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The legislative changes introduced by the Act reflected the changing attitudes to Aboriginal people and the passage of the 1967 Australian referendum. The new Act established Aboriginal Welfare Services in the NSW Department of Child Welfare and Social Welfare; [3] a Directorate of Aboriginal Welfare and the Aborigines Advisory Council.
A range of laws applying to or of specific relevance to Indigenous Australians.A number of laws have been passed since the European settlement of Australia, initially by the Parliament of the United Kingdom, then by the Governors or legislature of each of the Australian colonies and more recently by the Parliament of Australia and that of each of its States and Territories, these laws ...
The 60 year limitation period for the Crown has been kept by South Australia and has been reduced to 30 years in NSW and Tasmania, similarly to the English approach. [9] The NT and the ACT have statutes of limitations, but adverse possession is not part of their land law. [10] The doctrine has been removed from the law of these territories. [11]
The Limitations Act of 1958 allows 12 years for victims of child abuse to make a claim, with age 37 the latest at which a claim can be made. The police submitted evidence [ 22 ] [ failed verification ] to a commission, the Victorian Inquiry into Church and Institutional Child Abuse (in existence since 2012) indicating that it takes an average ...
The Aborigines Protection Act 1909 (NSW) was an Act of the Parliament of New South Wales that repealed the Supply of Liquors to Aborigines Prevention Act 1867, with the aim of providing for the paternalistic protection and care of Aboriginal people in New South Wales. The originating bill was introduced to Parliament in the same year it was ...
The Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 (NSW) is an Act of the Parliament of New South Wales which was enacted to return land to Aboriginal peoples through a process of lodging claims for certain Crown lands and the establishment of Aboriginal Land Councils. The Act repealed the Aborigines Act 1969.
The Solicitor General operates under the provisions of the Solicitor General Act 1969. [1] The retirement age is set at 75. [1] The Solicitor General acts as Counsel for the Crown in the High Court of Australia and other courts, and advises the Attorney General on civil and criminal matters, including issues of constitutional law. [2]
Human rights in Australia have largely been developed by the democratically elected Australian Parliament through laws in specific contexts (rather than a stand-alone, abstract bill of rights) and safeguarded by such institutions as the independent judiciary and the High Court, which implement common law, the Australian Constitution, and various other laws of Australia and its states and ...