2023
In 2023, our core federal policy areas are:
- Compensation;
- Human rights; and
- Justice (including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander justice).
Further information about our federal policy areas can be viewed under 'Our work'.
Below is a listing of all of the ALA's submissions in 2023.
| Submission | To | Date |
|---|---|---|
Human Rights / Justice | National Human Rights Commission Amendment (Costs Protection) Bill 2023 Power To Prevent Coalition submission, to which the ALA is a signatory (9 January 2024) Hearing testimony from Shaun Marcus (31 January 2024), pp.14-19 Questions on notice correspondence (5 February 2024) |
Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee |
22 December |
Compensation / Justice | Victoria Inquiry into the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Vic) Hearing testimony from Lachlan Fitch and Jeremy King (18 March 2024) |
Integrity and Oversight Committee, Parliament of Victoria |
21 December |
Justice | Queensland |
Youth Justice Reform Select Committee, Queensland Parliament | 21 December |
Justice | National |
Federal Attorney-General's Department | 20 December |
Human Rights / Justice | ACT |
Select Committee on the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2023, ACT Legislative Assembly |
8 December |
Justice | Tasmania Supreme Court (Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry) Bill 2023 |
Tasmanian Government | 7 December |
Human Rights, Justice & ATSI Justice | National |
Parliament of Australia | 6 December |
Human Rights | National A federal Human Rights Act: The case for a legislative human rights instrument in Australia |
ALA Policy Paper | 6 December |
Human Rights / Justice | National Power2Prevent joint statement: A huge step forward in access to justice in discrimination claims |
The Commonwealth Government | 5 December |
Compensation / Justice | National |
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts | 29 November |
Justice | National Achieving Greater Consistency in Laws for Financial Enduring Powers of Attorney |
Federal Attorney-General's Department | 28 November |
Compensation | Queensland Current factors and trends influencing the cost of insurance under Queensland's CTP insurance scheme |
Motor Accident Insurance Commission, Queensland | 27 November |
Compensation / Justice | Queensland Recommendations arising from Stakeholder Reference Group meetings 1, 2 and 3 |
Office of Industrial Relations, Queensland | 23 November |
Human Rights / Justice | National Hearing testimony by Shaun Marcus and Greg Barns SC (21 February 2024), pp.1-8 |
Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs |
2 November |
Compensation / Justice | Queensland |
WorkCover Queensland | 26 October |
Human Rights / Compensation | Queensland Victims of Crime Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2023 |
Community Support and Services Committee, Queensland Parliament |
26 October |
Human Rights / Justice | Queensland Criminal Law (Coercive Control and Affirmative Consent) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2023 |
Legal Affairs and Safety Committee, Queensland Parliament |
24 October |
Human Rights / Justice | ACT |
Ms Suzanne Orr MLA, ACT Government Whip and Member for Yerrabi | 20 October |
Compensation | ACT Three-Year Review of the Motor Accident Injuries Act 2019 (ACT) |
Insurance Branch, Economic and Financial Group, Treasury (ACT Government) |
5 October |
Human Rights / Justice | National Review of the Counter-Terrorism and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2023 (Cth) |
The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security |
5 October |
Justice | National |
The Treasury | 4 October |
Human Rights, Justice & ATSI Justice | Northern Territory Inquiry into a Process to Review Bills for their Impact on First Nations Territorians Hearing testimony from Cathy Spurr, pp.17-20 |
Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee, Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory |
28 September |
Justice | NSW |
Legislative Assembly Select Committee on Remote, Rural and Regional Health (Parliament of NSW) |
22 September |
Justice | National |
Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee, Parliament of Australia |
22 September |
Human Rights / Justice | National |
The Prime Minister, Attorney-General and Ministers for Defence and the Public Service | 13 September |
Compensation / Justice | NSW |
Standing Committee on Law and Justice, Legislative Council, Parliament of NSW |
8 September |
Compensation, Human Rights & Justice | National |
The Department of Health and Aged Care, Australian Government | 7 September |
Compensation / Justice | Queensland |
National Injury Insurance Scheme Agency, Queensland | 1 September |
Human Rights | National Guidelines for appointments to the Australian Human Rights Commission |
Federal Attorney-General's Department | 22 August |
Compensation / Justice | National |
Independent Review of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS Review) |
21 August |
Human Rights | National Communications Legislation Amendment (Combatting Misinformation and Disinformation) Bill 2023 |
Federal Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts | 21 August |
Compensation / Human Rights | Western Australia Hearing testimony from Graham Droppert SC, Eleanor Scarff and Sara Connor-Stead |
WA Parliament Community Development and Justice Standing Committee
|
17 August |
Compensation, Justice & ATSI Justice | NSW |
Select Committee on Birth Trauma, Legislative Council, Parliament of NSW |
10 August |
Justice | National |
Federal Attorney-General's Department | 28 July |
Justice | Queensland |
Economics and Governance Committee, Queensland Parliament |
18 July |
Human Rights, Justice & ATSI Justice | National |
Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights |
30 June |
Justice | Queensland |
Legal Affairs and Safety Committee, Queensland Parliament |
22 June |
Compensation | Western Australia |
WA Minister and Shadow Minister for Industrial Relations | 9 June |
Human Rights / Justice | ACT Justice (Age of Criminal Responsibility) Legislation Amendment Bill 2023 |
ACT Legislative Assembly Standing Committee on Justice and Community Safety |
5 June |
Human Rights | Victoria The independent review of compulsory treatment criteria and alignment of decision-making laws |
Independent Review Panel (Victorian Government) | 2 June |
Compensation / Justice | National |
Federal Attorney-General's Department | 12 May |
Compensation / Human Rights | National |
The Department of Veterans' Affairs | 11 May |
Human Rights / Justice | National |
Senate Standing Committees on Community Affairs |
3 May |
Human Rights / Justice | Tasmania |
Dr Rosalie Woodruff, MP for Franklin | 3 May |
Human Rights / Justice | South Australia |
SA Parliament Joint Committee on the Legalisation of Medicinal Cannabis | 27 April |
Human Rights, Justice & ATSI Justice | National Constitution Alteration (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice) 2023 |
Joint Select Committee on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice Referendum |
21 April |
Compensation | Queensland 2023 Review of Queensland’s Compulsory Third Party (CTP) insurance scheme |
Motor Accident Insurance Commission (Qld) |
20 April |
Human Rights, Justice & ATSI Justice | Tasmania Inquiry into Tasmanian Adult Imprisonment and Youth Detention Matters |
Tasmanian Legislative Council Sessional Committee Government Administration B |
17 April |
Justice | National |
Federal Attorney-General's Department | 14 April |
Justice | National Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Protecting Worker Entitlements) Bill 2023 [Provisions] |
Senate Standing Committees on Education and Employment |
14 April |
Justice | Western Australia |
Law Reform Commission of Western Australia | 12 April |
Human Rights / Justice | National Consultation: Review into an appropriate cost model for Commonwealth antidiscrimination laws |
Federal Attorney-General's Department | 11 April |
Human Rights / Justice | ACT |
ACT Government |
5 April |
Human Rights / Justice | National |
Federal Attorney-General's Department |
28 March |
Human Rights, Justice & ATSI Justice | Queensland Path to Treaty Bill 2023, joint submission with ANTAR and ANTaR Queensland |
Queensland Parliament Community Support and Services Committee |
23 March |
Human Rights / Justice | National Open letter: Reform of Australia’s discriminatory migration health laws |
Federal Parliament | 21 March |
Human rights / Justice | Tasmania Tasmanian national preventive mechanism Implementation project Consultation paper 1 |
Tasmanian Government | 16 March |
Compensation / Justice | National Aviation White Paper Terms of Reference
|
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts |
9 March |
Compensation / Justice | Queensland 2023 Review of the Operation of the Queensland Workers' Compensation Scheme |
Queensland Workers' Compensation Regulatory Services, Office of Industrial Relations |
7 March |
Justice | Queensland |
The Honourable Alan Wilson KC and the Queensland Government’s Department of Justice and Attorney-General |
24 February |
Human rights / Justice / ATSI justice | Queensland |
Queensland Parliament Economics and Governance Committee |
23 February |
Human rights / Justice | National Religious Educational Institutions and Anti-Discrimination Laws |
The Australian Law Reform Commission Background Paper 1: International Comparisons (November 2023) |
23 February |
Justice / ATSI Justice | National |
The Attorney-General’s Department | 21 February |
Compensation / Justice | National Access to offenders’ superannuation for victims and survivors of child sexual abuse |
The Federal Treasury | 15 February |
Justice | National Inquiry into the Public Interest Disclosure Amendment (Review) Bill 2022 Hearing testimony by Graham Droppert SC representing the ALA (pp.17-25) |
Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee |
19 January |
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