Publications

The ALRC produces a range of publications including:

Inquiry Reports,
Consultation Documentation,
Information sheets, and
Reform Journal

The ALRC is committed to improving public access to its work and all past reports and recent consultation papers are available for free viewing and download via this website.

Some publications are available in book format for purchase.

24.03.2006

Extradition and Mutual Assistance Review

24 March 2006: Submission to the Australian Attorney-General’s Department on the Extradition and Mutual Assistance Review The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) makes the following submission to the Attorney-General’s Department extradition and mutual assistance review.For the information of the Department, the ALRC would like to highlight the relevant recommendations made in our report The Judicial …

20.03.2006

Review of Sedition Laws (IP 30)

IP 30 (released 20 March 2006) is the first consultation document produced during the course of the Sedition Inquiry. View IP 30 in HTML on the AustLII website.

08.02.2006

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 …

24.11.2005

Draft Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities

24 November 2005: ALRC submission on Draft Comprehensive and Integral International Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities (24 November 2005)The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) notes that the Convention currently prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability.[1] ‘Discrimination on the basis of disability’ is defined in …

15.11.2005

Sentencing of Federal Offenders (DP 70)

DP 70 was released in November 2005 – the second consultation document produced during the course of this Inquiry.View DP 70 in HTML on the AustLII website.

16.07.2005

Review of the Uniform Evidence Acts (DP 69)

DP 69 (released July 2005) is the second of two consultation papers produced during this inquiry.View DP 69 in HTML at the AustLII website.

15.01.2005

Sentencing of Federal Offenders (IP 29)

IP 29 was released in January 2005 – the first consultation document produced during the course of this Inquiry. View IP 29 in HTML on the AustLII website.

15.12.2004

Review of the Uniform Evidence Acts 1995 (IP 28)

IP 28 was released by the ALRC in December 2004, the first of two consultation documents produced during the inquiry. View IP 28 in HTML on the AustLII website.

30.08.2004

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 …

24.06.2004

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 …