Five ingredients: the recipe for a Human Rights Act
Despite much advocacy, human rights legislation has eluded NSW. What would it take for it to get over the line?
The latest developments in Law Society advocacy & law reform: June 2017
The Law Society’s Policy and Practice team brings you a wrap-up of the most important issues of the moment.
Rights and freedoms and the common law: the ALRC investigates
The Australian Law Reform Commission’s report, Traditional Rights and Freedoms – Encroachments by Commonwealth Laws (‘Freedoms Report’), was tabled on 2 March 2016, concluding an…
ALRC urges reform of native title
The ALRC Native Title Final Report contains 30 recommendations for reform, focusing on ‘connection’ requirements, the content of native title, authorisation and joinder. By JUSTINE CLARKE.