Full Record

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:- ; Major Michael Mori (Seminar to discuss David Hicks) ; Occupational Health and Safety Bill (Vic) - Submission ; State Revenue Office (Vic) - letter from LIV - re changes to SRO practices that affect the public ; Land tax - trusts consultation - Submission - reforms on the way in which the land tax regime applies to trusts ; International Criminal Court - Submission - ratification of the Rome Statute ; GST treatment of long-term non-renewable contracts - Submission ; Deportation of non-citizens - Letter ; Alpine resorts - registration and strata titles for alpine leases ; Domestic building contracts - Submission ; Accident Compensation (Amendment) Bill 2004 (Vic) ; Children and Young Persons Act 1989 (Vic) - Amendments to - Submission ; Clinic files - Submission ; Pro bono - Submission ; VLA's Indictable Crime Panel - Meeting ; Legal aid office - Meeting ; Planning meeting - Meeting - e-conveyancing ; Retirement villages - Meeting ; Kevin Andrews - Meeting - Industrial relations agenda