The Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs inquired into and reported on matters referred to it by the Senate, and monitored the administration of various government portfolios including Attorney-General, immigration and ethnic affairs.
The chair and secretary of the Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs, Senator Barney Cooney and Bronwyn McNaughton, accepting the Law Council of Australia's submission to the inquiry into the cost of justice from Peter Levy, Secretary-General of the Law Council (right), 1990. Image courtesy of the Law Council of Australia.
Reports
Date tabled
Title
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Australia Card Bill 1986 [No. 3]
Parliamentary paper number 210/1987
Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Amendment Bill 1987
Parliamentary paper number 212/1987
Income Taxation Rulings
Parliamentary paper number 217/1987
Freedom of Information Act 1982 - The Operation and Administration of the Freedom of Information Legislation
Parliamentary paper number 441/1987
Matters Relating to the War Crimes Amendment Bill 1987
Parliamentary paper number 394/1988
Cash Transaction Reports Bill 1987
Parliamentary paper number 395/1988
Feasibility of a National ID Scheme: The Tax File Number
Parliamentary paper number 396/1988
Commonwealth Ombudsman and Defence Force Ombudsman Annual Reports 1987-88
Parliamentary paper number 357/1989
Matters Relating to the Defence Service Homes Amendment Bill 1988
Parliamentary paper number 473/1989
Company Directors' Duties - Report on the Social and Fiduciary Duties and Obligations of Company Directors
Parliamentary paper number 395/1989
Annual Reports Referred to the Committee
Parliamentary paper number 88/1990
Debt Recovery under the Social Security Act and the Veterans' Entitlements Act
Parliamentary paper number 91/1990
Privacy Amendment Bill 1989 [1990]
Parliamentary paper number 439/1990
Excise Tariff Amendment Bill 1990
Parliamentary paper number 439/1990
Proposed Tax File Number Provisions and Data-matching Program (Provisions of Social Security and Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 1990; Social Security Legislation Amendment Bill 1990 and two Data-matching Bills)
Parliamentary paper number 439/1990
Corporations Legislation Amendment Bill 1990
Parliamentary paper number 439/1990
Annual Reports Referred to the Committee for the Period 1 January - 30 June 1990
Parliamentary paper number 443/1990
Crimes (Investigation of Commonwealth Offences) Amendment Bill 1990
Parliamentary paper number 471/1991
Trusts (Hague Convention) Bill 1991
Parliamentary paper number 471/1991
Aboriginal Development Commission - Legal Costs in Relation to a Senate Privileges Matter
Parliamentary paper number 451/1991
Sex Discrimination Amendment Bill 1991
Parliamentary paper number 471/1991
Scrutiny of Annual Reports - No. 1 of 1991
Parliamentary paper number 476/1991
Unauthorised Procurement and Disclosure of Information
Parliamentary paper number 461/1991
Clause 11 of the Health Legislation (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Amendment Bill 1991
Parliamentary paper number 471/1991
Copyright Amendment Bill 1991
Parliamentary paper number 487/1991
Twentieth Anniversary of the Committee
Parliamentary paper number 298/1991
Scrutiny of Annual Reports - No. 2 of 1991
Parliamentary paper number 475/1991
The Cost of Legal Services and Litigation in Australia Today - A Survey of Reforms to the English Legal Profession (Background Paper)
Mergers, Monopolies and Acquisitions: Adequacy of Existing Legislative Controls
Parliamentary paper number 389/1991
Cost of Legal Services and Litigation in Australia Today - Access to Legal Services: The Role of Market Forces (Background Paper)
Cost of Legal Services and Litigation in Australia Today -Legal Ethics (Discussion Paper No. 5)
Cost of Legal Services and Litigation in Australia Today - The Courts and the Conduct of Litigation (Discussion Paper No. 6)
Cost of Legal Services and Litigation - Legal Aid - 'For Richer and for Poorer' (Discussion Paper No. 7)
Cost of Legal Services and Litigation in Australia Today - The Legal Profession - A Case for Microeconomic Reform (Discussion Paper No. 8)
Scrutiny of Annual Reports - No. 1 of 1992
Parliamentary paper number 543/1992
Territories Law Reform Bill 1992
Parliamentary paper number 520/1992
Review of Determinations of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission and the Privacy Commissioner
Parliamentary paper number 454/1992
Veterans' Entitlements Amendment Bill 1992
Parliamentary paper number 544/1992
Industrial Relations Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 1992
Parliamentary paper number 544/1992
Scrutiny of Annual Reports - No. 2 of 1992
Parliamentary paper number 545/1992
Doctrine of the Shield of the Crown
Parliamentary paper number 537/1992
Proposed Amendments to Part VA of the Trade Practices Act 1974 - Product Liability: Where Should the Loss Fall?
Parliamentary paper number 536/1992
The Cost of Justice - Foundations for Reform
Parliamentary paper number 1/1993
Scrutiny of Annual Reports - No. 1 of 1993
Parliamentary paper number 116/1993
Australian Citizenship Amendment Bill 1993
Parliamentary paper number 453/1993
The Cost of Justice - Checks and Imbalances: The Role of Parliament and the Executive (Second Report)
Parliamentary paper number 128/1993
Constitutional Aspects of the Taxation (Deficit Reduction) Bill 1993
Parliamentary paper number 453/1993
Migration Laws Amendment Bill 1993
Parliamentary paper number 453/1993
Taxation (Deficit Reduction) Bill (No. 1) 1993 and Taxation (Deficit Reduction) Bill (No. 2) 1993
Parliamentary paper number 453/1993
Social Security (Budget and Other Measures) Legislation Amendment Bill 1993
Parliamentary paper number 453/1993
Checking the Cash - A Report on the Effectiveness of the Financial Transaction Reports Act 1988
Parliamentary paper number 221/1993
Scrutiny of Annual Reports - No. 2 of 1993
Parliamentary paper number 454/1993
Native Title Bill 1993 (further evidence also tabled 14 December 1993)
Parliamentary paper number 453/1993
Crimes (Search Warrants and Powers of Arrest) Amendment Bill 1993
Parliamentary paper number 183/1994
Social Security Legislation Amendment Bill 1994
Parliamentary paper number 183/1994
Health Legislation (Powers of Investigation) Amendment Bill 1993
Parliamentary paper number 183/1994
Scrutiny of Annual Reports - No. 1 of 1994
Parliamentary paper number 184/1994
Gender Bias and the Judiciary
Parliamentary paper number 87/1994
Cartoon - Geoff Pryor, 'Next thing you know, they'll be expecting us to cross-dress' [Judge donning robes during the Senate inquiry into gender bias in the judiciary], Canberra Times, 16 May 1994, National Library of Australia, nla.obj-156910535.
Evidence Bill 1994 (Interim Report)
Parliamentary paper number 134/1994
Witness Protection Bill 1994
Parliamentary paper number 183/1994
Migration Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 1994
Parliamentary paper number 474/1994
Trade Practices Amendment (Origin Labelling) Bill 1994
Parliamentary paper number 474/1994
Crimes and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 1994
Parliamentary paper number 474/1994
Complaints (Australian Federal Police) Amendment Bill 1994
Parliamentary paper number 474/1994
