ARITA Expert Series: Insolvency
Justice SC Derrington, President of the ALRC, presented at the ARITA Expert Series: Insolvency on 11 November 2021.
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View upcoming and past events relating to the ALRC Financial Services Legislation Inquiry.
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Read moreWebinar: Comparative Perspectives on Financial Services Regulation
Monday 24 May 2021
Join a panel of international experts to compare approaches to the design of financial services regulation across different jurisdictions.
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Read moreWebinar: The Regulatory Ecosystem for Financial Services in Australia
Monday 17 May 2021
Can Australian financial services regulation be simplified?
Join the ALRC to explore the initial findings of its current inquiry on the regulatory framework for corporations and financial services in Australia.
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Read moreReview of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation
The ALRC has been asked to inquire into the potential simplification of laws that regulate financial services in Australia.
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Read moreReview into Australia’s corporate criminal responsibility regime
On 10 April 2019, the Hon Christian Porter, Attorney-General of Australia, provided Terms of Reference to the ALRC for an inquiry into Australia’s corporate criminal responsibility regime. The ALRC released a Discussion Paper and called for submissions on 15 November 2019. Submissions closed on 31 January 2020. The report, Corporate Criminal Responsibility (Report 136, 2020) …
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Read moreCorporate insolvency: restructuring the financial sector and understanding the long terms effects of the GFC
Presentation by Justice Berna Collier, Part-time Commissioner of the ALRC, to the Australian Women Lawyers Conference, Stamford Plaza Brisbane, 7 August 2010 The world of finance does not stand still. For those of us in the law, where developments occur at a more structured (dare I say, sedate?) pace, the roller-coaster ride of the Global …
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Read moreGovernment gives giant ‘tick’ to ALRC privacy recommendations
The Australian Law Reform Commission has welcomed today’s announcement by the federal Government that it will implement a large portion of the recommendations of the ALRC’s review of Australian privacy laws.The first stage of the Australian Government’s formal response to For Your Information: Australian Privacy Law and Practice (ALRC 108) considers 197 of the 295 …
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Read moreMedia Briefing – Reform of the credit reporting system
The Privacy Act regulates the system of credit reporting, allowing information about an individual’s credit-worthiness to be collected and disclosed to credit providers, such as banks, finance companies, mortgage companies, and mobile phone service providers. In Australia, this information is collected by a small number of specialist credit reporting companies from credit providers and from …
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Read moreALRC proposes a more comprehensive credit reporting regime
The Australian Law Reform Commission has proposed the introduction of a more comprehensive credit reporting regime, in a Discussion Paper released today as part of its major review of Australian privacy law and practice.ALRC President, Professor David Weisbrot, said that the ALRC’s review was the first Australian inquiry to recommend such a change, following extensive …
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