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In 2015, our core federal policy areas included:

  • Comcare;
  • Migration and asylum;
  • Montara oil spill;
  • National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and National Injury Insurance Scheme (NIIS); and the
  • Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse and relevant state-based legislative change;.

Here is an overview listing of all submissions provided in 2015.

Submission To Date

Institutional abuse

Redress and civil litigation: Providing effective remedy for survivors of abuse

And subsequent appearance at public hearing, on 27 March 2015. (Dr Andrew Morrison SC can be read from p13796).

Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Consultation paper on redress and civil litigation 2 March 2015

Institutional abuse and limitation periods

Limitation periods in civil claims for child sexual abuse

 NSW Department of Justice 10 March 2015

Human rights and personal injury

Towards regulation of medicinal cannabis: The importance of providing access to treatment for chronically ill Australians

 Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee, Inquiry into the Regulator of Medicinal Cannabis Bill 2014 (Cth) 13 March 2015

Human rights

A proposed process for the introduction of a Charter of Rights in Queensland

 Correspondence to the QLD Premier, the Hon. Annastacia Palaszczuck 25 March 2015

Parliamentary process (QLD)

Ensuring robust political process:
Supporting the reinstatement of the Speaker’s powers and inclusion of cross-benchers

 QLD Finance and Administration Committee, Inquiry into the Parliament of Queensland and Other Acts Amendment Bill 2015 (QLD) 11 April 2015

National Injury Insurance Scheme

National Injury Insurance Scheme, Workplace Accidents: Ensuring sustainability and consumer choice

 Department of Treasury, NIIS Regulation Impact Statement, Workplace Accidents Consultation
12 April 2015

Asylum seekers and human rights

The Commonwealth has a duty of care in offshore detention centres

 Select Committee on the Recent Allegations relating to Conditions and Circumstances at the Regional Processing Centre in Nauru, Inquiry into the responsibilities of the Commonwealth Government in connection with the management and operation of the Regional Processing Centre in Nauru 27 April 2015

Workers' compensation

Undermining the Comcare Scheme

 Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee, Inquiry into the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (Improving the Comcare Scheme) Bill 2015 28 April 2015

Workers rights

Ensuring safe workplaces for Queensland workers

 QLD Finance and Administration Committee, Inquiry into the Work, Health and Safety and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2015 (QLD) 3 June 2015

Asylum seekers

FOI: 449 incidents reported to Comcare by the Department of Immigration and Border Protection as noted in the DIBP Annual Report

 Department of Comcare 12 June 2015

Institutional abuse

Issues Paper 8: experiences of police and prosecution responses

 Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Issues Paper 8; Experience of police and prosecution responses

Montara oil spill

The expansion of the aquaculture industry in northern Australia: Mitigating potential risks

 Joint Select Committee on Northern Australia, Inquiry into the expansion of the aquaculture industry in northern Australia 25 June 2015

Counter-terrorism and human rights

The Australian Citizenship Amendment (Allegiance to Australia) Bill 2015 (Cth): The dangers of unchecked ministerial power

 Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security, Inquiry into the Australian Citizenship Amendment (Allegiance to Australia) Bill 2015 16 July 2015

Workers compensation

Restoration of rights for injured Queensland workers

QLD Finance and Administration Committee, Inquiry into the Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2015 6 August 2015

Compensation

Remedies for the serious invasion of privacy in New South Wales

 NSW Standing Committee on Law and Justice, Inquiry into remedies for the serious invasion of privacy in NSW 4 September 2015

Workers compensation

Inquiry into Schedule 2 of the Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (2015 Budget Measures) Bill 2015

 Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee, Inquiry into Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (2015 Budget Measures) Bill 2015 11 September 2015

Institutional responses to abuse

Providing redress for institutional abuse in Victoria: Critical next steps

 Department of Justice, Victoria, 2 October 2015

NDIS

Independent Review of the Operation of the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013

 Independent Review of the NDIS Act 9 October 2015

Personal injury (NSW)

Consultation on the Regulation of Legal costs for Work Capacity Decision Reviews

NSW State Insurance Regulatory Authority (SiRA), Consultation on the Regulation of Legal Costs for Work Capacity Decision Reviews

 1 December 2015

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