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• Online Safety Bill gives broad new powers without due process

  24th Feb 2021

  Lawyers are warning that the Online Safety Bill introduced into Parliament today gives new and broad discretionary powers to the e-Safety Commissioner and the Minister without establishing appropriate processes to determine what material is in the public interest or to adequately appeal decisions.

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• Cairns-based Mamu and Gunggandji lawyer wins state award for commitment to justice

  12th Feb 2021

  A Cairns-based Mamu and Gunggandji barrister who works to provide Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander individuals and communities fair access to the legal system was today presented with the Australian Lawyers Alliance’s (ALA) Queensland Civil Justice Award

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• Youth crime crackdown will not create safer Queensland communities

  9th Feb 2021

  Measures announced today designed to address youth crime will not work to make the community safer, says the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA).

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• Support for Myanmar legal community

  8th Feb 2021

  Lawyers and legal organisations across Myanmar that are fighting for freedom, open justice and the rule of law need the support of the international legal community, says the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA).

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• Medicinal cannabis driving bill removes injustice

  3rd Feb 2021

  Current drug driving laws are not fair to drivers who can lose their license for taking prescribed cannabis when there is no evidence of impaired driving, says the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA) in response to the Road Traffic (Medicinal Cannabis) Amendment
  Bill 2021 being introduced into parliament in South Australia today. 

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• 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)

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• ALA thanks Victorian Attorney-General Jill Hennessy

  17th Dec 2020

  Attorney-General Jill Hennessy’s commitment to creating a fairer justice system in Victoria will be missed, says the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA).

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• Newcastle lawyer honoured for commitment to social justice

  4th Dec 2020

  A Newcastle-based lawyer who uses her skills and expertise to advocate for vulnerable people has received the 2020 Australian Lawyers Alliance’s (ALA) Civil Justice Award.

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• VIC lawyer wins national award for leadership in COVID crisis

  4th Dec 2020

  Victorian lawyer Jeremy King has been awarded the 2020 Australian Lawyers Alliance’s (ALA) Member of the Year Award.

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• Access to justice at risk from FCC price hike

  27th Nov 2020

  The fourfold increase in the Federal Circuit Court fees, announced by the government last week, will make it increasingly difficult for migrants, including asylum seekers, to have fair access to Australia’s justice system.

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