13.09.2006
Same Crime, Same Time: Sentencing of Federal Offenders (ALRC Report 103)
ALRC Report 103 (tabled 13 September 2006) is the final report of the ALRC’s second inquiry into the sentencing of federal offenders. The first inquiry commenced in 1978 and concluded in 1988 with the release of the report, Sentencing (ALRC Report 44).View ALRC Report 103 in HTML on the AustLII website.
Read more08.02.2006
Uniform Evidence Law (ALRC Report 102)
The Final Report, Uniform Evidence Law (ALRC Report 102), completed jointly by the ALRC, NSWLRC was tabled in the Commonwealth and Victorian parliaments and released in NSW on 8 February 2006.The primary objectives of this inquiry were twofold: to identify and address any defects in the uniform Evidence Acts; and to maintain and further the …
Read more30.08.2004
Genes and Ingenuity: Gene patenting and human health (ALRC Report 99)
The Genes and Ingenuity report (tabled August 2004) is the product of an extensive research and community consultation effort over 18 months.The ALRC’s task was to examine whether the Australian patent system was meeting the challenges of the rapidly developing science associated with the sequencing of the human genome.Given the diversity of interests and concerns …
Read more24.06.2004
Keeping Secrets: The Protection of Classified and Security Sensitive Information (ALRC Report 98)
ALRC Report 98 was tabled in federal Parliament on 23 June 2004. This inquiry examined measures to safeguard classified and security sensitive information during court or tribunal proceedings, or in the course of other investigations—including those relating to criminal prosecutions, civil suits, immigration matters or freedom of information applications.View ALRC Report 98 in HTML on the …
Read more30.05.2003
Essentially Yours: The Protection of Human Genetic Information in Australia (ALRC Report 96)
ALRC Report 96 (tabled May 2003) was the product of a two-year inquiry by the ALRC and the Australian Health Ethics Committee (AHEC) of the NHMRC, involving extensive research and widespread public consultation.The inquiry was the most comprehensive ever undertaken into these issues in Australia or overseas.The report covers an extensive range of activities in …
Read more13.03.2003
Principled Regulation: Federal Civil and Administrative Penalties in Australia (ALRC Report 95)
ALRC Report 95 was in tabled March 2003. The ALRC’s task was to consider the many disparate federal regulatory and penalties schemes that had developed over the last three decades or so to identify those areas where the injection of some structure could give them, both collectively and individually, greater clarity, transparency and consistency. While …
Read more25.10.2001
The Judicial Power of the Commonwealth: A Review of the Judiciary Act 1903 and Related Legislation (ALRC Report 92)
ALRC Report 92 (tabled October 2001) sets out 125 recommendations for amendments to the Judiciary Act and related legislation such as the High Court of Australia Act 1979 (Cth), the Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth), the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth), and the Federal Magistrates Act 1999 (Cth). The terms of reference required the …
Read more30.05.2001
Review of the Marine Insurance Act 1909 (Cth) (ALRC Report 91)
ALRC Report 91 (tabled May 2001) sets out the results of the Commission’s research and consultations, and its recommendations for amendments to the Marine Insurance Act 1909 (Cth) (MIA) and to the Insurance Contracts Act 1984 (Cth) (ICA). Four areas came to be of central importance during the course of the review. They are the …
Read more17.02.2000
Managing Justice: A Review of the Federal Civil Justice System (ALRC Report 89)
ALRC Report 89 (tabled 17 February 2000) represents the culmination of a major four year inquiry, which commenced with terms of reference directing the Commission to consider ‘the need for a simpler, cheaper and more accessible legal system’.The ALRC inquiry focused on practice, procedure and case management in federal civil courts and tribunals, such as …
Read more30.06.1999
Confiscation that Counts: A Review of the Proceeds of Crime Act 1987 (ALRC Report 87)
Final Report, ALRC Report 89, was tabled June 1999. The ALRC’s review of Australia’s confiscation regime found that groundbreaking proceeds of crime legislation—introduced in 1987, and designed to strike at the heart of organised crime by attacking the profit motive—had become largely ineffective.ALRC Report 89 advocates a sharp shift in Australia’s approach to federal assets …
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