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Policy submissions and research

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Criminal law
Family law
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Civil law submissions

	Submissions by Legal Aid Queensland in the Anti-Discrimination Tribunal Queensland - Applicant: Boeing Australia Holdings Pty Ltd (PDF - 27KB) - 15 December 2008
	Submission to the review of neighbourly relations discussion paper (PDF - 56KB) - 17 September 2008
	Response to Inquiry into Commonwealth Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (PDF - 73KB) - 1 August 2008
	Response to Department of Child Safety's policy paper 2008 (PDF - 153KB) - 8 July 2008
	Response to Productivity Commission's review of Australia's consumer policy framework and draft report (PDF - 62KB) - 20 February 2008
	Response to Discussion Paper: Reform of civil and administrative justice (PDF - 118KB) - 21 December 2007
	A new approach to criminal compensation in Queensland (PDF - 209KB) - 28 November 2007
	Response to LCARC Discussion Paper: The Accessibility of Administrative Justice (PDF - 101KB) - 27 September 2007
	Submission to the Senate Inquiry: Provisions of the Same-Sex: Same Entitlements Bill 2007 (PDF - 104KB) - 3 September 2007
	Improving Permanency for Children in Care: A discussion paper (PDF - 92KB) - 5 December 2006
	Review of the implementation of Foster Care Inquiry's Recommendations (PDF - 100KB) - 29 September 2006
	Inquiry into Abuse of Children in Foster Care in Queensland (PDF - 78KB) - 29 September 2003

Consumer law and debt

	Submission to Consultation Paper 113 – Training and competence for credit licensees - (PDF - 78KB) - 26 August 2009
	Submission to ASIC on consultation paper 111 'compensation and financial resources arrangements for credit licensees' - (PDF - 77KB) - 14 August 2009
	Submission to Inquiry into the Trade Practices Amendment (Australian Consumer Law) Bill 2009 - (PDF - 81KB) - 7 August 2009
	Submission to Senate Standing Committee on Legal And Constitutional Affairs - Inquiry into Personal Property Securities Bill 2009 (PDF - 17KB) - 28 July 2009
	Submission to National Consumer Credit Protection Bill (PDF - 154KB) - 17 July 2009
	Legal Aid Queensland submission to National Consumer Credit Protection Bill (PDF - 216KB) - 28 May 2009
	Submission to SCOCA Australian Consumer Law Consultation, Competition and Consumer Policy Division: An Australian Consumer Law - Fair Markets - Confident Consumers (PDF - 171KB) - 1 April 2009
	Submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee - Inquiry into Personal Property Securities Bill 2008 (PDF - 20KB) - 15 December 2008

Criminal law submissions

	A national register for suppression orders (PDF - 54KB) - 27 August 2009 - LAQ's comments on the proposal of a national register for recording active suppression orders
	Victims who kill their abusers (PDF - 86KB) - 5 June 2009 - LAQ's comments on the Discussion Paper on Defences
	CMC Review of Police 'Move-on' Powers (PDF - 145KB) - 20 February 2009
	Submission to the review of the civil and criminal justice system in Queensland (PDF - 802KB) - 9 September 2008
	Response to the Queensland Law Reform Commission's Discussion Paper – A Review of the Defence of Provocation (PDF - 85KB) - 5 September 2008
	Committals information (PDF - 167KB) - 18 August 2008
	Views on the operation of the Criminal Code disclosure provisions (PDF - 66KB) - 18 August 2008
	Response to the Review Report: A New Public Protection Model for the Management of High Risk Sexual and Violent Offenders (PDF - 75KB) - 15 August 2008
	A Review of the Excuse of Accident: Legal Aid Queensland's response to the Queensland Law Reform Commission's discussion paper (PDF - 83KB) - 31 July 2008
	A proposal for criminal case conferencing in Queensland (PDF - 214KB) - May 2008
	Response to the Department of Communities Juvenile Justice Act 1992 Review (PDF - 171KB) - 19 December 2007
	Mental Health Act 2000 review by Brendan Butler SC (PDF - 56KB) - 8 December 2006
	Audit of Homicide Defences: Accident and Provocation (PDF - 69KB) - 7 December 2007
	Crime and Misconduct Commission's (CMC) review of the public nuisance laws (PDF - 137KB) - 19 June 2006
	Model Criminal Code Officers' Committee – Drink Spiking Discussion Paper (PDF - 69KB) - 9 June 2006
	The new public nuisance offence provision: an issues paper (PDF - 117KB) - May 2006
	Response to Discussion paper: Issue Estoppel, Double Jeopardy and Prosecution Appeals Against Acquittals (PDF - 123KB) - March 2004
	Taskforce on Women and the Criminal Code (PDF - 117KB) - October 1999

Family law submissions

Legal Aid Queensland submission on the proposed Queensland Government strategy to target domestic and family violence 2009 – 2013 (PDF - 110KB) - 18 December 2008

Legal Aid Queensland Submission to Discussion Paper on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principle (PDF - 89KB) - November 2008

Evaluation report Legal Aid Queensland Family Group Meetings Policy - September 2007

General submissions

Feedback on National Indigenous Justice Framework 2009–2015 (PDF - 27KB) - 28 July 2009

Legal Aid Queensland submission to the National Human Rights Consultation - (PDF - 156KB) - June 2009

Legal Aid Queensland human rights position statement - (PDF - 79KB) - March 2009

Submission to the Independent Review of Queensland Government Boards, Committees and Statutory Authorities (PDF - 152KB) - 5 February 2009

Developing a national disability strategy (PDF - 107KB) - 15 December 2008

Shaping Queensland's Guardianship Legislation (PDF - 94KB) - 12 December 2008

Response to Queensland Advocacy Inc. Disabled Justice report (PDF - 128KB) - 12 October 2007

Response to the NCETA Project on Drug Testing in Schools (PDF - 104KB) - 1 August 2007

Background -

Submission package (PDF - 36KB)

Crime and Misconduct Commission's (CMC) inquiry into policing in Indigenous communities (PDF - 227KB)

Women and Legal Aid: Identifying Disadvantage (PDF - 130KB) - August 2006

Evaluation of the Women's Justice Network (PDF - 488KB) - June 2002

Evaluation of the Women's Justice Network (PDF - 551KB) - 25 August 2000

National Legal Aid submissions

	National Legal Aid submission - National Alternative Dispute Resolution Advisory Council (NADRAC) Enquiry into ADR and civil proceedings (PDF - 391KB) - 27 May 2009
	National Legal Aid submission - National Plan to Reduce Violence Against Women and Children (PDF - 100KB) - 1 August 2008
	National Legal Aid submission - Australia's children: safe and well - A national framework for protecting Australia's children (PDF - 235KB) - 9 July 2008
	National Legal Aid submission - Federal Government's Green Paper, Which Way Home? A new approach to homelessness (PDF - 125KB) - 4 July 2008
	National Legal Aid response - Discussion Paper, 2007-08 Review of Statutory Self-Regulation of the Migration Advice Profession (PDF - 49KB) - 19 November 2007
	A New National Policy for Legal Aid in Australia (PDF - 1.2MB) - 2007

Last updated 22 September 2009

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