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.

21.12.1994

Equality before the Law: Women’s Equality (ALRC Report 69 Part 2)

ALRC Report 69 (Part 2) was tabled 21 December 1994. Part 2 of the report is about the architecture of the legal system, that is, the specific laws and practices that contribute to women’s inequality.Equality before the Law: Women’s Equality provides an overview of areas of substantive law in which gender bias is evident. The …

08.11.1994

Child Care for Kids (ALRC Report 70)

ALRC Report 70 (tabled 8 November 1994) deals specifically with the Child Care Act 1972 (Cth) and the operation of child care outside this legislation through the Children’s Services Program, such as occasional care and family day care. The main findings of Child Care for Kids (ALRC Report 70) centre on the need for new legislation …

25.07.1994

Equality before the Law: Justice for Women (ALRC Report 69 Part 1)

ALRC Report 69 (Part 1) was tabled on 25 July 1994. Part I contains further discussion and recommendations about access to justice and violence.The ALRC found the legal system itself is a factor in the subordination of women. Equality before the Law: Justice for Women argued that the legal system sanctions and perpetuates means by which men …

20.06.1994

Compliance with the Trade Practices Act 1974 (ALRC Report 68)

ALRC Report 68 (tabled June 1994) reviewed the sanctions, penalties, remedies and other provisions in the Trade Practices Act 1974 (TPA) relating to compliance with Part V, having regard to the need for effective compliance, difficulties that had been experienced, and the need for quick, cost effective and fair remedies. Compliance with the Trade Practices …

03.03.1994

Equality before the Law – Interim Report (ALRC Report 67)

In its interim report (tabled 3 March 1994), the ALRC recommended the immediate establishment of a National Women’s Justice Program (NWJP) to address women’s needs for access to justice. View Equality before the Law – Interim Report (ALRC Report 67) on the AustLII website.

30.09.1993

Collective Investments: Other People’s Money (ALRC Report 65)

ALRC Report 65 (tabled 30 September 1993) is a two-volume report. It found that collective investments were a rapidly growing sector in investment in Australia, of considerable importance to the economy.Collective Investments: Other People’s Money concluded that policy should therefore ensure the twin objectives of encouraging business activity while ensuring that investors were adequately protected. In …

27.05.1993

Personal Property Securities (ALRC Report 64)

Personal Property Securities (ALRC Report 64) was tabled on 27 May 1993. It reviewed the method of dealing with personal property securities. View ALRC Report 64 in HTML on the AustLII website.

26.05.1993

Children’s Evidence: Closed Circuit TV (ALRC Report 63)

ALRC Report 63 (tabled 1993) evaluates a 12-month trial period using closed circuit television in the ACT Magistrates Court, Children’s Court and Coroner’s Court. The evaluation study aimed to assess: whether closed circuit TV reduces the stress of testifying for child witnesses both for its own sake and in order to improve the quality of …

20.09.1992

Administrative penalties in customs and excise (ALRC Report 61)

ALRC Report 61 (tabled September 1992) identified that there were issues regarding ways the administrative penalty scheme of the Customs Service should operate and also whether there should be an administrative penalty scheme for excise.The report questioned whether administrative penalties should apply to innocent or deliberate errors, how adequate the existing mechanisms for enforcement were …

14.09.1992

Customs and excise (ALRC Report 60)

ALRC Report 60 (tabled September 1992) aimed to simplify and modernise the law relating to customs and excise.ALRC Report 60 concluded that a single Customs and Excise Act would avoid the duplication and anomalous differences resulting from separate Acts. One volume of the three-volume report was dedicated to draft legislation.View ALRC Report 60 in HTML …