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• Refugee Protection Bill is far better policy than current inhumane treatment of asylum seekers

  18th Jun 2018

  The Refugee Protection Bill introduced into Parliament today by Andrew Wilkie MP would ensure a far safer and more humane response to people seeking asylum, says the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA).

   

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• Death on Nauru prompts calls from lawyers for urgent government action

  15th Jun 2018

  ‘Cruel, inhumane and unsafe environment’: death on Nauru prompts calls from lawyers for urgent government action.

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• Lawyers call for inquiry into mental health insurance discrimination

  15th Jun 2018

  The ALA is urging the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry to investigate discrimination by insurers on the basis of mental health.

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• The National Redress Scheme

  13th Jun 2018

  The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual abuse recommended that  a National Redress Scheme be established to provide compensation to those affected.

  Read the ALA's most recent submission, media and policy on this topic.

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• ALA welcomes improved access to justice for child sexual abuse survivors

  12th Jun 2018

  NSW has advanced the position of victims significantly by adopting legal changes that will apply retrospectively and will improve access to justice for abuse survivors, says the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA), commenting on the announcement made by the NSW government on the weekend.

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• Road accident victims will benefit: lawyers welcome amendments to Transport Accident Act

  7th Jun 2018

  Amendments to the Transport Accident Act introduced to Parliament today bring the Transport Accident Commission (TAC) a step closer to being the world’s leading social insurer, according to the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA).  

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• Visa delay for Festival keynote speaker threatens freedom of speech

  6th Jun 2018

  Using migration law to restrict freedom of speech is simply not acceptable, said the Australian Lawyers Alliance today commenting on the delay in granting Dark + Dangerous Thoughts speaker a visa to enter Australia.

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• Limited access to National Redress Scheme is just not fair, says Australian Lawyers Alliance

  30th May 2018

  People with past criminal convictions or abused in immigration detention should not be denied access to redress payments under the National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sex Abuse, the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA) said today.

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• Failure to fund CLCs will hamstring justice

  15th May 2018

  The Commonwealth’s failure to increase funding to resources-strapped Community Legal Centres (CLCs) means that people with legitimate personal injury or compensation claims are more likely than ever to simply give up on seeking justice through the legal system, the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA) said today.

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• Legal service for women in need wins 2018 ALA Vic CJA

  7th May 2018

  A first-of-its-kind legal practice specifically for women who are in or at risk of entering the criminal justice system has been presented with the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA) 2018 Victoria Civil Justice Award (CJA).

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