In December last year, the Institute made a submission to the Review into the Taxpayers’ Charter and Taxpayer Protections, conducted by the Commonwealth Inspector-General of Taxation. This review will evaluate the protections taxpayers have against unfair treatment by...
The Rule of Law Institute of Australia fully supports calls to make refusing to stand in court a criminal offence. A person cannot have it both ways. To live in Australia but not be subject to the law. It would come as no surprise to the person to be excluded from our...
The Institute’s Vice President, Malcolm Stewart, spoke to Ross Greenwood on radio station 2UE about a lawyer’s obligation to their clients on Thursday, 26 November. Mr Stewart said the way a law firm structures its business has no bearing on a...
How the International Criminal Court Upholds the Rule of Law: Exceptions to the Principle of Complementarity and Ne Bis In Idem A key principle of the rule of law is that the law be applied equally and fairly, such that neither the individual nor the State is...
Nicholas Cowdery AM QC*, former NSW Director of Public Prosecutions, has called for the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) to be confined to its investigative role and leave ‘prosecution to the experts.’ Mr Cowdery pointed to the importance...
