Australia Day honours (Macquarie University)
(Source: Macquarie University) Australia Day honours Dear colleagues, It gives me great pleasure to congratulate the Chancellor, The Hon Michael Egan FAICD, Distinguished Professor Charles David...
View Article14 April 2015—Appointment of the Honourable Michelle Gordon to the High Court...
(Source: Attorney-General's Department - Australian Government) 14 April 2015 Today, his Excellency the Governor-General accepted the advice of the Government to appoint the Honourable Michelle...
View ArticleLaw school alumnus to lead Law Council of Australia (Macquarie University)
(Source: Macquarie University) Macquarie Law School alumnus and Clayton Utz Partner Mr Stuart Clark has been elected as the Law Council of Australia's President-elect for 2015, to serve as President in...
View Articlee-bulletin: 12th August 2014 (Australian Human Rights Commission)
(Source: Australian Human Rights Commission) Welcome to the Australian Human Rights Commission e-bulletin. Published fortnightly, this e-bulletin keeps you up-to-date with our programs, projects and...
View ArticleEmeritus Professor Ron McCallum awarded Honorary Doctorate (Macquarie...
(Source: Macquarie University) One of Australia's most respected lawyers and prominent human rights advocate, Professor Ron McCallum, has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Macquarie University,...
View ArticleReframing the free speech debate (Australian Human Rights Commission)
(Source: Australian Human Rights Commission) Australia's Human Rights Commissioner Tim Wilson has released a collection of presentations from the Free Speech 2014 symposium held in Sydney earlier this...
View ArticleAttorney-General to deliver annual lecture on religious liberty (The...
(Source: The University of Notre Dame Australia) Attorney-General to deliver annual lecture on religious liberty Senator Brandis will present the Annual Lecture on Religious Liberty. 18 August 2014...
View ArticleALRC seeks input into Inquiry into the Native Title Act (ALRC - Australian...
(Source: ALRC - Australian Law Reform Commission) Published on 19 March 2014. The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) today released an Issues Paper, Review of the Native Title Act (IP 45). Under...
View Article6 July 2015—Key appointments to Australia’s cultural sector...
(Source: Attorney-General's Department - Australian Government) 6 July 2015 Deputy Prime Minister Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development Acting Attorney-General The Hon Warren Truss MP...
View Article12 December 2013 - Appointments to the Old Parliament House Advisory Council...
(Source: Attorney-General's Department - Australian Government) 12 December 2013 The Minister for the Arts, Senator the Hon George Brandis QC, today announced the appointment of three distinguished...
View Article28 May 2015—Appointment to the Family Court of Australia—The Hon Robert...
(Source: Attorney-General's Department - Australian Government) 28 May 2014 Today the Government has announced the appointment of the Hon Robert McClelland as a judge of the Family Court of Australia,...
View Article26 June 2014—Reappointment of Sandra Levy AO as CEO, Australian Film,...
(Source: Attorney-General's Department - Australian Government) 26 June 2014 I am pleased to announce the reappointment of Ms Sandra Levy AO as Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Film Television...
View ArticleLegal scholar became Australia's authority on constitutional law
Professor Leslie Zines, who was regarded as Australia's leading constitutional law scholar, has died aged 83. Leslie Zines was born in Sydney. His father, Morris, a tailor who was born in Palestine,...
View ArticleFormer High Court Judge Dyson Heydon AC QC Addresses Young Law Students (The...
(Source: The University of Notre Dame Australia) Former High Court Judge Dyson Heydon AC QC Addresses Young Law Students NSW Attorney General Greg Smith presents Law student Alexandra Ward with her...
View ArticleALRC seeks input into Serious Invasion of Privacy law reform (ALRC -...
(Source: ALRC - Australian Law Reform Commission) Published on 8 October 2013. The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) today released the Issues Paper, Serious Invasions of Privacy in the Digital...
View Article5 September 2014—Appointments for the Australian Human Rights Commission...
(Source: Attorney-General's Department - Australian Government) Senator the Hon George Brandis QC Attorney-General Minister for the Arts 5 September 2014 I today announce that the Government has...
View ArticleAttorney-General to address Free Speech 2014 Symposium (Australian Human...
(Source: Australian Human Rights Commission) Federal Attorney-General George Brandis QC is the keynote speaker at the Australian Human Rights Commission's Free Speech 2014 Symposium, to be held on...
View Article21 August 2015—Reappointment of Timothy Pilgrim as Australian Privacy...
(Source: Attorney-General's Department - Australian Government) 21 August 2015 Today, the government announces the reappointment of Timothy Pilgrim PSM as the Australian Privacy Commissioner. The...
View ArticleAustralia India Youth Dialogue (AIYD) 2015 Targets Policy, Diplomacy,...
(Source: Macquarie University) 23 January 2015 On 26 January, as India commemorates Republic Day and Australians celebrate Australia Day, 15 of Australia's best and brightest young leaders will come...
View ArticleProfessor John Croucher named University Teacher of the Year (Macquarie...
(Source: Macquarie University) John Croucher, Professor of Management at the Macquarie Graduate School of Management (MGSM), received the Prime Minister's Award for University Teacher of the Year at a...
View ArticleDecision-making and equality before the law for people with disabilities...
(Source: UNSW - The University of New South Wales) The UNSW Social Policy Research Centre will host a debate about whether people with disabilities should ever legally require substitute...
View ArticleALRC recommendations for reform of the Native Title Act (ALRC - Australian...
(Source: ALRC - Australian Law Reform Commission) The ALRC report, Connection to Country: Review of the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) (ALRC Report 126), was released today. This Report marks the first...
View ArticleALRC seeks input into Proposals for Reforms to address Serious Invasions of...
(Source: ALRC - Australian Law Reform Commission) Published on 31 March 2014. The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) today released a Discussion Paper, Serious Invasions of Privacy in the Digital...
View ArticleALRC releases copyright report (ALRC - Australian Law Reform Commission)
(Source: ALRC - Australian Law Reform Commission) Published on 13 February 2014. The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) today released the final report for its inquiry, Copyright and the Digital...
View ArticleProposals for reform of the Native Title Act: ALRC calls for submissions...
(Source: ALRC - Australian Law Reform Commission) The Australian Law Reform Commission has today released a Discussion Paper, Review of the Native Title Act 1993 (DP 82). The paper contains a range of...
View ArticleEquality, Capacity and Disability in Commonwealth Laws: ALRC Report (ALRC -...
(Source: ALRC - Australian Law Reform Commission) The Australian Law Reform Commission's Final Report Equality, Capacity and Disability in Commonwealth Laws (ALRC Report 124), was tabled in Parliament...
View ArticleALRC seeks input into the Disability and Commonwealth Laws Inquiry (ALRC -...
(Source: ALRC - Australian Law Reform Commission) Published on 22 May 2014. The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) today released the final consultation paper in its inquiry into disability and...
View ArticleReport into Serious Invasions of Privacy in the Digital Era released (ALRC -...
(Source: ALRC - Australian Law Reform Commission) The Australian Law Reform Commission's Final Report, Serious Invasions of Privacy in the Digital Era (Report 123, 2014) was tabled in Parliament today...
View Article23 July 2015—Appointment to the ALRC - Prof Suri Ratnapala...
(Source: Attorney-General's Department - Australian Government) 23 July 2015 Today I announce the appointment of Emeritus Professor Anura Surindra (Suri) Ratnapala as a part-time member of the...
View ArticleRights and freedoms in Commonwealth laws – Issues Paper (ALRC - Australian...
(Source: ALRC - Australian Law Reform Commission) The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) today released an Issues Paper, Traditional Rights and Freedoms-Encroachments by Commonwealth Laws (IP 46),...
View ArticleNew Part-time Commissioner appointed to the ALRC (ALRC - Australian Law...
(Source: ALRC - Australian Law Reform Commission) The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) welcomes the appointment by acting Attorney-General, the Hon Warren Truss, of Emeritus Professor Suri...
View ArticleAustralia Day honours for Macquarie professors (Macquarie University)
(Source: Macquarie University) Three of Macquarie University's most accomplished professors have today received Australia Day honours recognising their contribution to education and to their...
View ArticleRights and freedoms in Commonwealth laws — Interim Report (ALRC - Australian...
(Source: ALRC - Australian Law Reform Commission) The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) today released an Interim Report, Traditional Rights and Freedoms-Encroachments by Commonwealth Laws (IR...
View Article23 October 2015—Australian Law Reform Commission 40th Anniversary...
(Source: Attorney-General's Department - Australian Government) 23 October 2015 Today I am attending an event in Sydney to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC)...
View ArticleLaw reform re-imagined: ALRC president to deliver 2015 Michael Kirby Lecture...
(Source: Southern Cross University) Law reform re-imagined: ALRC president to deliver 2015 Michael Kirby Lecture - 06/07/2015 When she speaks at this year's Michael Kirby Lecture, president of the...
View ArticleALRC President re-appointed to the lead the ALRC in its 40th year (ALRC -...
(Source: ALRC - Australian Law Reform Commission) The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) welcomes the re-appointment of Professor Rosalind Croucher by the Attorney-General, to lead the ALRC for...
View ArticleLaw Reform Commission President to present Goldring Lecture (University of...
(Source: University of Wollongong) The President of the Australian Law Reform Commission, Professor Rosalind Croucher AM, will tomorrow (Friday 9October) present this year's Goldring Lecture as one of...
View ArticleALRC President, Professor Rosalind Croucher, awarded the Order of Australia...
(Source: ALRC - Australian Law Reform Commission) Professor Rosalind Croucher, BA(Hons) LLB PhD AMusA ACLM (Hon) FRSA FAAL TEP, President of the Australian Law Reform Commission, has been conferred the...
View Article15 October 2015—Rosalind Croucher Reappointed President of the Australian Law...
(Source: Attorney-General's Department - Australian Government) 15 October 2015 The Government today announces the reappointment of Professor Rosalind Croucher AM as President of the Australian Law...
View ArticleGeorge Brandis asks Australian Law Reform Commission to find laws that...
Attorney-General George Brandis wants the Australian Law Reform Commission to find out where Commonwealth laws encroach on personal rights and freedoms. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen Attorney-General George...
View ArticleFinal program released for Free Speech 2014 (Australian Human Rights Commission)
(Source: Australian Human Rights Commission) Free speech, online harassment and sedition are up for discussion at a symposium addressed by Federal Attorney-General George Brandis QC and shadow...
View ArticleGeorge Brandis asks Australian Law Reform Commission to find laws that...
Attorney-General George Brandis has asked the Australian Law Reform Commission to conduct a sweeping review of Commonwealth...
View ArticleWestern Sydney University Law undergraduate named Student of the Year...
(Source: University of Western Sydney) Western Sydney University student Taylor Macdonald has been named the Lawyers Weekly Student of the Year at a special gala event at Melbourne. More than 340...
View ArticleCommission welcomes initial findings on ALRC Interim Report on Traditional......
(Source: Australian Human Rights Commission) Human Rights Commissioner Tim Wilson today welcomed the release of the Australian Law Reform Commission's Interim Report on Traditional Rights and Freedoms...
View ArticleMacquarie University Chancellor recognised with Order of Australia (Macquarie...
(Source: Macquarie University) The Hon Michael Egan FAICD, Chancellor of Macquarie University since 2008, has today been appointed an Officer (AO) of the Order of Australia in the Australia Day...
View Article29 March 2015—Distinguished Australians appointed to Old Parliament House...
(Source: Attorney-General's Department - Australian Government) 29 March 2015 Today I announce four new appointments to the Old Parliament House Advisory Council. Mr Bernard Wright has been appointed...
View Article29 March 2015—New Chair for Screen Australia (Attorney-General's Department -...
(Source: Attorney-General's Department - Australian Government) 29 March 2015 Today I announce the appointment of Mr Nicholas Moore as the new Chair of the Screen Australia Board. Mr Moore is a...
View ArticleUNSW appoints new Dean of Law (UNSW - The University of New South Wales)
(Source: UNSW - The University of New South Wales) UNSW has announced the appointment of eminent constitutional lawyer Professor George Williams as the Dean of the Faculty of Law. UNSW has announced...
View ArticleALRC Report — Rights and freedoms in Commonwealth laws (ALRC - Australian Law...
(Source: ALRC - Australian Law Reform Commission) ALRC report, Traditional Rights and Freedoms-Encroachments by Commonwealth Laws (ALRC Report 129), was tabled and launched in Parliament today by the...
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