This evidence brief is focused on non-fatal strangulation (NFS) and acquired brain injury (ABI) in the context of sexual violence. It brings together Australian research and grey literature with supporting international evidence to define the issues and illuminate data gaps. It will be useful to people developing policies and practices to respond to and prevent...

The ALRC was asked to have regard to the Australian Government’s commitment to introduce legislation to prohibit discrimination on the basis of religious belief or activity, subject to a number of appropriate exemptions, and to consider whether some or all of the reforms recommended as a result of this inquiry could be included in that...

This report presents the results of inspections conducted by the Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman for the period 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023, examining how law enforcement and integrity agencies access telecommunications data and store information.

The Commissioner’s first systemic inquiry focuses on victim participation in the justice system. As part of this inquiry, the Commissioner has looked at victims’ experiences of participating in the justice system and whether new laws or policies are needed to help victims participate in keeping with what they’re legally entitled to under the Victims’ Charter.

This article is the result of an interdisciplinary collaboration between legal scholars and a journalist with prolific expertise and experience in media. The aim is to explain and clarify several pieces of Australian legislation and regulation and the free speech burdens it potentially imposes, to determine whether the laws are suitably targeted at preventing and...