Submissions
Recent Features in ALRC and NSWLRC Reports
August 10, 2022
The Australian Law Reform Commission and NSW Law Reform Commission recently released two reports which the Society provided contributions to: NSWLRC Open Justice - Court and tribunal information: access, disclosure and publication (Report 149)...
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August 19, 2021
Over the last month the Society has contributed to two inquiries - the Australian Law Reform Commission's inquiry into judicial impartiality and the NSW Law Reform Commission's inquiry into open justice in New South...
Read More ShareFederal and State Labor Policy Platform Amendments
April 15, 2021
Since the beginning of the year, our Committee has been hard at work ensuring that legal issues are at the forefront of Federal and State Labor's policy agenda. Recently at the Special Platform Conference...
Read More ShareNSW Parliamentary Inquiry Delivers Final Report on Religious Discrimination
April 13, 2021
Members will recall that in August 2020 the Society lodged submissions with the Joint Select Committee on the Anti-Discrimination Amendment (Religious Freedoms and Equality) Bill 2020. That Committee delivered its final report on 31 March...
Read More ShareSubmission to the Select Committee on Job Security
April 13, 2021
The Committee recently lodged a submission with the Senate Select Committee on Job Security, which is conducting an inquiry into the prevalence of insecure work in Australia. Broadly, the Society argued that gig economy...
Read More ShareSubmission to the ALP's 2020 National Platform Review
December 03, 2020
On 30 November 2020 the Society lodge a submission to the Australian Labor Party's review of the National Platform calling for, amongst other things, a national framework for discrimination laws, civil liberty protections for...
Read More ShareSubmission to the Joint Select Committee on the Anti-Discrimination Amendment (Religious Freedoms and Equality) Bill 2020
September 09, 2020
On 21 August 2020 the NSW Society of Labor Lawyers lodged a submission with the Joint Select Committee on the Anti-Discrimination Amendment (Religious Freedoms and Equality) Bill 2020. The submission provided in principle support for...
Read More ShareSubmission to the Select Committee on the impact of technological and other change on the future of work and workers in New South Wales
September 09, 2020
On 7 September 2020 the NSW Society of Labor Lawyers lodged a submission with the Select Committee on the impact of technological and other change on the future of work and workers in New South...
Read More ShareSubmission to the Senate Inquiry into the Australian Government's Response to COVID-19
June 04, 2020
The Society has lodged a submission with the Select Committee on COVID-19's inquiry into the Australian Government’s response to the pandemic. The Society's submission addresses the Australian Government's response in respect to the community...
Read More ShareFinal Report on Class Actions and Third Party Litigation Funding
March 03, 2020
The Australian Law Reform Commission has released its much-anticipated final report on class actions and third party litigation funders. A copy of the report is available online here. The Society provided a submission advocating...
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