ALRC In Brief | March 2025
From the ALRC President Welcome to the latest edition of the ALRC’s In Brief newsletter and the first for 2025, the ALRC’s 50th year. I’m pleased to be leading the ALRC for this milestone anniversary, which happens to be one of our busiest years with three inquiries running. We are also planning to hold 50th …
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Read moreQ&A with students at the University of Sydney
On 24 September 2020, ALRC Principal Legal Officer Micheil Paton and Senior Legal Officer Sarah Fulton answered questions from students in a class on Law Reform, at the request of Professor Simon Rice OAM, the Kim Santow Chair of Law and Social Justice at the University of Sydney Law School. The students had read a …
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Read moreALRC InBrief | June 2020
What are the most pressing areas for law reform in Australia today?
Join expert panels including judges, legal scholars and industry leaders in a series of online conversations to unpack some of the key areas identified by the ALRC, including: defamation, automated decision making, legal structures for social enterprises and press freedom. View the ALRC Report: The Future of Law Reform: A Suggested Program of Work 2020-25.
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Read moreAppendix F: Presentations and articles 2016–17
PresentationsProfessor Rosalind Croucher, ‘The ALRC’s Elder Abuse Inquiry’—Webinar hosted by the Elder Abuse Prevention Unit Queensland, 14 July 2016Professor Rosalind Croucher, ‘The ALRC’s Freedoms Report and Government Lawyers: Issues on the Horizon’—Australian Government Legal Network, 29 July 2016 Professor Rosalind Croucher, ‘What’s the secret?’—Leadership Lunch Series, Women Lawyers NSW, 4 August 2016Professor Rosalind Croucher, ‘Mutual …
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Read moreAppendix I: International Outreach
VisitorsOn 22 July 2016, the ALRC welcomed a delegation from the Thailand Ministry of Justice’s Office of Justice Affairs. The purpose of the visit was to gain knowledge of ALRC law reform processes to help the delegation in designing legal development frameworks to enhance Thailand’s legal and justice systems.Commonwealth Association of Law Reform AgenciesIn March …
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Read moreALRC Brief | April 2017
Inquiry update Incarceration rates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples Following public consultation on the Draft Terms of Reference, the Attorney-General delivered final Terms of Reference to the ALRC on 10 February 2017. The Terms of Reference (TOR) request that the ALRC examine the laws, legal frameworks and legal institutions, including the police, courts, legal assistance …
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Read moreAppendix F: Presentations and articles 2015–16
PresentationsProfessor Rosalind Croucher, ‘Re-imagining Law Reform—Michael Kirby’s Vision, Human Rights and the Australian Law Reform Commission in the 21st Century’—9th Annual Michael Kirby Lecture, 9 July 2015.Professor Rosalind Croucher, ‘The ALRC’s Family Violence work’—ANROWS inConversation series, 10 August 2015.Professor Rosalind Croucher, ‘Professor Leigh Goodmark in Conversation with Professor Rosalind Croucher’—ANROWS inConversation series, 10 August 2015.Professor …
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Read moreAppendix I: International outreach
On 21 July 2015, the ALRC welcomed a delegation from Timor-Leste including the Minister of State and President of the Council of Ministers, His Excellency Agio Pereira, and other members of the Council, along with the Hon Michael Kirby. The purpose of the visit was to outline law reform being undertaken in Timor-Leste and to …
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Read moreHuman resource management
StaffingThe ALRC has one office in Sydney and all staff are located at this office. On 30 June 2016, the ALRC’s full-time equivalent staffing level was 11.1 FTE. This figure does not include Commissioners (1 FTE).Table 5: Staffing profile as at 30 June 2016ALRC classificationMenWomenFull-timePart-timeTotalExecutive Director(SES-equivalent) 11 1EL2/PLO($124,789–$132,389)2 112 EL1/SLO($92,854–$121,155) 4 4 4 APS 5–6/LO($69,810–$88,432) 3 2 13 APS 3–4($55,108–$67,777) 2 1 1 2 APS 1–2($38,652–$53,502) Total2109312Indigenous employmentAs of 30 June 2016, for …
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