2015
In 2015, our core federal policy areas included:
- Comcare;
- Migration and asylum;
- Montara oil spill;
- National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and National Injury Insurance Scheme (NIIS); and the
- Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse and relevant state-based legislative change;.
Here is an overview listing of all submissions provided in 2015.
| Submission | To | Date |
|---|---|---|
Institutional abuse Redress and civil litigation: Providing effective remedy for survivors of abuse And subsequent appearance at public hearing, on 27 March 2015. (Dr Andrew Morrison SC can be read from p13796). |
Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Consultation paper on redress and civil litigation | 2 March 2015 |
Institutional abuse and limitation periods |
NSW Department of Justice | 10 March 2015 |
Human rights and personal injury |
Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee, Inquiry into the Regulator of Medicinal Cannabis Bill 2014 (Cth) | 13 March 2015 |
Human rights A proposed process for the introduction of a Charter of Rights in Queensland |
Correspondence to the QLD Premier, the Hon. Annastacia Palaszczuck | 25 March 2015 |
Parliamentary process (QLD) |
QLD Finance and Administration Committee, Inquiry into the Parliament of Queensland and Other Acts Amendment Bill 2015 (QLD) | 11 April 2015 |
National Injury Insurance Scheme National Injury Insurance Scheme, Workplace Accidents: Ensuring sustainability and consumer choice |
Department of Treasury, NIIS Regulation Impact Statement, Workplace Accidents Consultation | 12 April 2015 |
Asylum seekers and human rights The Commonwealth has a duty of care in offshore detention centres |
Select Committee on the Recent Allegations relating to Conditions and Circumstances at the Regional Processing Centre in Nauru, Inquiry into the responsibilities of the Commonwealth Government in connection with the management and operation of the Regional Processing Centre in Nauru | 27 April 2015 |
Workers' compensation |
Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee, Inquiry into the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (Improving the Comcare Scheme) Bill 2015 | 28 April 2015 |
Workers rights Ensuring safe workplaces for Queensland workers |
QLD Finance and Administration Committee, Inquiry into the Work, Health and Safety and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2015 (QLD) | 3 June 2015 |
Asylum seekers |
Department of Comcare | 12 June 2015 |
Institutional abuse Issues Paper 8: experiences of police and prosecution responses
|
Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Issues Paper 8; Experience of police and prosecution responses | |
Montara oil spill The expansion of the aquaculture industry in northern Australia: Mitigating potential risks |
Joint Select Committee on Northern Australia, Inquiry into the expansion of the aquaculture industry in northern Australia | 25 June 2015 |
Counter-terrorism and human rights |
Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security, Inquiry into the Australian Citizenship Amendment (Allegiance to Australia) Bill 2015 | 16 July 2015 |
Workers compensation |
QLD Finance and Administration Committee, Inquiry into the Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2015 | 6 August 2015 |
Compensation Remedies for the serious invasion of privacy in New South Wales |
NSW Standing Committee on Law and Justice, Inquiry into remedies for the serious invasion of privacy in NSW | 4 September 2015 |
Workers compensation |
Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee, Inquiry into Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (2015 Budget Measures) Bill 2015 | 11 September 2015 |
Institutional responses to abuse Providing redress for institutional abuse in Victoria: Critical next steps |
Department of Justice, Victoria, | 2 October 2015 |
NDIS Independent Review of the Operation of the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 |
Independent Review of the NDIS Act | 9 October 2015 |
Personal injury (NSW) Consultation on the Regulation of Legal costs for Work Capacity Decision Reviews |
NSW State Insurance Regulatory Authority (SiRA), Consultation on the Regulation of Legal Costs for Work Capacity Decision Reviews |
1 December 2015 |
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