Publications issued in 2005
- Summaries of Court and Tribunal model litigant cases - 2005
Summary of Federal court cases - Model litigant principle
- Technical amendments to the Native Title Act 1993 - September 2005
On 7 September 2005 the Attorney-General announced a package of reforms to the native title system. One element of the package is a suite of minor and technical amendments to the Native Title Act 1993 (the Act) to improve existing processes.
- Extradition discussion paper - December 2005
This review is a wide-ranging policy review that considers all the features of Australia’s extradition system, including extradition laws and practical arrangements.
- Copyright - Review of Fair Use Exception - May 2005
An examination of fair use, fair dealing and other exceptions in the Digital Age.
- Working Group on Legal Cooperation report - March 2005
The Second Joint meeting of the Working Group on Legal Cooperation (WGLC) between Indonesia and Australia was held in Canberra on 17 March 2005.
- Amendment to criminal law provisions - Fact sheet - March 2005
US Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act 2004.
- Amendment to encoded broadcast provisions - Fact sheet - April 2005
US Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act 2004
- Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement - changes to Australian copyright law - March 2005
The Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement (AUSFTA) came into force on 1 January 2005.
- Copyright Amendment (Film Directors Rights) Act 2005 - Fact sheet - December 2005
The Copyright Amendment (Film Directors’ Rights) Act 2005 amends the Copyright Act 1968 to give, for the first time, film directors a share of the copyright in the films that they direct.
- Electronic rights management - Fact sheet - March 2005
US Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act 2004.
- Extension of copyright term from 1 January 2005 - Fact sheet - March 2005
US Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act 2004.
- Fact sheet - New performers rights in sound recordings from 1 January 2005 - March 2005
US Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act 2004.
- Governments response to Productivity Commission review of Disability Discrimination Act 1992 - January 2005
The Australian Government’s disability discrimination policy is designed to break down, to the greatest extent possible, the social and economic barriers that prevent participation in mainstream community life by people with disability.
- Limitations on remedies for copyright infringement against carriage service providers - Fact sheet - March 2005
US Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act 2004.
- Right to reproduce or copy - Exception for the normal use of copyright material - Fact sheet - March 2005
US Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act 2004.
- Regulatory Plan Entries
The regulatory plan deals with changes within the Department's area of responsibility and contains information about: changes to business regulation which have occurred since the beginning of the previous financial year; and activities planned in the current financial year which could lead to changes to business regulation.
- AGIS - The Attorney-Generals Information Service
AGIS : Attorney-General's Information Service is produced by the Lionel Murphy Library of the Attorney-General's Department.
- Superannuation
The purpose of this web site is to give you some basic information about superannuation and family law.
- Blunn report of the review of the regulation of access to communications - August 2005
Since 1994 there have been four major reports dealing with telecommunications interception.
- A new family law system - Family law reforms information kits - July 2005
A new family law system - Information kits are about Family Relationship Centres, Laws for separating parents and other services for families.
- A new family law system - Government response to every picture tells a story - June 2005 Response to the report of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Family and Community Affairs inquiry into child-custody arrangements in the event of family separation June 2005.
- Protecting subscription broadcasts - May 2005
Policy review concerning unauthorised access to and use of subscription broadcasts.
- Exclusive choice of court agreements Draft Hague Convention - March 2005
Over recent years, the Hague Conference on Private International Law has been facilitating negotiations on a Convention on Jurisdiction and Foreign Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters.
- Children's Contact Services: Training Needs Analysis - March 2005
This report documents the findings of the review, summarising the high level training needs of the Sector relating to tasks/duties and the Children Contact Services operational environment.
- Review of one per cent cap on licence fees - February 2005
The purpose of this paper is to seek your views on whether the one per cent cap on copyright licence fees paid by radio broadcasters for playing sound recordings on the radio should be retained.
- Private practitioners and the Australian mixed model - October 2005
The evidence reporting that private practitioners have disengaged from legal aid work clearly demonstrates that labour markets for legal aid in Australia have changed since 1990. However, the dimensions of labour market change and its significance for the mixed model is less clear.
