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• Urgent action needed to prevent COVID-19 crisis in disability care

  12th Aug 2020

  The federal government and the NDIA need to take urgent action to keep NDIS clients and disability care workers safe from COVID-19 as case numbers grow both in disability homes and amongst residential clients, says the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA).

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• Access to justice in Victoria limited by childcare restrictions

  11th Aug 2020

  Injured Victorians may not be able to have their cases heard because of rules that prevent lawyers and barristers in Victoria from accessing childcare despite being able to run trials remotely.

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• Fair compensation for work injuries ‘almost impossible’ if NSW scheme issues not resolved

  3rd Aug 2020

  Issues within the operation of the NSW Workers’ Compensation Scheme must be resolved otherwise it will become almost impossible for injured workers to receive fair compensation, according to the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA).

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• Grant bail for non-violent offences to help prevent COVID-19 prison outbreak

  30th Jul 2020

  As coronavirus cases lockdown prisons in Victoria and NSW, governments and courts are again being urged to reduce the number of people in prison.

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• Reform needed to fix failings of workers’ comp schemes

  28th Jul 2020

  Serious issues in the workers’ compensation schemes in NSW and Victoria, revealed yesterday by The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald and ABC TV's Four Corners, highlight an urgent need for reform and require further investigation, says the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA).

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• Lawyers urge Council of Attorneys-General to raise age of criminal responsibility

  24th Jul 2020

  Lawyers are calling for the age of criminal responsibility to be raised to 14 years when the Council of Attorneys-General meets on Monday to consider the issue.

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• Comcare must act to enforce WHS laws in immigration detention

  15th Jul 2020

  Failure to enforce COVID-19 social distancing rules in immigration detention centres, including hotels, is a breach of workplace health and safety laws and Comcare must act immediately to enforce this duty of care, says the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA).

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• Concerns re risk of heavy-handed policing in Melbourne hot spots

  1st Jul 2020

  Extraordinary police measures being used to enforce lock downs in Melbourne virus hot spots must be measured and be culturally appropriate.

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• ALA new national president: First time a WA lawyer takes the role

  1st Jul 2020

  A West Australian barrister is the first lawyer from WA to be appointed national president of the Australian Lawyers Alliance.

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• Lawyers call on WA Government to proclaim unpaid fine legislation urgently

  24th Jun 2020

  The passing of legislation which will prevent fine defaulters in WA from going to prison was long overdue, and the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA) calls on the government to proclaim the legislation as a matter of urgency.

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