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• Lawyers call for free & accurate silicosis lung screening for all NSW stonemasons

  20th Sep 2019

  All stonemasons in NSW need access to accurate and free lung screening for silicosis, the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA) told the Dust Diseases Scheme review panel this week.

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• Australian human rights protections are fragile and flawed, says ALA

  12th Sep 2019

  Recent events across Australia have highlighted how fragile and flawed our human rights protections are currently.

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• ALA slams Place Names Bill: unnecessary and unjustified

  11th Sep 2019

  The Place Names Bill introduced into State Parliament on Tuesday, which makes it an offence to misrepresent the name of a place, is an unnecessary and appalling piece of legislation, says the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA).

   

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• Solitary confinement report shows alarming breach of duty of care: State liable for compensation

  6th Sep 2019

  The state has breached its duty of care and could be liable for millions of dollars in compensation, says the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA) in response to the alarming findings disclosed in the recent Victorian Ombudsman’s report into the use of solitary confinement in youth detention facilities.

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• ALA calls for Collaery prosecution to be dropped

  29th Aug 2019

  The Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA) is calling for the prosecution of Mr Bernard Collaery to be dropped, amidst increasing public outrage both in Australia and overseas.

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• Proposed changes to medevac laws must be rejected, say lawyers

  26th Aug 2019

  Proposed amendments to the Migration Amendment (Repairing Medical Transfers) Bill 2019 should be rejected, says the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA).

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• Lawyers call for Media Freedom Act to protect ‘frank and fearless’ journalism

  13th Aug 2019

  A Media Freedom Act would help address the current imbalance between national security laws and the important need to protect the independence of the media, said the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA) in a submission to the parliamentary inquiry into media freedom.

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• Collaery trial: process is not just or fair

  6th Aug 2019

  The legal processes being employed to prosecute lawyer Bernard Collaery are not fair or just, says the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA).

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• Lawyers welcome NSW Bill to remove abortion from Crimes Act

  29th Jul 2019

  Moves to reform NSW’s outdated abortion laws are long overdue said the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA), giving its support to the Reproductive Health Care Reform Bill 2019 to be tabled in Parliament this week. 

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• Broad clause in ‘foreign fighters’ bill could impact journalists and whistleblowers, say lawyers

  25th Jul 2019

  Journalists and whistleblowers could be adversely affected by the Counter Terrorism (Temporary Exclusion Orders) Bill 2019 that is now before the Senate, according to the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA).

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