2024
In 2024, 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 2024.
| Submission | To | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
Compensation / Justice | National Comprehensive Review of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 (Cth)
|
The Independent Panel | 19 December | |
Compensation | NSW |
Workers Compensation Guidelines Review Team, SIRA | 3 December | |
Justice / Human Rights | Queensland |
Justice, Integrity and Community Safety Committee, Queensland Parliament |
3 December | |
Compensation | National Mid-term review of the National Return to Work Strategy 2020–2030 |
Safe Work Australia | 29 November | |
Compensation | Queensland Current factors and trends influencing the cost of insurance under Queensland's CTP insurance scheme |
Motor Accident Insurance Commission, Queensland | 29 November | |
Compensation / Justice | National |
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts, Australian Government |
16 October | |
Justice | National |
Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee, Parliament of Australia |
10 October | |
Compensation / Justice | NSW |
Standing Committee on Law and Justice, Legislative Council, Parliament of NSW |
2 October | |
Justice / Human Rights | National Communications Legislation Amendment (Combatting Misinformation and Disinformation) Bill 2024 (Cth) |
Environment and Communications Legislation Committee, Parliament of Australia |
30 September | |
Justice | Queensland / National Health Practitioner Regulation National Law and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024 (Qld) |
Health, Environment and Agriculture Committee, Queensland Parliament | 25 September | |
Compensation / Justice | Victoria |
WorkSafe Victoria | 20 September | |
Justice / ATSI Justice / Compensation | Tasmania Submission to re-established birth trauma inquiry Hearing testimony from Bernadette Davies (23 October 2024), pp.14-23 |
Select Committee on Reproductive, Maternal and Paediatric Health Services in Tasmania | 16 September | |
Justice / Compensation | Victoria Restricting the use of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) in workplace sexual harassment cases |
Industrial Relations Victoria, Department of Treasury and Finance, Victorian Government | 12 September | |
Justice / ATSI Justice | National |
Joint Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs, Parliament of Australia | 6 September | |
Compensation | Queensland Current factors and trends influencing the cost of insurance under the statutory insurance scheme |
Motor Accident Insurance Commission, Queensland | 4 September | |
Compensation | Queensland |
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Australian Government | 30 August | |
Compensation | NSW |
Portfolio Committee No. 6 - Transport and the Arts, Legislative Council, Parliament of NSW | 15 August | |
Justice / Human Rights | National & NT Joint statement: Electronic communications must be available for voluntary assisted dying |
The Federal Government | 6 August | |
Compensation / Justice | National |
Attorney-General's Department, Australian Government | 5 August | |
Compensation / Justice | National |
Community Affairs Legislation Committee, Senate, Parliament of Australia |
26 July | |
Compensation / Justice | National Veterans’ Entitlements, Treatment and Support (Simplification and Harmonisation) Bill 2024 (Cth) |
Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee, Parliament of Australia |
22 July |
|
Human Rights / Justice | Victoria Hearing testimony from Susan Accary and Sha Hotchin (23 September 2024) |
Legislative Assembly Economy and Infrastructure Committee, Parliament of Victoria |
15 July | |
Justice / Human Rights | Victoria Open letter – Getting youth justice right (Youth Justice Bill 2024) |
The Victorian Government | 1 July | |
Human Rights | Queensland |
Professor Susan Harris Rimmer and the Review team | 21 June | |
Compensation / Justice | National Airline Passenger Protections (Pay on Delay) Bill 2024 (Cth) |
Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee, Parliament of Australia | 6 June | |
Compensation | Queensland Current factors and trends influencing the cost of insurance under Queensland's CTP insurance scheme |
Motor Accident Insurance Commission, Queensland |
3 June |
|
Justice / Human Rights | NSW |
Committee on Law and Safety, Legislative Assembly, Parliament of NSW | 31 May | |
Justice / ATSI Justice | National |
Australian Law Reform Commission, Australian Government | 24 May | |
Compensation / Justice | NSW |
Department of Communities and Justice, NSW Government | 23 May | |
Compensation / Justice | National |
Community Affairs Legislation Committee, Senate, Parliament of Australia |
22 May | |
ATSI Justice | National |
NA | 22 May | |
Justice / ATSI Justice | National |
Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters | 20 May | |
Justice | National |
The Prime Minister of Australia and Commonwealth Attorney-General | 19 May | |
Justice / ATSI Justice | NSW Impact of the regulatory framework for cannabis in New South Wales Hearing testimony from Greg Barns SC (1 August 2024), pp.9-14 Responses to questions on notice (27 August 2024) |
Portfolio Committee No. 1 – Premier and Finance, Parliament of New South Wales |
17 May | |
Compensation | Queensland Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024 (Qld) Hearing testimony by Sarah Grace (20 May 2024), pp.14-15 |
Education, Employment, Training and Skills Committee, Queensland Parliament |
10 May | |
Justice | NSW Appeals Costs under the ILARS for Workers Compensation Court Matters – Draft Policy Paper |
Office of the Independent Review Officer, NSW |
30 April | |
Compensation | National Consultation Draft: Guide for Arranging Rehabilitation Assessments and Requiring Examinations |
Comcare, Australian Government | 18 April | |
Compensation / Justice | National |
Department of Veterans’ Affairs, Australian Government | 17 April | |
Human rights / Justice | National Migration Amendment (Removal and Other Measures) Bill 2024 (Cth) |
Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee, Parliament of Australia |
12 April | |
Justice / ATSI Justice | South Australia Alternative diversion model for children under the raised minimum age of criminal responsibility |
Attorney-General's Department, Government of South Australia |
25 March | |
Compensation | Queensland |
Workers' Compensation Regulatory Services, Office of Industrial Relations, Queensland | 21 March | |
Compensation / Justice | National Developing a ‘Guide for Arranging Rehabilitation Assessments and Requiring Examinations’ |
Comcare, Australian Government | 4 March | |
Compensation / Justice | National Improving consumer experiences, choice, and outcomes in Australia’s retirement system |
Senate Economics References Committee, Parliament of Australia |
4 March | |
Compensation | Queensland Current factors and trends influencing the cost of insurance under Queensland's CTP insurance scheme |
Motor Accident Insurance Commission, Queensland | 26 February | |
Human rights, Justice & ATSI Justice | National NDIS participant experience in rural, regional and remote Australia |
Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme, Parliament of Australia | 23 February | |
Justice / ATSI Justice | Victoria |
The Hon Jaclyn Symes, Attorney-General of Victoria | 22 February | |
Compensation, Human rights & Justice | National |
Department of Health and Aged Care, Australian Government | 16 February | |
Human rights, Justice & ATSI Justice | Northern Territory A framework for Voluntary Assisted Dying in the Northern Territory |
Expert Advisory Panel, Department of Chief Minister and Cabinet, Northern Territory Government |
16 February | |
Human rights, Justice & ATSI Justice | South Australia Inquiry into the potential for a Human Rights Act for South Australia |
Social Development Committee, Parliament of South Australia | 14 February | |
Justice | National Regulation of health practitioners who perform and who advertise non-surgical cosmetic procedures |
Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency and the Medical Board of Australia | 30 January | |
Compensation / Justice | National Use of genetic testing results in life insurance underwriting |
The Treasury, Australian Government | 30 January | |
Compensation, Justice & ATSI Justice | Tasmania Reproductive, maternal and paediatric health services in Tasmania |
Select Committee on Reproductive, Maternal and Paediatric health services in Tasmania, Parliament of Tasmania | 25 January | |
Compensation / Justice | Victoria Hearing testimony from Shaun Marcus and Lachlan Fitch |
Legislative Council Economy and Infrastructure Committee, Parliament of Victoria |
4 January |
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