The Federal Attorney-General has a nice page here of open consultations on reforms and reviews, one of which is the eSecurity Review (briefly discussed here on Balneus) that closes in a couple of days (so hurry up).
The other, which I expect to be of interest to regular readers with a law background, is the 2008 […]
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As outlined here (2008-05-28), the Inquiry into Melbourne’s Future Water Supply, which was sent the the ENRC by the Legislative Council on 2007-09-19 has FINALLY let people know where they can send submissions (Details over the fold).
Obviously, all those folk protesting about the DeSal and pipeline plans (?secret memoranda of understandings about contracts?), […]
Here is a summary of three reports by Victorian Auditor-General, Mr Des Pearson, that were tabled in the Victorian Parliament this morning.
The reports (quick review over the fold) cover youth rehabilitation, progress on the CJEP (Criminal Justice Enhancement Program), and reporting by local governments.
Ultrashort summary of the auditor’s opinions…. "Not happy, Jan"!
Dave’s tireless doggedness in chasing the Victorian Parliament has made me think that some kind of political pressure might be the key. And what better way to garner political attention than by easily digestible rankings?
Indices, rankings and league tables are used widely by thinktanks both to promote their own work and provoke discussion into a […]
The Victorian government will be having an inquiry into "Melbourne’s Future Water Supply" soon, but even though this is really important, and is the subject of major public debate and interest, it looks like you need to register first with enrc@parliament.vic.gov.au first. The main page is Here and the terms of reference here.
Even though the […]
If you are interested in the federal powers to keep state-based law enforcement agencies honest, you might like to make a submission (by 2008-06-26) to the Inquiry into state-based law enforcement integrity agencies by the federal Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity.
The contact email for submissions and further info is […]
The Victorian Parliament Website has a current survey about how good it is.
Personally, I think the Victorian site is far inferior to the federal parliament, the survey is in a particularly closed format, and, what is surprising, is that the survey is not even hosted by government, but by surveymonkey.com.
Anyway, have a look around the […]
The Australian Government has released a discussion paper – "Increasing Indigenous economic opportunity" on the future of the CDEP and Indigenous Employment Programs, with hearings over the next two weeks, and submissions due 2008-06-12
The discussion paper focuses on how the Community Development and Employment Projects (CDEP) and the Indigenous Employment Program (IEP) can be reformed […]
Australia’s Future Tax System is the subject of a forthcoming public consultation, announced 2008-05-11 by the treasurer, with an initial discussion paper released by the end of July 2008, and giving the final report to the Treasurer by the end of 2009.
Announcement: 2008-05-13
Terms of Reference: Terms of Reference
Email: afts@treasury.gov.au
Postal: Australia’s Future Tax System, The Treasury, […]
Another Clayton’s consultation in Victoria: this time Lyn Kosky, Public Transport Minister, is after comments about "train pain".
Talk about making it difficult to ensure your comments go to the right spot! It’s almost as if the lack of organization is intentional. Geeks would say the Minister wants all criticism directed to /dev/null (a.k.a. a black […]
New Senate Inquiries