This research paper examines the operation of the Commissions of Inquiry Act 1995 (Tas) and section 194K of the Evidence Act 2001 (Tas), focusing on the need for any extension of the powers of a Commission of Inquiry. It considers statutory limitations identified by the Commission of Inquiry into the Tasmanian Government's Responses to Child...

In this research paper, the Tasmania Law Reform Institute (TLRI) has reviewed and updated its 2007 report on human rights in Tasmania, upholding its key recommendations which included the need for a Charter of Rights. The TLRI makes 21 recommendations and urges Tasmania to become the fourth jurisdiction in Australia to adopt human rights legislation.

The Tasmania Law Reform Institute (TLRI) is examining the state’s legal protections around privacy, and seeks public feedback on possible reforms to Tasmanian privacy law. This paper aims to inform community discussion about how privacy can be best protected amid rapid technological advances and changing community attitudes.

In the course of preparing this report, the Tasmania Law Reform Institute received and accepted evidence that conversion practices are happening in Tasmania. The report authors assert that they have caused severe harm to people subjected to them, and that they are a continuing risk to LGBTQA+ Tasmanians. The Institute recommends that Tasmanian law is...

This advisory report considers the legal implications of raising the minimum age of criminal responsibility in Tasmania from its present statutory prescription of 10 years old (with a 14-year-old presumption of criminal incapacity).