2014

In 2014, our core federal policy areas included:

  • Access to justice;
  • Comcare;
  • Migration and asylum;
  • Montara oil spill;
  • National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and National Injury Insurance Scheme (NIIS); and the
  • Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.

Here is an overview listing of all federal submissions provided in 2014.

Submission To Date

Asylum seekers

Migration Amendment Bill [Provisions] 2013 (Cth)

Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee, Inquiry into Migration Amendment Bill [Provisions] 2013 (Cth) 16 January 2014

Asylum seekers

Migration Amendment (Regaining Control Over Australia’s Protection Obligations) Bill 2013 (Cth)

Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee, Inquiry into the Migration Amendment (Regaining Control Over Australia’s Protection Obligations) Bill 2013 (Cth) 23 January 2014

Personal injury

Aviation Safety Regulation Review

Independent review of aviation safety regulation in Australia 31 January 2014

Montara oil spill

Australia's overseas development assistance program and the Montara oil spill, Environmental degradation in East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia

Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee, Inquiry into Australia's overseas development assistance program 3 February 2014
Workers' rights (NSW)

Review of the exercise of the functions of the WorkCover Authority of NSW
NSW Standing Committee on Law and Justice 3 February 2014

Institutional responses to abuse

Civil Litigation: Issues Paper 5

Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Issues Paper 5 28 February 2014

Immigration rights

Where waters meet: The breach of Indonesian waters and the need for a review of Australia's aggressive maritime policy

Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee, Inquiry into the breach of Indonesian territorial waters 20 March 2014

Criminal justice and human rights (QLD)

Crime and Misconduct and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2014 (QLD)

Legal Affairs and Community Safety Committee (QLD) 11 April 2014

Human rights

Endorsed joint letter of Human Rights Law Centre regarding Racial Discrimination Act changes

Attorney-General's Department 24 April 2014

Human rights

Proposed changes to the Racial Discrimination Act

Attorney-General's Department 30 April 2014

Immigration rights

The incident at Manus Island

And appearance at public hearing on 13 June 2014. Further detail can be seen here.

Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee, Inquiry into the incident at Manus Island 5 May 2014

Human rights

Independent National Security Monitor repeal

Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee, Inquiry into the Independent National Security Monitor Repeal Bill 2014 5 May 2014

Montara oil spill

‘Accountability for damage: Taking responsibility for damage must be a core contributor towards poverty alleviation’

Note: PTTEP Australasia's response to our submission is accessible here.

Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade, Inquiry into the role of the private sector in promoting economic growth and reducing poverty in the Indo-Pacific 7 May 2014

Access to justice

Access to justice, Feedback on draft inquiry report

Productivity Commission, Inquiry into Access to Justice 28 May 2014

Institutional responses to abuse

Redress Schemes: Issues Paper 6

Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Issues Paper 6 29 May 2014

NIIS

National Injury Insurance Scheme: Motor Vehicle Accidents

Department of Treasury, National Injury Insurance Scheme, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Consultation Regulation Impact Statement 30 May 2014
Workers' rights (NSW)

Statutory Review of the 2012 Workers' Compensation Changes
The Centre for International Economics 3 June 2014

Comcare

Proposed changes to the Comcare Scheme: Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Legislation Amendment Bill 2014 (Cth)

Senate Standing Committee on Education and Employment, Inquiry into the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Legislation Amendment Bill 2014 (Cth) 5 June 2014

Personal injury (VIC)

Correspondence re: Draft Convenor's Directions as to the Arrangements of Business of Medical Panels (Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013) 2014

Convenor of Medical Panels 13 June 2014

Institutional responses to abuse

Statutory victims of crime compensation schemes: Issues Paper 7

Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Issues Paper 7 30 June 2014

Disability rights

Redress and remedy: the Business Services Wage Assessment Tool (BSWAT) Payment Scheme is not the answer

Senate Standing Committee on Community Affairs, Inquiry into Business Services Wage Assessment Tool Payment Scheme Bill 2014 and Business Services Wage Assessment Tool Payment Scheme (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2014 23 July 2014

Human rights / police misconduct

United Nations Human Rights Committee Communication No. 1885/2009 (Horvath v Australia)

Victorian Parliament 24 July 2014

Human rights / counter-terrorism

National security legislation: the need for further accountability

And appearance at public hearing on 18 August 2014.

Joint Standing Committee on Intelligence and Security, Inquiry into the National Security Legislation Amendment (No. 1) Bill 2014 (Cth) 6 August 2014

National Injury Insurance Scheme and workers compensation

Return to Work Bill and the South Australian Employment Tribunal Bill (SA)

Attorney-General's Department, South Australia 12 September 2014

Human rights / counter-terrorism

The Foreign Fighters Bill

Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security, Inquiring into the Counter-Terrorism Amendment (Foreign Fighters) Bill 2014 (Cth)

3 October 2014

Indigenous rights

Human rights and Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory

Appendix A - Australian Lawyers Alliance submission on the legislation (2012)

Appendix B - Correspondence to the UN special rapporteurs on the legislation (released under FOI laws to the Australian Lawyers Alliance)

Appendix C - Assessment of non-compliance with human rights (2012)

Joint Parliamentary Committee on Human Rights, Inquiry into the Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory legislation 10 October 2014

Institutional abuse

Limitation of Actions Amendment (Criminal Child Abuse) Bill 2014 (Vic)

Department of Justice (Victoria), Limitation of Acts Amendment (Criminal Child Abuse) Bill 2014 (Vic) Exposure Draft 9 December 2014

Human rights

Rights and responsibilities 2014: Property rights and unlawful detention

Australian Human Rights Commission, Inquiry into Rights and Responsibilities 2014 19 December 2014

CTP and motor vehicle accidents

Options to add no-fault catastrophic injury cover: Towards an appropriate solution

Insurance Commission of Western Australia, CTP Green Paper 23 December 2014