In April 2013 Treasury released a discussion paper entitled Improving the Transparency of Australia’s Business Tax System. RoLIA’s submission focused on one of the proposals contained in the paper relating to...
Read MoreThe Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee called for sumbissions on the Public Interest Disclosure Bill 2013. RoLIA’s submission made the following recommendations on the bill: RoLIA welcomes the...
Read MoreSubmissions to Senate Committee Inquiry into the Impact of Federal Court fee increases since 2010 on access to justice have pointed out the problems with the high cost of court fees. The Committee is due to report back in early...
Read MoreThe Queensland Rule of Law Essay Prize for secondary students is now open for submissions. Check the submission guidelines for further details. RoLIA’s research guide may provide some interesting case studies for you to kick...
Read MoreRule of law issues have featured significantly in a number of High Court judgments over the past weeks. In Monis v The Queen [2013] HCA 4, handed down on 27 February 2013, a range of views were expressed by members of the High...
Read MoreThe volume and complexity of law is of great concern in maintaining the rule of law. If the law is so complex and vast that it cannot be known fairness and certainty in the legal system suffers. Scrutiny of bills is important in...
Read MoreSweeping new powers to investigate the use of drugs amongst athletes have been proposed in amendments to the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority Act. The Senate Committee considering the amendments received a range of...
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The right to remain silent when being investigated is a fundamental principle of our system of...
Read MoreThe Rule of Law Institute of Australia (RoLIA) is delighted to announce the appointment of Kate Burns as its new Chief Executive Officer. Kate will lead the Institute’s initiatives and educational programs and promote the...
Read MoreThis week RoLIA Vice President, Malcolm Stewart, was interviewed by senior writer for the Melbourne Age, John Watson, about the creep of coercive powers in Australia. Extracts from the article entitled ‘More Power, Fewer...
Read MoreRoLIA interviewed by LexisNexis: To understand the rule of law, one must understand it as the result of an ongoing historical process…Today, the concept has become synonymous with accountability and transparency, but there...
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RoLIA Vice President, Malcolm Stewart joined a panel which also included Professor Andreas...
Read MoreRoLIA awarded three students from the University of Technology, Sydney, with prizes for their essays on the rule of law and regulation of the media. The Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Theo van Leeuwen, and...
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In 2012 RoLIA sponsored Hon. Kevin Lindgren AM QC to be the first adjunct professor of the rule...
Read MoreRoLIA Research Officer, Laura Hicks was invited by the Riverina Social Science Teachers Association (RivSSTA) to present at their legal studies teachers workshop in Corowa. Laura presented on the rule of law and family law (the...
Read MoreRoLIA and the Centre for Public, International and Comparative Law at The University of Queensland’s TC Beirne School of Law were proud to present the Conference on Rule of Law: Contemporary Issues with the support of the...
Read MoreRoLIA Secretary/Treasurer Mr Ben Giles was invited by the Public Law and Government Committee of Young Lawyers NSW to present at the ‘Public Law in the Pub’ event. The topic of the event was “Do we need a right to privacy?” ...
Read MoreIn the past 20 years, the world has been unprecedentedly swept by the rhetoric, and at times the reality, of democracy and the rule of law. Alongside these revolutions, mass media have undergone their own transformations,...
Read MoreThe RoLIA CEO, Richard Gilbert, attended the Hague Rule of Law Network Meeting in the Hague on 28/29 April 2011. [ba-quote]The aim of this meeting was to explore the many affinities and tensions that exist between rule of law...
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CEO Richard Gilbert and John Andrews, President of the NSW Legal Studies Association at the...
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