Exposure drafts of three sets of amendments to the Copyright Act are available. The amendments relate to new exceptions (including time-shifting, format shifting and exceptions for libraries, educational institutions, people with a disability and parody and satire), and other Digital Agenda review measures; enforcement provisions; and unauthorised access to encoded broadcasts.

The Security Legislation Amendment (Terrorism) Act 2002 requires the attorney-general to cause a public and independent review of the operation of Security Acts relating to terrorism. The Security Legislation Review Committee’s report recommends a number of important changes to the government’s terrorism-related legislation and measures to ameliorate its impact in the Muslim community.

The aim of this report to the Treasurer by Dick Warburton and Peter Hendy is to provide an authoritative statement on the public record about how Australian taxes compare to those in other countries. The study covers all forms of taxation collected at national, state and local government levels, the OECD standard practice for international...

The inquiry into the legal and ethical issues surrounding the protection of human genetic information was conducted by the Australian Law Reform Commission and the Australian Health Ethics Committee of the National Health and Medical Research Council. In this publication the government responds to the report’s 144 recommendations.

Issues paper on the application of fair use and copyright in a digital environment. Released May 2005