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Advocacy

In advance of the Federal double dissolution election in July 2016, the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA) surveyed major parties on priority issues for our members. We outlined our main priorities, our policy on those priorities and asked key questions to gauge parties' positions on those priorities. We received comprehensive responses to most of our letters.

CTP

Members of the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA) regularly represent those who have suffered injury on the roads.

Changes to compensation schemes can sometimes threaten to undermine individuals’ access to adequate compensation and control over their own lives.

Federal election 2019

In advance of the federal election in May 2019, the Australian Lawyers Alliance surveyed major parties on priority issues for our members.

The issues that we addressed were:

1. Human rights protections
2. Access to justice — class action proceedings
3. Access to justice — funding for community legal centres
4. Insurance and mental illness
5. Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry
6. NDIS
7. National Redress Scheme
8. Comcare
9. Work Health and Safety

Below are the responses that we received.

Montara: After the spill

Learn about the ALA's work in response to the Montara oil spill of 2009.

Untold Damage

The federal regulator of Commonwealth workplaces, Comcare, has been the watchdog of immigration detention facilities in Australia and regional processing centres (‘RPCs’) in Nauru and Manus Island for many years.