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• 30 years since Royal Commission: criminal justice system still fails First Nations people

  14th Apr 2021

  Australia’s criminal justice system continues to fail First Nations people 30 years after the findings of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody were handed down, say lawyers.

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• Inability to challenge NDIS assessments undermines principles of ‘choice and control’

  8th Apr 2021

  The inability of participants to challenge the results of mandatory NDIS assessments undermines the legislative intent of the scheme, says the ALA.

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• Labor’s aggravated trespass plan is unwieldy and will not protect the resource industry

  31st Mar 2021

  Labor’s proposal to create a new offence of aggravated trespass does not effectively balance the concerns of Tasmania’s resource industry and the protection of civil liberties, says the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA).

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• Lawyers welcome rejection of anti-protest laws

  25th Mar 2021

  Today’s Tasmanian Legislative Council decision to oppose the Workplaces (Protection from Protesters) Amendment Act 2019 has been welcomed by the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA).

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• Proposed youth justice reforms in NT will not make the community safer

  24th Mar 2021

  The reforms to youth justice laws proposed by the Northern Territory government yesterday will not make communities safer and contradict the recommendations of the Royal Commission into the detention of children in the NT, says the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA).

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• Juvenile crime laws will not make communities safer

  22nd Mar 2021

  The measures proposed in the Youth Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2021 will not make communities safer, says the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA) in a submission to the Queensland government.

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• International Women’s Day: Timely reminder to call out sexual harassment in legal profession

  8th Mar 2021

  International Women’s Day is a timely reminder of how important it is to call out abusive, harassing behaviours in the workplace when they are witnessed, says the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA).

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• Lawyers say time is now for drug law reform

  4th Mar 2021

  International examples of success, growing public support and the clear failure of current laws to stop drug use means the time is right now for drug law reform, said the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA) today launching a new policy report into Australian drug laws.  

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• Government urged to act quickly on Aged Care RC recommendations

  1st Mar 2021

  The Federal Government must act quickly to implement the recommendations of the Aged Care Royal Commission to prevent further deaths, abuse and neglect in aged care homes, says the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA).

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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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