Policy Submissions

2018

December 2018

Letter to Treasury - Review of Unfair Contract Term Protections for Small Business - 21 December 2018
Letter to Treasury - Modernising Business Registers Program - Review of Registry Fees - 20 December 2018
Letter to Treasury - Improving black economy enforcement and offences - 20 December 2018
Letter to DPE - Community Participation Plan - exhibition draft - 19 December 2018
Letter to Independent Pricing & Regulatory Tribunal - Review of pricing regulation of Electronic Conveyancing Network Operators in NSW - 4 December
Letter to LCA - National Inquiry into Sexual Harassment in Australian Workplaces final submission - 11 December 2018

November 2018

Letter to National Transport Commission - Regulating government access to C-ITS and automated vehicle data - 29 November 2018
Letter to Mr David Shoebridge, MLC - Community Protection Legislation Amendment Bill 2018 - supply of drugs causing death - 16 November 2018
Letter to DPE - Short-term rental accommodation in NSW - Explained of Intended Effect - 13 November 2018
Letter to LCA - ALRC Family Law Review release of Discussion Paper - 6 Nov 2018
Letter to LCA – Federal Circuit Court and Family Court of Australia (Consequential Amendments Bill) 2018 – 6 Nov 2018
Letter to NSW Fair Trading - Improving Certifier Independence Options Paper - 5 Nov 2018

October 2018

Letter to Department of Family and Community Services - Redesign of the Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme - 12 October 2018
Letter to Commissioner of Police - Apprehended Domestic Violence Orders compliance checks - 2 October 2018
Letter to LCA - Australia’s progress in implementing the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child - 22 October 2018
Letter to NSW Land Registry Services - NSW LRS Customer Terms - Proposed

September 2018

Letter to Treasury - Reforms to combat illegal phoenix activity - Draft Legislation - 27 September 2018
Letter to Standing Committee on Law and Justice - Inquiry into the Road Transport Legislation Amendment (Penalties and Other Sanctions) Bill 2018 - 20 September 2018
Letter to Minister for Jobs and Industrial Relations - Amendments to the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) - The Right to Representation before the Fair Work Commission - 20 September 2018
Letter to LCA - Consultation on Human Rights and Technology - 14 September
Letter to Attorney General - Disqualification stayed pending appeal

August 2018

Submission to ALRC - ALRC Inquiry into Class Action Proceedings and Third-Party Litigation Funders - 17 August 2018
Letter to Heritage Council of Australia - Draft Design Guide for Heritage - 17 August 2018
Letter to LCA - The practice of dowry and the incidence of dowry abuse in Australia - 17 August 2018
Letter to LCA - Statutory Review of the Tribunals Amalgamation Act 2015 (Cth) - 16 August 2018.pdf
Letter to Minister for Roads, Maritime and Freight - Road Transport Legislation Amendment (Penalties and Other Sanctions) Bill 2018 - 13 August 2018
Letter to LCA - Migration (Validation of Port Appointment) Bill 2018 - 10 August 2018

July 2018

Domestic violence pre-sentence intervention program
Proposed housekeeping amendment: State Environmental Planning Policy (Exempt and Complying Development Codes) 2008 ("Codes SEPP")
Letter to Treasurer - NSW Test Case Litigation Funding Program
NSW Law Reform Commission - Liability of beneficiaries of trusts
Modern Slavery Bill 2018 (Cth)
ADVO duration and related matters - proposals

June 2018

Submission to Department of Finance, Services and Innovation re Draft Swimming Pools Regulation
Consent in relation to sexual assault offences
Consultation paper - strangulation offences in New South Wales
2018 Review of the Workers Compensation Scheme
Review of the 'Good governance principles and guidance for not-for-profit organisations' ("Principles and Guidance")
2018 Review of the Compulsory Third Party insurance scheme

May 2018

Letter to Attorney General of NSW - Support for the Youth Koori Court
Letter to Legislative Assembly Committee on Law and Safety - Inquiry into the adequacy of youth diversionary programs in NSW
Surveillance Devices Act 2007 - police body-worn video provisions
Inquiry into the adequacy and scope of special care offences
Letter to ALRC - Review of the Family Law System - Issues Paper
Inquiry into removing unnecessary regulatory burdens on NSW businesses

April 2018

Proposed responses to the Royal Commission's civil litigation recommendations
Letter to NSW Office of Environment and Heritage - Draft Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Bill 2018
Letter to Attorney General - Expanding Audio Visual Links (AVL) - Proposals to amend the Evidence (Audio and Audio Visual Links) Act 1998 (the Act)
Review of the Dust Diseases Tribunal Regulation 2013 – staged repeal process
Letter to Department of Justice - Council of Attorneys-General Admissibility of Tendency and Coincidence Evidence Working Group - Scoping Paper
Letter to Legal Aid NSW - Legal Aid NSW review of fees

March 2018

Review of the Local Court Act 2007
Supplementary submission - Commonwealth Redress Scheme for Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse Bill 2017 and related Bill
Letter to Department of Communications and the Arts - Review of Copyright Online Infringement Amendment
Letter to Department of Planning and Environment - Remediation of Land State Environmental Planning Policy
Letter to NSW Attorney General - Walama Court Proposal
Joint letter to SIRA - Proposed changes to the Motor Accident Guidelines

February 2018

The Family Law Settlement Service
Submission - Inquiry into the adequacy of youth diversionary programs in NSW
Supplementary submission - potential reforms to the NSW workers compensation dispute resolution system
Potential reforms to the NSW workers compensation dispute resolution system
Removing barriers to electronic land contracts (discussion paper)
Environmental Planning and Assessment Amendment (Identification of Buildings with Combustible Cladding) Regulation 2017

January 2018

Proposed Consequential Amendments to the Status of Children Act 1996 and Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1995 Following Changes to the Marriage Act 1961

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