2020

In 2020, our core federal policy areas are:

Further information about our federal policy areas can be viewed under 'Our work'.

Below is a listing of all of the ALA's submissions in 2020.

Submission To Date

Compensation

2020 Review of the Compulsory Third Party Insurance Scheme

Standing Committee on Law and Justice, Parliament of NSW

23 December

Compensation

Your Future, Your Super package

The Treasury, Australian Government 21 December

Compensation

Draft Civil Liability (Child Abuse Settlements) Bill 2020

Policy, Reform and Legislation, Department of Communities and Justice, NSW Government 15 December

Justice

Custodial Inspector Amendment (OPCAT) Bill

Office of Strategic Legislation and Policy, Department of Justice, Tasmanian Government

11 December

Compensation

Current factors and trends influencing the cost of insurance under the statutory insurance scheme

Motor Accident Insurance Commission, Queensland 24 November

Justice

A legal framework for voluntary assisted dying – Consultation paper

Queensland Law Reform Commission 17 November

Compensation

Review of Legal Support for Injured People in the NSW CTP Scheme

State Insurance Regulation Authority, NSW Government

4 November

Compensation

State Insurance and Care Governance Act Independent Review

The Hon. Robert McDougall QC 28 October

Compensation

Individual Disability Income Insurance in Australia

Actuaries Institute 27 October

Justice

Review of the Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (High Risk Terrorist Offenders) Bill 2020

Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security, Parliament of Australia

27 October

Justice

Youth Justice Amendment (Searches in Custody) Bill 2020

Office of Strategic Legislation and Policy, Department of Justice, Tasmanian Government 22 October

Compensation

Inquiry into the National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse Amendment (Technical Amendments) Bill 2020

Senate Standing Committees on Community Affairs, Parliament of Australia

Report

20 October

Justice

Consultation on the Monetary Penalties Enforcement Amendment Bill 2020

Office of Strategic Legislation and Policy, Department of Justice, Tasmanian Government 23 September

Justice

Current and former copyright and licensing arrangements for the Aboriginal Flag design

Select Committee on the Aboriginal Flag, Parliament of Australia

Report

18 September

Compensation

Victorian Workers’ Compensation System: Independent Review into the Agent Model and the Management of Complex Claims

Peter Rozen QC 18 September

Justice

Review of the sentencing for offences involving assaults on police officers, correctional staff, youth justice officers, emergency services workers and health workers

NSW Sentencing Council

14 September

Justice

Criminal Code (Consent and Mistake of Fact) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2020

Legal Affairs and Community Safety Committee, Queensland Parliament

7 September

Justice

Justice Miscellaneous (Court Backlog and Related Matters) Bill 2020

Office of Strategic Legislation and Policy, Department of Justice, Tasmanian Government 2 September

Justice

Review of the Expungement of Historical Offences Act 2017

Independent reviewer 31 August

Justice

Police Offences Amendment (Repeal of Begging) Bill 2019

Tasmanian Legislative Council 27 August

Compensation

Services Australia’s COVID-19 Measures and Enterprise Risk Management

Australian National Audit Office 26 August

Compensation

Comments on the Civil Liability (Institutional Child Abuse Liability) Amendment Bill 2020

South Australian Attorney-General 25 August

Justice

Inquiry into First Nations people in custody in New South Wales

Subsequent appearance at online public hearing on 26 October 2020. (Dr Louis Schetzer can be read from p3.)

Select Committee on the High Level of First Nations People in Custody and Oversight and Review of Deaths in Custody, Parliament of NSW

Report

24 August

Compensation

Consultation Regulatory Impact Statement: Regulating re-entry to the National Injury Insurance Scheme in Queensland after accepting treatment, care and support damages

Office of Industrial Relations, Queensland Government 17 August

Justice

Third open letter to Australian governments on COVID-19 and the criminal justice system

Australian governments 8 August

Justice

Inquiry into the Use of Cannabis in Victoria

Legal and Social Issues Committee, Parliament of Victoria

5 August

Justice

Joint submission: Corrections Amendment (Electronic Monitoring) Bill 2020

Strategic Legislation and Policy, Department of Justice, Tasmanian Government

31 July

Compensation

Inquiry into the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission

Subsequent appearance at online public hearing on 29 September 2020. (Thomas Ballantyne can be read from p15.)

Subsequent response to questions on notice from public hearing, submitted on 6 November 2020.

Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme, Parliament of Australia 28 July

Justice

Inquiry into the impact of technological and other change on the future of work and workers in New South Wales

Select committee on the impact of technological and other change on the future of work and workers in New South Wales, Parliament of NSW

24 July

Justice

Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability – Rights and Attitudes

Commissioners, Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability 22 July

Justice

Inquiry into family, domestic and sexual violence

House Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs, Parliament of Australia

Report

17 July

Justice

Review of Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Amendment Bill 2020

Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security, Parliament of Australia 23 June

Justice

Joint submission for the report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples to the General Assembly — Impact of COVID-19 on indigenous peoples

Mr Francisco Calí Tzay, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples

Report

19 June

Justice

Penalties for assaults on public officers

Queensland Sentencing Advisory Council 18 June

Compensation

Personal Injury Commission

The Hon. Victor Dominello MP, Minister for Customer Service, Parliament of NSW 15 June

Justice

Inquiry into litigation funding and the regulation of the class action industry

Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services, Parliament of Australia

8 June

Justice

Review of the Migration Amendment (Prohibiting Items in Immigration Detention Facilities) Bill 2020

Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee, Parliament of Australia

Report

5 June

Compensation

Claim management standards

Mr David Vincent, General Manager, Queensland Motor Accident Insurance Commission 2 June

Compensation

Current factors and trends influencing the cost of insurance under the statutory insurance scheme

Motor Accident Insurance Commission, Queensland

2 June

Compensation

2020 Review of the Workers Compensation Scheme

Subsequent response to questions on notice from public hearing, submitted on 2 September 2020.

Standing Committee on Law and Justice, Parliament of NSW

29 May

Justice

Joint submission: OPCAT, places of detention and COVID-19

Select Committee on COVID-19, Parliament of Australia 27 May

Justice

COVID-19 Omnibus (Emergency Measures) Bill 2020

The Honourable Jill Hennessy, Attorney-General and Minister for Workplace Safety, Victorian Government 22 April

Justice

Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability

Commissioners, Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability 20 April

Justice

Evidence (Children and Special Witnesses) Amendment Bill 2020

Department of Justice, Tasmanian Government 16 April

Compensation

NDIS Workforce

Parliament of Australia, Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme 15 April

Justice

Australia’s Human Rights Scorecard: Australia’s 2020 United Nations UPR NGO Coalition Report

Australia's third Universal Periodic Review 9 April

Justice

Second open letter to Australian governments on COVID-19 and the criminal justice system

Australian governments 8 April

Justice

Safe Climate Bill 2020

Tasmanian Greens Party 23 March

Justice

Open letter to Australian governments on COVID-19 and the criminal justice system

Australian governments 20 March

Justice

Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability – the Criminal Justice System

Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability

12 March

Justice

Setting aside deeds of release in respect of institutional abuse victims

The Honourable Mark Speakman SC MP, NSW Attorney General 10 March

Compensation

Current factors and trends influencing the cost of insurance under the statutory insurance scheme

Motor Accident Insurance Commission, Queensland 9 March

Human rights

Human Rights and Technology Discussion Paper

Australian Human Rights Commission 4 March

Justice

Age of Criminal Responsibility Working Group Review

Council of Attorneys-General 13 February

Justice

Sentencing Amendment (Dangerous Criminals and High Risk Offenders) Bill 2020

Department of Justice, Tasmanian Government 12 February

Justice

Renaming sexual offences in Chapter XIV of the Criminal Code Act 1924

Department of Justice Child Abuse Royal Commission Response Unit, Tasmanian Government

7 February

Justice

Evidence Amendment Bill 2020: Section 194K ‘Publication of certain identifying particulars prohibited’

Department of Justice, Tasmanian Government

7 February

Compensation

Consultation on Prudential Standard SPS 250 Insurance in Superannuation

Australian Prudential Regulation Authority 3 February

Compensation

Accident Compensation Conciliation Service – Arbitration Powers

Victorian Government Department of Justice and Community Safety 30 January

Justice

Current barriers to patient access to medicinal cannabis in Australia

The ALA did not provide a submission to this inquiry, however presented the above evidence at a hearing in Melbourne on 29 January 2020. (Dr Teresa Nicoletti can be read from p13.)

Parliament of Australia, Senate Standing Committees on Community

Report

29 January

Justice

Religious freedom reforms 2nd exposure drafts

Australian Government Attorney-General's Department

28 January

Justice

Consent laws and the excuse of mistake of fact

Queensland Law Reform Commission 27 January

Compensation

Superannuation Data Transformation Project Topic Paper 1 - RSE Structure and Profile

Australian Prudential Regulation Authority 17 January

Justice

Penalties for assaults on police and other frontline emergency service workers, corrective service officers and other public officers

Queensland Sentencing Advisory Council

Report

10 January