Predicting future terrorism crimes bad basis for detention, lawyers warn Friday June 24, 2022 By Melissa Coade Community & Social The Law Council of Australia Tass Liveris says creating a way to detain terrorism suspects before a crime is even committed is a ‘slippery slope’.
Advocates urge Australia to welcome Ukrainian refugees as minister meets with community Tuesday March 1, 2022 By Melissa Coade Community & Social The Law Council of Australia has called on the federal government to support international efforts to accommodate refugees leaving Ukraine. …
Religious discrimination bill scratched for now Friday February 11, 2022 By Melissa Coade Community & Social Conservative MPs have expressed outrage after amendments were made overnight to protect transgender students from discrimination. …
Calls for law to recognise serious privacy breaches deserve compensation Wednesday February 9, 2022 By Melissa Coade Federal The Law Council of Australia says without a statutory tort, victims are limited in their ability to seek compensation for serious privacy breaches.
Public servants ramp up support for at-risk families, Law Council calls for serious boost to Legal Aid Monday December 6, 2021 By Melissa Coade Community & Social Child Safety investigations in QLD increased by 2.3% in the last quarter; ice was the drug affecting 43% of children placed in care last financial…
Lawyers oppose national cabinet secrecy provisions Tuesday September 28, 2021 By Jackson Graham Federal The Law Council of Australia has joined opposition to federal legislation that would make the national cabinet exempt from FoI requests. …
A-G calls for comment on uniform approach to document execution Wednesday September 15, 2021 By Melissa Coade Communications & Technology Consultation on federal plans to digitise the way that statutory declarations and deeds are executed will be open until Friday 8 October, 2021.
Anti-Taliban protestors killed on the streets as deposed president of Afghanistan speaks out Thursday August 19, 2021 By Melissa Coade and Tom Ravlic Defence Ashraf Ghani reiterated that his departure was made at the last-minute and intended to prevent anymore bloodshed and was ‘in talks’ to return home.
Australia’s secret trial laws need reform, LCA says Wednesday June 9, 2021 By Melissa Coade Australian Capital Territory National security interests must be balanced against issues of secrecy and open justice, the Law Council of Australia has told a hearing.
Extra cash for federal courts welcome but sustainable funding must be top priority, lawyers group says Wednesday May 12, 2021 By Melissa Coade Federal Here is how the federal budget's allocation of additional resources to the federal courts for more judges and personnel will be disbursed.
Recommendations from Independent Intelligence Review missing from law reform Thursday May 6, 2021 By Melissa Coade Federal The government has been urged to adopt centralised oversight of the entire national intelligence community — 10 commonwealth agencies in total.