Category Archives: Jurisdiction

AG reviews, esp Fed Criminal Justice Reform

2008-07-26 – 21:04:23

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 […]

By Dave Bath | Also posted in Announcement, Federal, ag.gov.au | Comments (0)

Melbourne Water inquiry open for submissions (Finally)

2008-07-26 – 15:04:40

(crosspost from this.)
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?), […]

By Dave Bath | Also posted in Announcement, Editorial, Vic, Vic: Environment and Natural Resources | Comments (0)

National eSecurity Review

2008-07-15 – 18:40:17

The Attorney-General’s department is open for submissions (closing 2008-07-31) about Australia’s eSecurity.
Details at http://www.ag.gov.au/esecurityreview, with email submissions to e-securityreview@ag.gov.au

By Dave Bath | Also posted in ACT, Federal, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA, ag.gov.au | Comments (0)

Recent Vic Auditor Reports

2008-06-11 – 18:29:49

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"!

By Dave Bath | Also posted in Announcement, Auditor Reports, Vic | Comments (0)

Review: Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment

2008-06-02 – 00:02:00

The Democrat Dissenting Opinion to the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill 2008 Senate Majority Report makes "interesting" reading … it points to considerable differences between the privacy concerns of ALP senators before and after the election.
Go first to sections 1.8, 1.9 and 1.10 of the Democrat opinion, and then scan through the rest.
A less […]

By Dave Bath | Also posted in Editorial, Federal, Senate: Legal and Constitutional | Comments (0)

Announce: Inquiry into Melbourne’s Future Water Supply

2008-05-28 – 20:42:14

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 […]

By Dave Bath | Also posted in Announcement, Federal, Senate: Economics, Uncategorized, Vic: Environment and Natural Resources | Comments (0)

Announce: Federal inquiry into state-based law enforcement integrity agencies

2008-05-27 – 22:02:50

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 […]

By Dave Bath | Also posted in ACT, Announcement, Federal, Joint: Law Enforcement Integrity, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA | Comments (1)

Personal property securities

2008-05-26 – 19:34:33

The AG’s department is well advanced in its very long and comprehensive review of the law reform options in relation to ‘personal property securities’. To wit, the three-stage submissions process having concluded last year, they have released draft legislation, with commentary and announced a series of information seminars. They invite submissions up until August, so […]

By patrick | Also posted in Federal, ag.gov.au | Tagged | Comments (0)

Survey about Vic Parl Website

2008-05-22 – 14:16:22

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 […]

By Dave Bath | Also posted in Activities, Announcement, Editorial, Vic | Comments (0)

Livability in Victoria

2008-05-22 – 13:55:35

The Victorian Competition and Efficiency Commission has an inquiry on enhancing Victoria’s livability, with submissions closing 2008-01-31.  There are a number of very interesting submissions, and it will be interesting to see the Brumby government response.
Important URLs include:

Main inquiry page
Terms of Reference
Issues Paper
Received Submissions

As expected, submissions from developers are big on focussing on more land […]

By Dave Bath | Also posted in Submissions Review, Vic, vcec.vic.gov.au | Comments (1)