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Proposal 3–1 State and territory public advocates or public guardians should be given the power to investigate elder abuse where they have a reasonable cause to suspect that an older person: (a) has care and support needs; (b) is, or is at risk of, being abused or neglected; and (c) is unable to protect themselves …
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2.10 The National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children 2010–2022 could be used as an instructive model.[8] It sets a ‘framework for action’ over a 12 year horizon to be implemented through four three-year plans, called ‘Action Plans’: to bring together ‘the efforts of governments across the nation to make a real and …
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ALRC inquiry into the incarceration rate of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoplesI, Senator the Hon George Brandis QC, Attorney-General of Australia, refer to the Australian Law Reform Commission, an inquiry into the over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in our prisons.It is acknowledged that while laws and legal frameworks are an important factor …
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Read morePodcast: Interns, Semester 2 2016
TranscriptSabina Wynn (SW): Hello I’m Sabina Wynn, the Executive Director of the Australian Law Reform Commission and I’m here today with three of our most recent interns. They’ve just completed a semester with us working on the Elder Abuse Inquiry. I’m going to ask Scott first, so what have you actually been working on while …
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Inquiry into Commonwealth laws for consistency with traditional rights, freedoms and privilegesOn 9 May 2014, the Attorney-General, Senator the Hon George Brandis QC, provided Terms of Reference to the ALRC for a review of Commonwealth laws for consistency with traditional rights, freedoms and privileges (the Freedoms Inquiry). The ALRC was asked to identify any Commonwealth …
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Read moreAppendix G: Participation in external inquiries
Often through its inquiry work the ALRC has already conducted valuable research into areas of law or legal processes that become subject to review by other agencies or parliamentary committees. Where appropriate and relevant, the ALRC provides briefings or written submissions to parliamentary committees, Ministers, government departments, and other bodies. In this way, the experience …
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Procurement and purchasingPurchasing within the ALRC is guided by its Procurement and Purchasing Policy, which is consistent with the Commonwealth Procurement Rules (CPRs) and the PGPA Act. As an agency expending public money, the ALRC must be accountable for its resources and expenditure.The ALRC’s Procurement and Purchasing Policy sets ‘value for money’ as the core …
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2015–16 has been another significant year for the ALRC. We released our 87th report, Traditional Rights and Freedoms—Encroachments by Commonwealth Laws, the report for the Freedoms Inquiry, and received Terms of Reference for a new inquiry into protecting the rights of older Australians from abuse.We also celebrated 40 years of best-practice law reform at an …
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Protecting the Rights of Older Australians from AbuseI, Senator the Hon George Brandis QC, Attorney-General of Australia, having regard to:the principle that all Australians have rights, which do not diminish with age, to live dignified, self‑determined lives, free from exploitation, violence and abusethe principle that laws and legal frameworks should provide appropriate protections and safeguards …
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Protecting the Rights of Older Australians from AbuseI, Senator the Hon George Brandis QC, Attorney-General of Australia, having regard to: the principle that all Australians have rights, which do not diminish with age, to live dignified, self determined lives, free from exploitation, violence and abusethe principle that laws and legal frameworks should provide appropriate protections and safeguards …
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