Terrorism legislation
CLA opinion at the request of Speaker Wayne Berry on ‘reasonable’ and ‘necessary’ provisions.
Read opinion here.
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…
Terrorism legislation
CLA submission to the community consultation process on the Terrorism (Extraordinary Temporary Powers) Bill 2006 on a wide range of issues.
Read submission here.
Inquiry into uniform Evidence Acts
Submission to the Australia Law Reform Commission Inquiry into the uniform Evidence Acts.
Read CLA’s submission here(174kb file).
Victorian Community Consultation on Bill of Rights
CLA made two submissions to the Victorian consultation on a possible charter of human rights.
Read paperes here (126 kb PDF file).
Civil Unions
Support from the CLA in writing for the proposed ACT recognition of same-sex (Civil Union) relationships.
Read CLA’s paper here (57kb PDF file).
Police move-on powers
CLA submission to the Standing Committee on Legal Affairs inquiry into police move-on powers and related matters with a copy of the transcript of evidence.
Read CLA’s submission here and the transcript of evidence here (251kb PDF file).