Social consequences of parentage testing
Potential impact on social relationships35.20 An underlying theme in the discussion of parentage testing is whether the law should emphasise biological parentage over social parentage in matters of parental responsibility, child support, succession and so on.[7] Before the availability of serological and DNA parentage testing, it was difficult to determine with scientific accuracy the biological …
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Read moreALRC farewells ALRC President, Emeritus Professor David Weisbrot AM
The ALRC today farewelled Emeritus Professor David Weisbrot, the longest serving president in the ALRC’s 35-year history. Professor Weisbrot has stepped down after more than ten years in office during which time he presided over 14 inquiries. Under Professor Weisbrot’s presidency the ALRC has achieved a significant level of implementation for its reports, with over …
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Read moreALRC revisits the legal rights of children and young people in Australia
It is now a little over ten years since the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) and the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (now the Australian Human Rights Commission) released the landmark 1997 report Seen and Heard: Priority for Children in the Legal Process (ALRC Report 84). Seen and Heard represented the culmination of a …
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Read moreEmeritus Professor David Weisbrot AM
Emeritus Professor David Weisbrot was President of the Australian Law Reform Commission from June 1999 to November 2009. Completed inquiries during his term include reviews of the federal civil justice system (Managing Justice, 2000); the Marine Insurance Act 1909 (2001); The Judicial Power of the Commonwealth (2001); the use of civil and administrative penalties in …
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Read moreAI Transparency Statement
The policy for the responsible use of AI in government provides mandatory requirements for departments and agencies relating to accountable officials and transparency statements. This page provides details of the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC)’s implementation of these policy requirements. Accountable Official The ALRC has an AI Accountable Official under the policy, the Director of …
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Read moreTerms of Reference
1. I, the Hon Mark Dreyfus KC MP, Attorney-General of Australia, following consultation with Health Ministers, and having regard to: the role that cell, tissue and organ donation, retrieval and transplantation can play in improving the lives of Australians; that Australia has a long standing national approach to cell, tissue and organ donation, retrieval and …
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I, the Hon Mark Dreyfus KC MP, Attorney-General of Australia, having regard to surrogacy providing Australians who are unable to give birth an opportunity to have a child; the medically, emotionally, financially and legally complex nature of surrogacy arrangements; the legislative responsibilities that states and territories have with regards to surrogacy laws, and current inconsistencies …
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I, the Hon Mark Dreyfus KC, Attorney-General of Australia, having regard to: the operation of the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) (Native Title Act) and the future acts regime for over 30 years the passage of almost a decade since the last review of the Native Title Act (Connection to Country: Review of the Native …
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Read moreFAQs: The Legislative Data Framework
Over the past few years, the ALRC used pioneering data collection and analysis to scrutinise corporations and financial services legislation. Using legislative data, the ALRC was able to show just how complex corporations and financial services legislation is. The ALRC also used that data when developing reforms. This article aims to answer some of the …
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Read moreALRC Welcomes Eminent Jurists to Lead Inquiry into Justice Responses to Sexual Violence
The ALRC has announced the two eminent jurists who will lead the inquiry into Justice Response to Sexual Violence.
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