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• Alleged assault by police on disability pensioner extremely concerning

  4th Apr 2018

  Footage showing an alleged brutal assault by a number of Victoria police officers on a vulnerable, unarmed disability pensioner is extremely disturbing, the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA) said today.

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• C'wealth chooses its balance sheet over compensation for abuse survivo

  29th Mar 2018

  The Department of Home Affairs has pushed to exclude non-citizens from any eligibility for redress for institutional child abuse as it says its ‘financial exposure to liability under the Redress Scheme is likely to increase significantly’, the Australian Lawyers Alliance said today.

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• Visa cancellation review could lead to ministerial abuses of power

  15th Mar 2018

  Plans by the federal government to examine reviews of visa cancellations made on criminal grounds could put Australian children at risk, the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA) said today.

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• Many NSW, VIC survivors of institutional child abuse blocked from just

  9th Mar 2018

  Unnecessarily strict eligibility requirements mean that many of the most vulnerable survivors of institutional child abuse in New South Wales and Victoria will miss out on accessing the Commonwealth’s Redress Scheme, the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA) said today.

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• NSW Court of Appeal Justice Mark Leeming headlining law conference

  8th Mar 2018

  Justice of the NSW Court of Appeal, The Hon Justice Mark Leeming, is the keynote speaker at the upcoming Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA) annual NSW State Conference being held in Manly next week.

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• Women’s rights activist wins  2018 ALA QLD Civil Justice Award

  16th Feb 2018

  A lawyer who has consistently fought for the rights of some of the most marginalised and disadvantaged women in the criminal justice system has been presented with the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA) 2018 Queensland Civil Justice Award (CJA).

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• Lawyers slam secret threats made by RACQ

  15th Feb 2018

  The Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA) has slammed secret threats made by RACQ to pull out of Queensland’s Compulsory Third party (CTP) insurance scheme, as reported in today’s Courier Mail.

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• Lawyers back Senate call for protections for whistleblowers, journali

  7th Feb 2018

  Legislative protection for journalists, free speech and whistleblowers is a crucial step in ensuring that public interest journalism can survive and even thrive, the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA) said today.

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• Govt plans to deny compensation to children abused in immigration dete

  7th Feb 2018

  The federal government’s proposed redress scheme for survivors of institutional child sexual abuse will exclude the most vulnerable victims of abuse, conflicting with the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse and saving the government money, the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA) said today.

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• Former High Court Justice Ian Callinan AC to speak at QLD law conferen

  7th Feb 2018

  Former Justice of the High Court of Australia, the Hon Justice Ian Callinan AC, will be the keynote speaker at the upcoming Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA) annual QLD State Conference being held on the Gold Coast later this month.

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