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• New NSW police powers are dangerously broad

  17th May 2022

  Extraordinary new powers given to NSW police which allow them to search an individual and their home without a warrant are too broad and lack appropriate oversight, says the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA).

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• Qld Government plans to strip rights from dying workers

  12th May 2022

  Changes proposed to Queensland’s workers’ compensation laws dramatically and unnecessarily affect the rights of dying people, says the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA).

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• Rural and regional health inquiry report welcome but must be actioned urgently

  5th May 2022

  The NSW Government is urged to promptly implement the recommendations in the NSW Parliamentary Inquiry’s report into rural and regional health to help prevent further tragedies caused by failures in the system, says the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA).

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• Rights of ACT residents must be protected with simple and affordable complaints mechanism

  28th Apr 2022

  ACT residents who believe their human rights have been breached need a simple and affordable way to make a complaint and access legal remedies, says the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA) in a submission to the ACT Government.

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• Banksia Hill conditions are an appalling breach of human rights: reform is urgent

  19th Apr 2022

  Conditions at Banksia Hill youth detention facility indicate clear breaches of children’s human rights and show that little has been learnt from the Northern Territory’s Don Dale Royal Commission, says the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA).

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• Immunity for aged care providers will strip elders of legal rights

  25th Mar 2022

  A proposed amendment to the Aged Care Act that will protect aged care providers from civil claims and criminal charges arising from unlawful restraint incidents must not proceed, say lawyers.

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• NZ refugee resettlement deal welcome but long overdue

  24th Mar 2022

  The agreement between Australia and New Zealand to resettle refugees and asylum seekers is welcome but the physical and mental harm done by the Australian government to those who can now start new lives is unconscionable, says the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA).

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• Urgent law reform needed to prevent sexual harassment at work

  18th Mar 2022

  Everyone deserves to be safe at work and free from sexual harassment, but our current system is failing us. While sexual harassment is pervasive across all industries and all employment levels in Australia, it is not inevitable. We have the power to prevent it.

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• Victorian forced adoption redress scheme welcome but should be nation-wide

  10th Mar 2022

  A redress scheme in Victoria to support those affected by historical forced adoption practices is welcome, says the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA), but it should be nation-wide.

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• NSW president Joshua Dale receives Member of the Year Award

  10th Mar 2022

  The current Australian Lawyers Alliance’s (ALA) NSW state president, Joshua Dale, has been recognised as the organisation’s member of the year for 2021.

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