CLA meets new Attorney-General
CLA was the first organisation to congratulate Simon Corbell on his new appointment as Attorney-General, as well as Minister for Police and Emergency Services.
Read CLA’s media release.
Sedition
Submission to the Australian Law Reform Commission, asking the ALRC to request more time to conduct a proper inquiry.
Read submission here.
Inquiry into the use and creation of strict and absolute liability offences in the ACT
CLA’s submission is available here »…
Strict liability offences need re-think
CLA view that Strict liability offences need re-think
Preamble
CLA believes that issues surrounding strict and absolute liability offences are fundamentally important in creating and enforcing just and fair laws. Poorly constructed laws invoking st…
Civil Union
Attorney-General Mr Ruddock appears to have ignored the views of his own Liberal colleagues, Senator Gary Humphries and the shadow ACT attorney-general, Bill Stefaniak, in proposing to veto the ACT civil unions law.
No one in the ACT -…
40 form new regional civil liberties group
Goulburn and the surrounding area is to get its own civil liberties body to counter the growing trend of local, state and federal government bureaucracies over-riding individual rights.
Police report into hit-run death must be made public
We were very surprised and dismayed to read that Police Minister Hargreaves has decided not to release the police report on their part in the tragic death of Clea Rose ("Hit-run report not for public, March 25, p1).…
CLA helps improve legislation protecting women
CLA welcomes moves by the ACT Government to protect women through the Crimes (Offences Against Women) Amendment Bill 2005. The new legislation includes changes CLA proposed. Read CLA’s media release.
Law needs reason
Katrina Williams’ letter (Letters, February 1) is strong on emotion but short on fact. She says she doesn’t know whether the judge or the law society is more wrong for the acquittal of James Cook, and she refers to the ACT’s "out of touch judges&q…