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• Bystander training needed in legal profession to help prevent harassment

  23rd Oct 2020

  Ensuring all lawyers have the skills and confidence to call out sexual harassment even when it does not directly impact them will reduce the incidence of harassment and bullying in the legal profession, says the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA), as the organisation launches its new gender equality policy today.

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• Industrial manslaughter laws needed to set workplace safety expectations

  21st Oct 2020

  Tougher industrial manslaughter laws are needed in Tasmania says the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA) supporting Labor’s push to permit the prosecution of companies for a death in the workplace.

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• Lawyers urge decriminalisation of cannabis use in Victoria

  15th Oct 2020

  Cannabis use in Victoria should be decriminalised and regulated to minimise harm to users, says the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA).

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• Body-worn police camera laws in VIC need urgent revision for use in civil matters

  9th Oct 2020

  Laws surrounding body-worn police cameras in Victoria need urgent revision so that access to video footage cannot be denied in civil proceedings, says the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA).

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• Budget 2020 failed to address the urgent and life-threatening issues in aged care

  7th Oct 2020

  The 2020 federal budget has failed to address the systemic problems in aged care that COVID-19 has tragically exposed, says the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA).

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• Monetary Penalties Enforcement Bill fails to tackle issues of disadvantage & debt

  27th Sep 2020

  The Monetary Penalties Enforcement Amendment Bill 2020 is a missed opportunity to address issues facing Tasmanians experiencing extreme hardship and should not be allowed to pass in its current form, says the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA) in a submission on the Bill which the Attorney-General Elise Archer has released for public comment.

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• Lawyers welcome inquiry into rural and regional health to prevent further tragedy

  16th Sep 2020

  The NSW Parliamentary Inquiry into rural and regional health announced yesterday is a positive step towards preventing further tragedies caused by failures in the system, says the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA).

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• Millions in compensation payments delayed due to slow Centrelink processing

  1st Sep 2020

   Millions of dollars which should be assisting families in need remains locked in insurers’ trust accounts due to Centrelink processing delays, according to the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA).

   

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• Prison lockdowns cannot be the solution to preventing COVID-19 outbreak

  27th Aug 2020

  As some 7000 prisoners in Queensland are placed into ‘extreme isolation’ to manage the threat of a COVID-19 outbreak, governments and courts are being urged to reduce the number of people in prison and provide for discounts on sentence time served.

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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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