Freedom of information
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Inquiry into the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Vic)
27th Feb 2024 -
Communications Legislation Amendment (Combatting Misinformation and Disinformation) Bill 2023
23rd Aug 2023 -
Calls for law change to ensure transparency around development in Wilderness World Heritage Areas
29th Jun 2021A change to the law is needed to ensure transparency around private development in environmentally significant parts of Tasmania, says the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA).
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Algorithms, artificial intelligence, automated systems and the law
15th Nov 2018The extent to which the rights of individuals are threatened by autonomated systems and the ability of the law to safeguard those rights.
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Immigration detention unsafe workplaces: ALA Report
6th Jun 2016Immigration detention facilities are unsafe workplaces, ALA Report finds.
The Australian Lawyers Alliance (‘ALA’) is today releasing a ground-breaking 150-page report, Untold damage: workplace health and safety in immigration detention under the Work, Health and Safety Act 2011 (Cth), (‘WHS Act’).
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Millions spent on ‘voluntary return’ of asylum seekers
5th Aug 2014The Commonwealth has spent nearly $3 million on the ‘voluntary return’ of almost 1100 asylum seekers to their country of origin in less than a year, according to information obtained under freedom of information laws by the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA) today.