Terms of Reference
Review of equal recognition before the law and legal capacity for people with disability I, Mark Dreyfus QC MP, Attorney-General of Australia, having regard to: the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, to which Australia is a party and which sets out: rights for people with disability to recognition before the …
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Read moreProgram 1: Key performance indicators
The ALRC measures the success of Program 1 in delivering its outcome through the following key performance indicators: implementation of ALRC reports by government and other bodies, substantially or partially, over time; the number of court or tribunal decisions that cite ALRC reports; the number of submissions received for each inquiry; the number of visitors …
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Read morePresident’s overview
2012–13 has been a productive year for the ALRC, and one in which we have seen the enduring nature of law reform—along with the high regard for the ALRC’s work—evidenced in the substantial implementation activity that has occurred and the continued referral to the ALRC of highly relevant and apposite law reform projects. We have …
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Read moreA statutory cause of action for serious invasion of privacy
The impact of a statutory cause of action 25. Calls for a statutory cause of action for serious invasion of privacy are often made on the basis that there are gaps in existing privacy protection. These gaps may leave people who experience serious invasions of privacy with no or limited legal redress. At the same …
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Read moreOther legal remedies to prevent and redress serious invasions of privacy
136. The Terms of Reference require the ALRC to make recommendations as to legal remedies to redress serious invasions of privacy, other than a statutory cause of action, and also as to innovative ways in which the law might reduce serious invasions of privacy. Both of these aspects of the Terms of Reference need to …
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Review of the Native Title Act 1993 I, Mark Dreyfus QC MP, Attorney-General of Australia, having regard to: the 20 years of operation of the Native Title Act 1993 (the Act) the importance of the recognition and protection of native title to Indigenous Australians and the broader Australian community the importance of certainty as to …
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Review of equal recognition before the law and legal capacity for people with disability I, Mark Dreyfus QC MP, Attorney-General of Australia, having regard to: the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, to which Australia is a party and which sets out: rights for people with disability to recognition before the …
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Read moreNGO Forum on Human Rights
Rosalind Croucher, President Australia Law Reform Commission, Reducing Legal Barriers for People with Disabilities, 19 June 2013 Old Parliament House, Canberra Acknowledgment To begin, let me thank the Attorney-General’s Department for organising such an important meeting. And, especially as it such an important place in our nation’s history may I acknowledge the Ngunnawal and Ngambri peoples, who …
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Read moreCHASS National Forum 2013—Civility in Australia
20 June 2013, Parliament House, Professor Rosalind Croucher, President, Australian Law Reform Commission.[1] Sections of the CHASS National Forum 2013 are available for viewing via YouTube. Professor Croucher’s presentation begins at 11.35 mins. Themes In my contribution towards today’s forum on civility, and in this panel discussion on the ‘borders of civility’, I will focus on two themes: …
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Read moreChanging patterns of government use
14.8 Government use of copyright material has changed significantly in response to the emergence of digital technologies. Governments now receive large amounts of copyright material via email and online, scan and digitally store documents sent to them, email documents internally and publish material on intranets and external websites. They are much more likely to rely …
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