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.

14.06.2017

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

This Summary Report provides an accessible overview of the policy framework and recommendations in the Report, Elder Abuse—A National Legal Response (ALRC Report 131), tabled on 14 June 2017.

11.12.2016

Elder Abuse (DP 83)

This is the second consultation document for the Elder Abuse Inquiry, in which the ALRC has been asked to consider existing Commonwealth laws and frameworks which seek to safeguard and protect older persons from misuse or abuse by formal and informal carers, supporters, representatives and others, and to examine the interaction and relationship of these …

11.10.2016

Annual Report 2015-2016 (ALRC Report 130)

The ALRC Annual Report for 2015-16 was tabled on 12 October 2016. The report has been reproduced here in html for accessability. For a true version of the tabled report, please see the PDF version.

14.06.2016

Elder Abuse (IP 47)

This Issues Paper was released on 15 June 2016. Submissions closed on 18 August 2016. Information about the Elder Abuse Inquiry is available in 20 community languages.

23.03.2016

ALRC submission: Inquiry into the Migration Amendment (Family Violence and Other Measures) Bill 2016

Submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee Inquiry into the Migration Amendment (Family Violence and Other Measures) Bill 2016 23 March 2016Dear Ms Dunstone,Inquiry into the Migration Amendment (Family Violence and Other Measures) Bill 2016 The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) welcomes the opportunity to make a submission to the Committee to inform its …

14.03.2016

ALRC submission: Inquiry into the indefinite detention of people with cognitive and psychiatric impairment in Australia

Dear Sir/Madam,I refer to the invitation for submissions to the Senate Community Affairs References Committee (the Senate Committee) inquiry into the indefinite detention of people with cognitive and psychiatric impairment in Australia.I note that the Senate Committee’s November 2015 report on violence, abuse and neglect against people with disability recommended (Rec 6) that the Australian …

02.03.2016

Traditional Rights and Freedoms—Encroachments by Commonwealth Laws (ALRC 129 Summary)

This Summary Report provides an accessible overview of the policy framework and recommendations in the Final Report, Traditional Rights and Freedoms—Encroachments by Commonwealth Laws (ALRC Report 129), tabled on 2 March 2016.This publication is available for purchase in book format.

01.03.2016

Traditional Rights and Freedoms—Encroachments by Commonwealth Laws (ALRC Report 129)

Tabled 2 March 2016.The ALRC was asked to identify and critically examine Commonwealth laws that encroach upon traditional rights, freedoms and privileges recognised by the common law. In this Report, the ALRC discusses the source and rationale of many important rights and freedoms and provides an extensive survey of current Commonwealth laws that limit them. The ALRC …

11.02.2016

ALRC submission: Exposure Draft Copyright Amendment (Disability Access and Other Measures) Bill 2016

Ms Kirsti Haipola and Mr Sam AhlinCopyright Law and Policy SectionDepartment of Communications and the ArtsBy email: copyright@communications.gov.au11 February 2016Dear Ms Haipola and Mr Ahlin,Exposure Draft Copyright Amendment (Disability Access and Other Measures) Bill 2016The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) welcomes the opportunity to provide a submission in response to the Department’s call for views …

11.02.2016

ALRC submission: Exposure Draft Privacy Amendment (Notification of Serious Data Breaches) Bill 2015

Dear Sir/Madam,ALRC Submission: Exposure draft Privacy Amendment (Notification of Serious Data Breaches) Bill 2015I refer to the invitation for submissions on the exposure draft Privacy Amendment (Notification of Serious Data Breaches) Bill 2015 (the Bill).The Bill would amend the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) to insert a new pt IIIC, which would define when a ‘serious …