Reference for an Inquiry into the Incarceration Rates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples

  • On 14 June 2017, the ALRC Final Report, Elder Abuse—A National Legal Response (ALRC Report 131) was tabled in Parliament.

Publications

Table 1: ALRC publications completed 2016–17

Area

Publication title

Date of completion

Corporate

Annual Report 2015–16 (ALRC Report 130)

16 September 2016

Elder Abuse

Elder Abuse (DP 83)

12 December 2016

Elder Abuse

Elder Abuse—A National Legal Response (ALRC Report 131)

31 May 2017