Reconciliation and Social Justice Library
Reconciliation and Social Justice Library
Report No 31
The Law Reform Commission is established by section 5 of the Law Reform Commission Act 1973 for the purpose of promoting the review, modernisation and simplification of the law. The Chairman and first Members were appointed in 1975. The offices of the Commission are at 99 Elizabeth Street, Sydney, NSW, Australia (Tel 02 231 1733), and Royal Insurance Building London Circuit Canberra City, ACT, Australia (Tel 062 47 2166).
Publications of the Law Reform Commission
Reports
ALRC I Complaints Against Police, 1975
ALRC 2 Criminal Investigation, 1975
ALRC 3 Annual Report 1975
ALRC 4 Alcohol, Drugs and Driving, 1976
ALRC 5 Annual Report 1976
ALRC 6 Insolvency: The Regular Payment of Debts, 1977
ALRC 7 Human Tissue Transplants, 1977
ALRC 8 Annual Report 1977
ALRC 9 Complaints Against Police (Supplementary Report), 1978
ALRC l0 Annual Report 1978
ALRC 11 Unfair Publication' Defamation and Privacy, 1979
ALRC 12 Privacy and the Census, 1979
ALRC 13 Annual Report 1979
ALRC 14 Lands Acquisition and Compensation, 1980
ALRC 15 Sentencing of Federal Offenders, 1980
ALRC 16 Insurance Agents and Brokers, 1980
ALRC 17 Annual Report, 1980
ALRC 18 Child Welfare, 1981
ALRC 19 Annual Report, 1981
ALRC 20 Insurance Contracts, 1982
ALRC 21 Annual Report, 1982
ALRC 22 Privacy, 1983
ALRC 23 Annual Report, 1983
ALRC 24 Foreign State Immunity, 1984
ALRC 25 Annual Report, 1984
ALRC 26 Evidence, 1985
ALRC 27 Standing in Public Interest Litigation, 1985
ALRC 28 Community Law Reform for the Australian Capital Territory: First Report, 1985
ALRC 29 Annual Report, 1985
ALRC 30 Domestic Violence, 1986
Issues Papers
IP I Statutory Brain Death, 1977
IP 2 Insurance Contracts, 1977
IP 3 Evidence, 1980
IP 4 Contempt of Court, 1984
IP 5 Service and Execution of Process, 1984
IP 6 General Insolvency Inquiry
Discussion Papers
DP 1 Defamation - Options for Reform, 1977
DP 2 Privacy and Publication - Proposals for Protection, 1977
DP 3 Defamation and Publication Privacy - a Draft Uniform Bill, 1977
DP 4 Access to the Courts - I Standing: Public Interest Suits, 1978
DP 5 Lands Acquisition Law: Reform Proposals, 1978
DP 6 Debt Recovery and Insolvency, 1978
DP 7 Insurance Contracts, 1978
DP 8 Privacy and the Census, 1979
DP 9 Child Welfare - Children in Trouble, 1979
DP 10 Sentencing: Reform Options, 1979
DP 11 Access to the Courts - II Class Actions, 1979
DP 12 Child Welfare: Child Abuse and Day Care, 1980
DP 13 Privacy and Intrusions, 1980
DP 14 Privacy and Personal Information, 1980
DP 15 Sentencing of Federal Offenders, 1980.
DP 16 Reform of Evidence Law, 1980
DP 17 Aboriginal Customary Law - Recognition 1980
DP 18 Aboriginal Customary Law - Marriage, Children and the Distribution of Property, 1982
DP 19 Foreign State Immunity, 1983
DP 20 Aboriginal Customary Law - The Criminal Law, Evidence and Procedure, 1984
DP 21 Admiralty Jurisdiction, 1984
DP 22 Matrimonial Property Law, 1985
DP 23 Evidence Law Reform Stage 2, 1985
DP 24 Contempt and Family Law, 1985
DP 25 Criminal Records, 1986
DP 26 Contempt and the Media, 1986
DP 27 Contempt: Disruption, Disobedience and Deliberate Interference, 1986
Digest
The Law Reform Digest 1910-1980, 1983
The Law Reform Digest 1981-1985, 1985
Periodicals
Reform (Quarterly)
This Report reflects the law as at 1 December 1985
NOTE
Subsequent Developments
Since December 1985 the following matters of significance have taken place at the federal level. They affect the discussion in the paragraphs indicated.
1. The decision of the Full Federal Court in Attorney-General for the Northern Territory v Maurice & Ors in the matter of the Warumungu Land Claim; Aboriginal Sacred Sites Protection Authority v Maurice & Ors , unreported, Full Federal Court (Bowen C J, Woodward and Toohey J J) 27 March 1986 [para 651,657-61].
2. The announcement by the Hon Clyde Holding, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs that the Government had abandoned its previously announced proposals for national land rights legislation. Parl Debs (H & R) (18 March 1986) 1475 [para 212].
3. Amendments to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage (Interim Protection) Act 1984 (Cth) to remove the 'sunset clause' in that Act are currently before Parliament. Parl Debs (Sen) (2 May 1986) 2259. [para 77-8, 213, 219, 467-70, 1032].
4. The Protection of Movable Cultural Heritage Act 1986 (Cth) was passed in May 1986. It provides for the control of the export and import of objects of Australia's cultural heritage, including objects relating to Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders. Parl Debs (H & R) (5 May 1986) 3058. [para 78, 213, 467-70].
5. The Zoning Plans for the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park - Far Northern Section came into effect on 1 February 1986 Government Gazette, $G 25/86, (31 January 1986). [para 949-50, 992-3].
6. New guidelines outlining the Federal Government's prosecution policy were published in January 1986. Prosecution Policy of the Commonwealth, AGPS, Canberra 1986. [para 472].
May 1986