ACT

• ACT solicitor wins national ALA Member of the Year

  18th Oct 2024

  An ACT solicitor who gives her time and expertise generously to support the plaintiff legal community in the ACT, Ms Amy Burr, has received the Australian Lawyers Alliance’s 2024 national Member of the Year Award.

• ACT Call-to-Parties: Lawyers call for commitment to justice for victims of road accidents, negligence & abuse

  11th Sep 2024

  In the lead up to next month’s ACT election, the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA) has launched its ‘Call-to-Parties’ urging politicians to improve access to justice for all Territorians.

• One-stop justice plan breaks down the borders

  14th Mar 2024

  Julie Tongs OAM has written to the ACT Attorney-General and Minister for Corrections to explain why a NSW/ACT cross-border justice scheme is necessary to improve law enforcement and the administration of justice. More importantly, it could reduce reoffending by encouraging increased participation in prison training and education programs.

• Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2023 (ACT)

  13th Dec 2023

• Three-Year Review of the Motor Accident Injuries Act 2019 (ACT)

  1st Nov 2023

• Disability Inclusion Bill 2023 (ACT)

  25th Oct 2023

• How much weight do we give to clinical notes in compensation matters?

  12th Jan 2023

  Rachel Last, Senior Associate at Travis Schultz & Partners, emphasises the need for a cautious approach to clinical notes in compensation matters, with reference to an interesting ACT case: Maher v Russell.

• Passing of Restoring Territory Rights Bill welcome: an injustice resolved

  2nd Dec 2022

  The passing of the Restoring Territory Rights Bill 2022 resolves an historical injustice and restores the democratic rights of Northern Territory (NT) and Australian Capital Territory (ACT) residents, says the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA)

• Lawyers welcome decision to drop Collaery prosecution

  7th Jul 2022

  The decision to discontinue the prosecution of former ACT Attorney-General Bernard Collaery is very welcome, says the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA).

• Rights of ACT residents must be protected with simple and affordable complaints mechanism

  28th Apr 2022

  ACT residents who believe their human rights have been breached need a simple and affordable way to make a complaint and access legal remedies, says the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA) in a submission to the ACT Government.

• Insurance coverage slashed for people innocently injured on Canberra’s roads: New MAI Act

  3rd Feb 2020

  People injured on Canberra’s roads are likely to face a ‘David and Goliath’ battle to receive adequate compensation, now that the new Motor Accident Injuries Act 2019 is in force, says the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA). 

• Cannabis bans are ignored — so ditch the law and save money

  14th Nov 2019

  Greg Barns welcomes the ACT government decriminalising cannabis possession, and calls for cannabis law reform across Australia.

• Collaery trial: process is not just or fair

  6th Aug 2019

  The legal processes being employed to prosecute lawyer Bernard Collaery are not fair or just, says the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA).

• Canberra legal community condemns Barr Government’s unfair CTP scheme

  20th Mar 2019

  The Presidents of the ACT Bar Association (Steve Whybrow) and the ACT Law Society (Chris Donohue) and the ACT Director of the Australian Lawyers Alliance (Jamie Ronald) today expressed their dismay and frustration that the ACT Government is continuing to push through its flawed CTP scheme.

• Injured drivers will not be fairly compensated under proposed ACT MAI Bill

  1st Nov 2018

  The proposed ACT Motor Accidents Insurance (MAI) Bill will not provide proper compensation to injured motorists and will shift the balance of power in favour of the insurers, says the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA).

• Community to help improve CTP in Canberra

  23rd Aug 2017

  The Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA) has today welcomed Chief Minister Barr’s announcement that the ACT’s first citizen’s jury would soon be arranged to consider reform to the Territory’s Compulsory Third Party (CTP) insurance scheme.

• ACT’s new compensation scheme can heal Comcare’s damage

  27th Feb 2015

  Arbitrary time limits and cuts to injury and rehabilitation entitlements have no place in a genuine workers compensation scheme which protects workers’ rights, the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA) said today.

• ACT govt pulling out of Comcare is a step in the right direction

  26th Feb 2015

  The ACT government is to be commended for pulling its support from the fundamentally flawed Comcare workplace insurance scheme, demonstrating strong leadership and supporting workers’ rights, the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA) said today.

• Govt plan to strip legal rights from families with cerebral palsy

  16th Jan 2015

  Children who are born with cerebral palsy due to medical malpractice may have their rights to sue for their lifetime care and support eliminated under plans being considered by governments, the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA) said today.

• ACT Chief Justice to speak at annual lawyers conference

  16th Sep 2014

  ACT Supreme Court Chief Justice the Hon. Helen Murrell will be the keynote speaker at the upcoming Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA) annual ACT Branch Conference.​

• Release of ACT Human Rights Commission report praised

  16th May 2014

  The ACT Human Rights Commission has released a human rights review of the conditions for women imprisoned at Alexander McConachie Centre in the ACT. The Australian Lawyers Alliance has welcomed the report's release.

• Vocal national non-profit legal organisation in ACT for conference

  18th Sep 2012

  A national non-profit legal organisation that has been calling for a National Inquiry into abuses in religious institutions as well as vocalising concerns about treatment of asylum seekers, children, mandatory sentencing and excessive police powers, will hold its annual ACT conference in Canberra on Friday.

• Injured to suffer if ACT's 2011 CTP Bill is passed - ALA

  20th Aug 2012

  The Australian Lawyers Alliance is expressing concern that the ACT Government’s 2011 CTP Amendment Bill, due for parliamentary debate on Wednesday, will leave many traffic accident victims with an inability to financially sustain themselves throughout their lives.

• Harming a pregnant woman less serious than a policeman - ACT law

  5th Apr 2012

  Under proposed ACT law it will be considered far more serious to harm a policeman than a pregnant woman, The Australian Lawyers Alliance is warning.