Parliamentary report recommends federal Human Rights Act
The Parliamentary Joint Committee has released its “Inquiry into Australia’s Human Rights Framework” report. Australia does not have a Human Rights Act and only three…
Citizenship deprivation should be reserved for ‘most extraordinary of cases’
The Law Council of Australia has called for restrictions on the use of citizenship deprivation, saying it should only occur in exceptional circumstances.Appearing before the…
Australian lawyers mitigating money laundering risks, new report finds
As the Federal Government considers reforming Australia’s anti-money laundering regime to include the legal profession, a new report has found that practitioners are “proactively working”…
Legal and human rights groups alert to ‘grave risk’ in Afghanistan
Members of the Australian legal community have expressed grave concerns for those at risk in Afghanistan following the recent fall of the country’s government to…
Senate committee extends deadline for family law submissions
Lawyers and other “interested parties” have been given two more months to make submissions to an inquiry into a proposed merger of Australia’s Federal Circuit…
Radical plans for a hostile environment
As the Law Council of Australia reviews access to justice via its Justice Project, the UK’s recently released Bach Commission report recommends drastic action to…