2012

In 2012, our core federal policy areas included:

  • Access to justice;
  • Migration and asylum;
  • Criminal justice and police powers; and the
  • National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and National Injury Insurance Scheme (NIIS).

Here is an overview listing of submissions provided in 2012.

Submission To Date

Human rights and people smuggling

Protect the child: Essential provisions to ensure procedural fairness: Crimes Amendment (Fairness for Minors) Bill 2011 (Cth)

Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee 31 January 2012

Human rights and people smuggling

Age determination of minors - the need for procedural fairness

Australian Human Rights Commission, Inquiry into the treatment of individuals suspected of people smuggling offences who say that they are children 3 February 2012

Human rights and people smuggling

Migration Amendment (Removal of Mandatory Minimum Penalties) Bill 2012 (Cth)

Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee, Inquiry into the Migration Amendment (Removal of Mandatory Minimum Penalties) Bill 2012 (Cth) 5 March 2012

Personal injury (SA)

Response to Public Discussion Paper: South Australia's Compulsory Third Party Insurance Scheme, 2012 Green Paper

Executive summary and recommendations

Department of Treasury (SA), South Australia's Compulsory Third Party Insurance Scheme Green Paper April 2012

Human rights and equality

Marriage equality: Marriage Equality Amendment Bill 2011 (Cth); Marriage Amendment Bill 2011 (Cth)

House Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs 19 April 2012

Personal injury (NSW)

Review of the NSW Victims' Compensation Scheme

Response to the Review of the NSW Victim's Compensation Scheme conducted by PriceWaterhouseCoopers 30 April 2012

Workers' rights and personal injury (NSW)

Submission to the Joint Select Committee on the NSW Workers' Compensation Scheme

NSW Joint Select Committee on the NSW Workers' Compensation Scheme, Inquiry into the NSW Workers' Compensation Scheme 17 May 2012

Human rights and children's rights

Australian Human Rights Commission Amendment (National Children's Commissioner) Bill 2012 (Cth)

Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs, Inquiry into Australian Human Rights Commission Amendment (National Children's Commissioner) Bill 2012 (Cth) 31 May 2012

Human rights and people smuggling

Detention of Indonesian minors

Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee, Inquiry into the detention of Indonesian minors in Australia 5 June 2012

Victims compensation and human rights (VIC)

ALA submission to the Family and Development Committee, Inquiry into the handling of child abuse by religious and other organisations

VIC Family and Development Committee, Inquiry into the handling of child abuse by religious and other organisations (which led to the publication of the Betrayal of Trust report)

3 July 2012

Workers' rights

Workers compensation and Newstart: Analysis of transition for injured workers

Senate Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
Committee regarding the Inquiry into the adequacy of the allowance payment
system for jobseekers and others.
July 2012

Human rights

Human trafficking and a human rights response: Assessing recent legislative amendments

Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee, Inquiry into
the Crimes Legislation Amendment (Slavery, Slavery-like Conditions and People Trafficking) Bill 2012 (Cth)
July 2012

Human rights and asylum seekers

Asylum seekers in Australia: Towards a regional approach to asylum seekers and people smuggling

Addendum to ALA submission (re relevance of Montara oil spill to the issue)

Expert Panel on Asylum Seekers 19 July 2012

Workers' rights

Workplace bullying

Senate Standing Committee on Education and Employment, Inquiry into workplace bullying 13 July 2012

Workers' rights (QLD)

WorkCover Queensland Review

Finance and Administration Committee, Inquiry into the operation of the Queensland workers' compensation scheme 16 August 2012

Human rights (NSW)

Human trafficking in NSW: Inquiry into the exploitation of women through trafficking

NSW Community Relations Commission, Inquiry into the exploitation of women through trafficking August 2012

Human rights and foreign fishing

Fishing communities and maritime powers, where poverty meets policy: Maritime Powers Bill 2012 (Cth)

Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee, Inquiry into the Maritime Powers Bill 2012 (Cth) 31 August 2012

Disability rights

Eligibility and reasonable and necessary support

Select Council on Disability Reform’s draft descriptions of ‘Eligibility and
reasonable and necessary support’ within the National Disability Insurance
Scheme
September 2012

Human rights and criminal justice (NSW)

The right to silence

Department of Attorney General and Justice, Inquiry into Evidence Amendment (Evidence of Silence) Bill 2012 (NSW) September 2012

Human rights and personal injury (NSW)

The Australian Lawyers Alliance signed the Open letter to the NSW Attorney-General, Victims Compensation Vital for Victims

Open letter to the NSW Attorney-General regarding proposed changes to NSW victims' compensation 25 September 2012
Human rights and asylum seekers

Health care of asylum seekers: Migration Legislation Amendment (Regional Processing and Other Measures) Bill 2012 (Cth)
Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee 18 October 2012

Personal injury (SA)

The SA CTP Green Paper

Economics and Finance Committee, Inquiry into the SA CTP Scheme 9 November 2012

Institutional abuse

Key issues for feedback

Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse 26 November 2012