16.12.2024
Listen: 2024 Higinbotham Lecture
The ABC Radio National’s Big Ideas program has published an audio recording of the Australian Law Reform Commission’s (ALRC) President, the Hon Justice Mordecai Bromberg, giving the 2024 Higinbotham Lecture at RMIT University in October 2024. The annual Higinbotham Lecture is one of RMIT’s most prestigious events and celebrates the legacy of Victorian politician and …
Read more06.12.2024
Australian Law Reform Commission to commence new Inquiry into surrogacy laws
The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) has received Terms of Reference from Commonwealth Attorney-General the Hon Mark Dreyfus KC MP to review Australian surrogacy laws, policies and practices. The Terms of Reference direct the ALRC to identify reforms, particularly proposals for uniform or complementary state, territory and Commonwealth laws that: are consistent with Australia’s obligations …
Read more06.12.2024
Terms of Reference
The Terms of Reference for the ALRC’s Review of Surrogacy Laws have been amended by the Commonwealth Attorney-General, extending the deadline for the Final Report by 6 weeks to 11 September 2026. Once the ALRC provides its Report to the Attorney, the Report must be tabled in parliament within 15 sitting days, at which point the Report …
Read more28.11.2024
Review of the Future Acts Regime: Issues Paper released
The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) today released its Issues Paper in its review of the future acts regime in the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), calling for submissions to the Inquiry. ALRC Commissioner Tony McAvoy SC, a Wirdi man, commented on the Issue Paper’s release: “I’m pleased to release the Issues Paper for the …
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Review of the Future Acts Regime: Issues Paper (2024)
The ALRC’s Review of the Future Acts Regime has now concluded. The Final Report for this Inquiry was submitted to the Commonwealth Attorney-General on Tuesday 31 March 2026. The Final Report (and accompanying Summary Report) will be made public once tabled in Parliament by the Government. The Issues Paper aims to explain the future acts …
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Advisory Committee
The ALRC typically forms an advisory committee, or panel of experts, for each Inquiry. The Advisory Committee for the ALRC’s Review of the Future Acts Regime comprises the following: Ms Sheila Begg, State Solicitor’s Office, WA Mr Jason Behrendt, Chalk and Behrendt Ms Leah Cameron, Marrawah Law Ms Ann Daniel, Federal Court of Australia Professor …
Read more30.07.2024
Submissions
The ALRC is grateful for all those who have made a submission in response to the Issues Paper for the Justice Responses to Sexual Violence Inquiry. The ALRC will be publishing all submissions as soon as practicable. In recognition of the sensitivities of some submissions and the ALRC’s commitment to a trauma-informed Inquiry process, the …
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Terms of Reference
The ALRC’s Review of the Future Acts Regime has now concluded. The Final Report for this Inquiry was submitted to the Commonwealth Attorney-General on Tuesday 31 March 2026 and tabled in the Commonwealth Parliament on 24 June 2026. Learn more about the Final Report here. I, the Hon Mark Dreyfus KC, Attorney-General of Australia, having …
Read more17.04.2024
Justice Responses to Sexual Violence: Issues Paper (2024)
Submissions in response to the questions raised in the Issues Paper have now closed. The ALRC sincerely thanks everyone who has made a submission. The questions focus on the information, support, and options available to victim survivors following their experience of sexual violence. At the same time, the questions recognise that a person accused of …
Read more21.03.2024
ALRC Religious Educational Institutions and Anti-Discrimination Laws Report tabled in Parliament
The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) has recommended legislative reforms to ensure the Australian Government’s policy regarding anti-discrimination laws and religious educational institutions is given legal effect in accordance with Australia’s international legal obligations. The ALRC’s Report – ‘Maximising the Realisation of Human Rights: Religious Educational Institutions and Anti-Discrimination Laws’, was today tabled in Parliament …
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