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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:- ; Federal Attorney-General - addressed the Government Lawyers Group Inaugural AGM - National profession project, Submission re Habib and Hicks ; Heads of jurisdiction - meeting between heads of the LIV and heads of Victorian Courts ; VLRC reference on Uniform Evidence Act - meeting VLRC and LIV ; Legal Profession Act 2004 - meeting - draft regulations and technology issues ; National practice working group - meeting - LCA - National Legal profession ; LCA futures committee - meeting - LCA's role and structure ; Auction regulation's for co-owners - meeting with Consumer Affairs Victoria ; Land Registry - meeting Land registry - LIV Liaison Group ; Duties Act s 31 - meeting - discuss issues ; Migration law - address to LIV Migration Law Committee by Federal Shadow Immigration Minister Laurie Ferguson ; Right to access mentally ill immigration detainees - letter Federal Immigration Minister Amanda Vandstone re Cornelia Rau ; Draft ATO test case litigation program - submission ; Inquiry into the Privacy Act - submission ; Inquiry into regulation of property investment advice industry - submission ; Working with children checks - submission ; Inquiry into Trafficking in Persons Bill - submission ; Justice of the Peace - submission - issues paper - Justices of the Peace and Bail Justices : A future perspective ; Time share industry - submission - re regulation ; Free trade agreement - submission - proposed free trade agreement between Australian, New Zeland and ASEAN ; Retirement villages - letter - stampede clause