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Human Rights Day: ALA urges individuals to protect their rights & freedoms
10th Dec 2019Legislation is increasingly being used to erode individual rights and freedoms in Australia says the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA) on Human Rights Day 2019.
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Letting insurance companies change CTP will cost Queenslanders more
8th Dec 2019RACQ’s Re-Think CTP campaign for a no fault scheme isn’t re-thinking anything new, says Greg Spinda, QLD State President, ALA.
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SA abortion laws outdated: Politicians urged to accept SA Law Reform Institute recommendations
6th Dec 2019Recommendations to reform outdated abortion laws, made by the South Australian Law Reform Institute in a report released this week, have been welcomed by the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA) in SA.
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VIC Workcover report highlights systemic failings in the system
3rd Dec 2019The Victorian Ombudsman’s report into Workcover released today, which found that insurance agents are unfairly denying claims, highlights the need for urgent improvement to the scheme according to the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA).
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Class action group funding legislation will improve access to justice, says ALA
27th Nov 2019New legislation introduced in Victorian Parliament today which allows lawyers to charge a percentage of the settlement in a successful class action - with approval from the Supreme Court - will help more people access the legal system, says the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA).
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Independent complaints tribunal needed to hold aged care facilities to account
27th Nov 2019The introduction of an independent tribunal to hear complaints of substandard care with the power to issue fines and order monetary compensation would help hold the aged care sector to account, said the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA) today at the Aged Care Royal Commission public consultation session in Newcastle.
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Civil and criminal law both needed to ban conversion therapy
19th Nov 2019Conversion practices that seek to change an individual’s sexual orientation should be regulated by a combination of criminal law and civil law, says the ALA.
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Proposed anti-protest laws are authoritarian and are an attack on democracy, says ALA
15th Nov 2019Anti-protest laws tabled in Tasmanian parliament yesterday are deeply authoritarian and are an attack on democracy, says the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA).
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Deputy State Coroner recommendations re personal drug use will save lives
8th Nov 2019The number of people harmed or killed by drug use will be reduced if the Deputy State Coroner’s recommendations regarding personal drug use are implemented, and governments around Australia, not just NSW, must revamp drug laws to save lives says the Australian Lawyers Alliance.
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Redraft of aged care law needed to improve care
30th Oct 2019The Aged Care Act 1997 needs to be rewritten to improve safety and quality in aged care says the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA) ahead of the release of the preliminary report of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety.
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