Edited by the Institute for Social Research, Swinburne University of Technology

Inquiry into Australia's judicial system and the role of judges

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08 February 2010This Senate report examines:

  1. procedures for appointment and method of termination of judges;

  2. term of appointment, including the desirability of a compulsory retirement age, and the merit of full-time, part-time or other arrangements;

  3. jurisdictional issues, for example, the interface between the federal and state judicial system; and

  4. the judicial complaints handling system.

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Events

Conference
25 Mar 2010 - 9:00am - 26 Mar 2010 - 5:00pm
Canberra
Conference
31 Mar 2010
Sydney

Noticeboard

16 March 2010

Australian citizens are being asked to provide input into a nation-wide
discussion about how to improve the rules governing our country.

Rethink Australia spokesperson Rodger Hills, says the time has come to
review the way Australia is run. “As citizens, we have a responsibility to
plan for a brighter future and a more enlightened democratic process than
the one we have inherited from our fore bearers.”

Rethink Australia has released a public discussion paper today to provide
the basis for dialogue and deliberation amongst members of the public over

12 March 2010

The Australian Law Reform Commission report into Commonwealth secrecy laws, Secrecy Laws and Open Government in Australia (ALRC Report 112) is the result of a 15 -month inquiry which identified 506 secrecy provisions in 176 pieces of Commonwealth legislation, including 358 criminal secrecy offences.

16 February 2010

RMIT University in Melbourne runs a degree program where groups of
communication research‐trained students work on a communication research
project for a not‐for‐profit client.