Inquiries and Reviews

This is a list of inquiries and reviews that are currently open for submission in News South Wales and around Australia, relevant to the work of community legal centres in NSW.

Last updated: 20 Feb 2025
 

• Review of the Future Acts Regime: Issues Paper (2024)
  Australian Law Reform Commission
  Submissions close 21 Feb 2025
   
• First Nations Disability Forum
  Australian Government: Department of Social Services
  Submissions close 25 Feb 2025
   
• Early Childhood Education and Care (Three Day Guarantee) Bill 2025 [Provisions]
  Parliament of Australia
  Submissions close 28 Feb 2025
   
• Compensation Scheme of Last Resort post-implementation review
  Treasury
  Submissions close 28 Feb 2025
   
• Aviation Customer Rights Charter
  Australian Government: Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development. Communications and the Arts
  Submissions close 28 Feb 2025
   
• Modern slavery risks faced by temporary migrant workers in rural and regional New South Wales
  Parliament of New South Wales
  Submissions close 28 Feb 2025
   
• National Volunteer Incentive Scheme (Climate Army)
  Parliament of Australia
  Submissions close 28 Feb 2025
   
• Select Committee on Measuring Outcomes for First Nations Communities
  Parliament of Australia
  Submissions close 28 Feb 2025

• Review of the use of legal professional privilege in Commonwealth investigations
  Australian Government, Attorney General's Department
  Submissions close 28 Feb 2025

• Review of tax regulator secrecy exceptions
  Treasury
  Submissions close 28 Feb 2025

• Health Legislation Amendment (Improved Medicare Integrity and Other Measures) Bill 2025 [Provisions]
  Parliament of Australia
  Submissions close 7 March 2025

• Ban on the use of adverse genetic testing results in life insurance
  Treasury
  Submissions close 12 March 2025

• Select Committee on Foundational and Disability Supports Available for Children and Young People in New South Wales
  Parliament of NSW
  Submissions close 31 Mar 2025

• Tertiary Education Legislation Amendment (There For Education, Not Profit) Bill 2025
  Parliament of Australia
  Submissions close 1 April 2025

• Statutory Review of BetStop—the National Self-Exclusion Register
  Australian Government: Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development. Communications and the Arts
  Submissions close 30 April 2025

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  Compensation and income support for veterans
  Parliament of Australia
  Submissions close 16 May 2025

• Whistleblower Protection Authority Bill 2025 (No.2)
  Parliament of Australia
  Submissions close 30 June 2025

• Review of the Recycling and Waste Reduction Act (2020)
  Australian Government: Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
  Submissions close 15 July 2025

• Australia’s new Nature Positive laws
  Australian Government: Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
  Submissions close 15 July 2025

• Select Committee on PFAS (per and polyfluoroalkyl substances)
  Parliament of Australia
  Submissions close 31 July 2025

• Review of Surrogacy Laws
  Australian Law Reform Commission
  Submissions not yet open
   
• Investing in cheaper, cleaner energy and the net zero transformation
  Productivity Commission
  Submissions not yet open
   
• Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Agreement Review
  Productivity Commission
  Submissions not yet open