2013
In 2013, our core federal policy areas included:
- Access to justice;
- Human rights and equality;
- Migration and asylum;
- National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and National Injury Insurance Scheme (NIIS);
- Personal injury; and the
- Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.
Here is an overview listing of submissions provided in 2013.
| Submission | To | Date |
|---|---|---|
Disability rights |
Senate Standing Committee on Community Affairs Inquiry into the National Disability Insurance Scheme Bill 2012 (Cth) |
January 2013 |
| Disability rights (NSW) NSW Disability Services Act review |
NSW Government, Disability Services Act review | 23 February 2013 |
Human rights and equality (NSW) ALA submissions in response to the inquiry into same sex marriage in NSW |
NSW Social Issues Committee, Inquiry into same sex marriage law in NSW | 1 March 2013 |
Disability rights |
NDIS Secretariat, Consultation of the National Disability Insurance Scheme Rules Consultation Paper |
March 2013 |
Human rights (NSW) |
NSW Law and Justice Committee, Inquiry into racial vilification law in NSW | 7 March 2013 |
Personal injury (NSW) |
NSW Staysafe (Joint Standing Committee on Road Safety), Inquiry into non-registered motor vehicles | 29 April 2013 |
Personal injury (Cth) |
Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations | 9 May 2013 |
Human rights United Nations Convention on the Rights of Older Persons (Age discrimination and elder abuse) |
International Federation of Ageing | 15 May 2013 |
| Human rights and victims of crime ALA a signatory to CLC NSW Urgent appeal re the introduction of the Victims Rights and Support Bill 2013 in NSW |
Ms Rashida Manjoo, UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women | 17 May 2013 |
Victims of crime compensation (ACT) Victims of Crime Financial Assistance Act 1983 (ACT) - Joint submission with ACT Law Society |
ACT Government, Justice and Community Safety Directorate, Review of the ACT Victims of Crime Financial Assistance Scheme | 28 June 2013 |
Institutional responses to abuse |
Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Issues Paper 2 | 4 September 2013 |
Personal injury (VIC) |
Victorian Competition and Efficiency Commission, Inquiry into Aspects of the Wrongs Act 1958 (Vic) | 6 September 2013 |
Criminal justice and human rights (ACT) |
ACT Standing Committee on Justice and Community Safety, Inquiry into sentencing in the ACT | 26 September 2013 |
Institutional responses to abuse Preventing Sexual Abuse of Children in Out-Of-Home Care: Issues Paper 4 |
Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Issues Paper 4 | 1 November 2013 |
Access to justice |
Productivity Commission, Inquiry into Access to Justice | 8 November 2013 |
Personal injury (NSW) (of the LTCSA and LTCSAC) |
NSW Legislative Council Committee, Review of the Lifetime Care and Support Authority and the Lifetime Care and Support Advisory Council | 18 November 2013 |
Personal injury (NSW) |
NSW Legislative Council Committee on Law and Justice, Review of the Motor Accidents Authority and Motor Accidents Council | 18 November 2013 |
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