Royal Commission

• Consumers let down as Govt fails to action Banking RC two years after findings released

  1st Feb 2021

  Super fund members, bank customers and insurance policy holders have all been let down by the Federal Government’s failure to implement the recommendations of the Financial Services Royal Commission at the second anniversary of the release of Commissioner Hayne’s findings, says the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA)

• Calls for NSW government to retain program helping keep people with cognitive disability out of prison

  2nd Jun 2020

  Lawyers are calling on the NSW Government to continue funding a program that helps divert alleged offenders with intellectual disabilities and brain injuries from prison.

• Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety

  28th Feb 2019

  An overview of the structure, composition and intended objectives of the Royal Commission.

• Martin's resignation and the NT Royal Commission

  5th Aug 2016

  Martin's resignation signals a chance for the NT youth detention Royal Commission to maintain integrity and effect real change, writes Anna Talbot and Greg Barns on behalf of the Australian Lawyers Alliance.

• Child Sex Abuse – An International Problem

  24th Mar 2016

  Over the last decade, the issue of child sex abuse, and the barriers to justice for survivors or child abuse, are finally being dealt with by governments and institutions throughout the Western world. Here are the recent developments...