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A regular column on advocacy which is to represent the interests of members and the wider community, for which the Law Institute actively seeks to influence policy and legislation through lobbying and submissions to government, the courts and other bodies. The column has a LIV and the media column, which lists all instances of note in the media for the preceeding months > Some entries in this months column include:- ; Meeting with attorney-General - Philip Ruddock (Fed) with LIV Council - discuss legal aid funding, detention of David Hicks, Bankruptcy Laws, Marriage Act ; Same sex marriages - letter from LIV President ; Magistrates' Court pre-hearing disclosure submission ; Nomination under contracts for sale of land submission ; Tort law reform ; Retirement villages - Review of the Act ; Malaysian Delegation - meeting - Regulation of foreign lawyers practicising foreign law in Australia ; Rights of the child - letter from Chris Dale - UNited Nations' Convention of the Rights of the Child into Victorian child protection laws ; Civil aviation - submission - maintenance domestic and international air navigation safety - anti-discrimination legislation > Mentally ill offenders - submission ; State tax reform - submission ; Bar breakfast