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18.12.2011
Mind(ing) the gap: Law reform recommendations responding to child protection in a federal system
By Sara Peel and Rosalind F. Croucher. This article was originally published by the Australian Institute of Family Studies in its journal, Family Matters, issue 89 (2011), on the theme of “Protecting children: Evolving systems”.
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Family violence & Commonwealth laws e-news | December 2011
Issue 10 | 16 December 2011 View original format Final Report delivered! On 30 November, the Family Violence and Commonwealth Laws team delivered its Final Report to the Attorney-General. Under the ALRC Act, the Attorney-General now has 15 Parliamentary sitting days in which to table the Report. Until it is tabled, the Report is under …
Read more15.12.2011
Safe at Home, Safe at Work Conference Presentation
Amanda Alford, ALRC Legal Officer, 5 December 2011, Melbourne AcknowledgementI would like to acknowledge the Wurundjeri people who are the Traditional Custodians of this Land. I would also like to pay respect to their Elders both past and present and extend that respect to other Indigenous Australians present.Introduction Thank you for opportunity to speak. On …
Read more12.12.2011
A Lament for Lost Footnotes in Legal History
Keynote address by Professor Rosalind Croucher* on 12 December 2011 at the 30th annual conference of the Australian and New Zealand law and history society—”Public Law: Private Lives” IntroductionThank you for inviting here to the 30th anniversary conference of the Australian and New Zealand Legal History Society. It is a marvellous group, and one, as Professor Andrew Buck …
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‘Ex-terns’ Adam Arnold and Sean Lau – interns on the National Classification Review
Adam Arnold and Sean Lau, both students at UNSW, were two of our interns over the August-November period. Before leaving us, we spoke with them about their experiences as ALRC interns, and working on the National Classification Review. Listen to audio >> Transcript Marie-Claire Muir (MM): Hi my name’s Marie-Claire Muir. I’m Web Manager at …
Read more24.11.2011
‘They should have this in every court’ – Women’s Family Law Support Service Evaluation
Professor Rosalind Croucher, President, Australian Law Reform Commission at the Launch of the Evaluation of the Women’s Family Law Support Service, Parliament House, Sydney, 17 November 2011. Commitment and connections Looking at everyone who has come here today for the launch of Dr Lesley Laing’s evaluation of the Women’s Family Law Support Service, one thing …
Read more24.11.2011
Vale Robert Alexander Hayes (1942-2011)
Dr Robert Alexander Hayes, previously a full-time Commissioner of the ALRC and Associate Professor of Law at UNSW and UWS, has died in Sydney after a long illness.Dr. Hayes was a fellow of the Australian Institute of Forensic Sciences, former president of the Mental Health Appeals Tribunal and founder of the UNSW Faculty of Law.Dr. …
Read more23.11.2011
Government response to the ALRC’s 2004 report – Genes and Ingenuity: Gene Patenting and Human Health
On 17 December 2002 the then Australian Government Attorney-General, the Hon Daryl Williams MP, asked the Australian Law Reform Commission to inquire into and report on the laws and practices governing intellectual property rights over genetic materials and related technologies, with a particular focus on human health issues. The Final Report, Genes and Ingenuity: Gene …
Read more28.10.2011
Family violence & Commonwealth laws e-news | October
Issue 9 | 28 October 2011 View original format Month in summary Firstly, we would like to thank all our stakeholders who made submissions in response to the Discussion Paper. We received over 80 formal responses to the DP, which brings us to a total of over 160 submissions to the Inquiry. The public submissions …
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Classification e-news | Online forum, ‘politics of play’
Issue 10 | 25 October 2011 View original format New online discussion forum In August this year, following the close of submissions to the Issues Paper, we hosted a discussion forum on the ALRC website focussing on the 8 draft principles for reform. We have now opened a new online discussion board, starting with …
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