This page draws together Inquiry, Publications and News & Media content filed under ‘censorship’. Related terms: freedom of speech, freedom of expression.
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.
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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 …
Read more23.09.2015
Accommodating rights? Religion, speech and equality in Australia
National Freedoms Symposium, Adelaide University North Terrace Campus, Adelaide, 21 September 2015. Chaired by Professor Andrew Stewart, John Bray Professor of Law, Adelaide Law School, University of Adelaide Speeches: Professor Rosalind Croucher AM, ALRC President and Commissioner for the Inquiry The Honourable Catherine Branson QC Associate Professor Anne Hewitt, Adelaide Law School, The University of Adelaide, South Australia …
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National Freedoms Symposia
The ALRC is holding a national series of discussions around the ALRC Freedoms Inquiry, to be held in Brisbane, Adelaide, Sydney, Perth and Melbourne.The events are free to attend, but space is limited and reservations are essential.We will update this page with more information about individual events as it becomes available.BrisbaneIn partnership with TC Beirne School of …
Read more03.08.2015
Traditional Rights and Freedoms—Encroachments by Commonwealth Laws (ALRC Interim Report 127)
This is the 2nd consultation document for the ‘Freedoms’ Inquiry. The Terms of Reference list 19 rights, freedoms and privileges to consider.
Read more19.06.2015
Forgotten Freedoms Panel Session
ALRC Freedoms Inquiry, Forgotten Freedoms Panel Session, 19 June 2015, Professor Rosalind Croucher AM, President, Australian Law Reform Commission[1] Why ‘forgotten’? This is a nicely alliterative title for our panel, but one is tempted to say that the very fact of having it suggests that nothing is forgotten …. What does the idea of ‘forgotten …
Read more10.12.2014
Traditional Rights and Freedoms—Encroachments by Commonwealth Laws (IP 46)
The first consultation document in the ALRC’s ‘Freedoms Inquiry’, a review of Commonwealth laws for consistency with traditional rights, freedoms and privileges.
Read more08.03.2014
Freedoms Inquiry
The ALRC was asked to identify provisions in Commonwealth legislation that unreasonably encroach upon traditional rights, freedoms and privileges.
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Classification e-news | Final Report tabled today
Issue 12 | 1 March 2012 View original format Final Report tabled today! The Final Report for the National Classification Scheme Review, Classification—Content Regulation and Convergent Media (ALRC Report 118), was tabled in Parliament today. It is now publicly available for viewing, download or purchase. A smaller Summary Report is also available. The report …
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Classification—Content Regulation and Convergent Media (ALRC Report 118)
The Final Report Classification—Content Regulation and Convergent Media (ALRC Report 118) was tabled on 1 March 2012. It contains 57 recommendations for reform. The ALRC has also published a smaller Summary Report.This publication is also available for free as an EPUB for use in mobile devices. (What is an Epub?)This publication is available for purchase in book format.
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