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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:- ; Attorney-General - meeting - legal precint, taxing masters, scale of costs and Charter of Rights for Victoria ; Legal aid funding - meeting ; Tort law - review - ACCC, 5th public liability and professional indemnity insurance monitoring report ; Legal Services Commissioner - meeting Victoria Marles discuss new regulatory model ; Planning -meeting with Planning Minister ; Migration Act inquiry - appearance by LIV ; Coroners Act inquiry - appearance by LIV ; Land rich provisions - meeting - SRO - Duties Act ; Australian Tax Office - meeting - sevice trusts ; Interest under the Supreme Court Act 1986 - submission ; Review of walking safely, Inquiry into the incidence and prevention of pedestrian accidents - submission ; Introduction of the uniform Evidence Act in Victoria - submission ; Magistrates' Court Users Group - letter ; Document distruction - letter ; Agreement between Australian and New Zealand - letter - wholly orginating goods - Closer ecomonic agreement ; Australia and Japan FTA - submission ; Settlement of widely based tax disputes - submission ; Copyright Law Review Committee - letter - crown copyright - public interest of accessible information