Review of Surrogacy Laws: Issues Paper (2025)
Submissions in response to the Issues Paper are now open. The Issues Paper introduces our inquiry and explains what we have been asked to do. It provides a brief overview of surrogacy laws in Australia. The Issues Paper also sets out some principles we may use to guide reform and lists some reform issues that appear …
Read moreReview of Human Tissue Laws: Issues Paper (2025)
Submissions in response to the Issues Paper are now open. The Issues Paper introduces our inquiry and explains what we have been asked to do. It provides a brief overview of human tissue laws. The Issues Paper also sets out some aims and principles we may use to guide reform and lists some reform issues …
Read moreReview of the Future Acts Regime: Discussion Paper (2025)
Submissions in response to the Discussion Paper are now open. The Discussion Paper continues the conversation started earlier in our Inquiry. The Discussion Paper outlines what we have heard so far and sets out some options for reforming the future acts regime. We are now asking you to let us know your thoughts about those …
Read moreReview of the Future Acts Regime: Issues Paper (2024)
The Issues Paper aims to explain the future acts regime at a high level and introduce our Inquiry. It also starts a conversation by asking you to let us know your thoughts. You can do this by making a submission or in another way that works for you. There are five questions in the Issues …
Read moreJustice Responses to Sexual Violence: Issues Paper (2024)
Submissions in response to the questions raised in the Issues Paper have now closed. The ALRC sincerely thanks everyone who has made a submission. The questions focus on the information, support, and options available to victim survivors following their experience of sexual violence. At the same time, the questions recognise that a person accused of …
Read moreWhat We Heard (ADL2)
This Background Paper aims to reflect what the Australian Law Reform Commission heard from a wide range of stakeholders during its Inquiry into Religious Educational Institutions and Anti-Discrimination Laws.
Read moreInternational Comparisons (ADL1)
This Background Paper discusses the application of anti-discrimination law to religious educational institutions from a comparative law perspective.
Read moreReflecting on Reforms III – Submissions to Interim Report C (FSL12)
This discussion of the submissions received in response to Interim Report C is the 12th in a series of background papers released by the Australian Law Reform Commission (‘ALRC’) as part of its Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation (‘the Inquiry’). These background papers are intended to provide a high-level …
Read moreSuperannuation and the Legislative Framework for Financial Services (FSL11)
This discussion of superannuation and the legislative framework for financial services is the 11th in a series of background papers released by the Australian Law Reform Commission (‘ALRC’)
as part of its Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation (‘the Inquiry’).
Post-Legislative Scrutiny (FSL8)
This discussion of post-legislative scrutiny is the eighth in a series of background papers to be released by the Australian Law Reform Commission (‘ALRC’) as part of its Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation (‘the Inquiry’).
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