Current Issues and Campaigns

Join the Conversation – Current Issues and Campaigns

The Committee of the WLASA continuously undertakes a significant amount of policy and law reform work.  The issues and campaigns currently on the WLASA policy agenda are listed below, with links to various resources.

 

Sexual Harassment

  • ‘Everyone’s Business: National Workplace Sexual Harassment Inquiry’, National Inquiry into Sexual Harassment in Australian Workplaces, Australian Human Rights Commission, 12 September 2018, accessible here.
  • Law Council of Australia, information and numerous resources available here.
  • ‘University sexual assault and sexual harassment project’, Australian Human Rights Commission, 1 August 2018, accessible here.

 

Decriminalisation of Sex Work

  • Statutes Amendment (Decriminalisation of Sex Work) Bill 2018, accessible here.
  • Second Reading Speeches: South Australia, Parliamentary Debates, Legislative Council, 9 May 2018, 100 (T Franks), 16 May 2018, 194-198 (T Franks).
  • South Australian Sex Industry Network, website, accessible here.
  • Sex Industry Decriminalisation FAQ, Jessie McGillivray, Women Lawyers Association of South Australia, accessible here.
  • ‘Sex workers visit South Australian Parliament to push for decriminalisation of prostitution’, Rebecca Puddy, ABC, 28 March 2019, accessible here.

 

Abortion Law Reform

  • Statutes Amendment (Abortion Law Reform) Bill 2018, accessible here.
  • Second Reading Speeches: South Australia, Parliamentary Debates, Legislative Council, 27 February 2019, 2776 –2791 (T Franks and I Pnevmatikos); 5 December 2018, 2420 – 2428 (T Franks).
  • South Australian Abortion Action Coalition, website including Fact Sheets, accessible here.
  • South Australian Law Reform Institute, Reform of SA abortion laws information including Media Release, Fact Sheets and Online Survey, accessible here.
  • Media Release: Abortion Law Reform, Women Lawyers Association of South Australia, accessible here.

 

Mothers and Infants Prison Facility

  • ‘Mother-and-infant facilities at Adelaide Women’s Prison: a cost effective measure in the best interests of the child’, Juliette McIntyre, September 2017 here.

 

Equitable Briefing

  • Equitable Briefing Policy Annual Report 2016 – 2017, accessible here.
  • National Model Equitable Briefing Policy, Law Council of Australia, June 2016, accessible here.

 

Diversity & Gender Equality

  • ‘A conversation in gender equality 2017’, Australian Human Rights Commission, 8 March 2017, accessible here.
  • Diversity & Equality Charter, Law Council of Australia, accessible here.
  • Law Council Diversity Policy, Law Council of Australia, accessible here.

 

National Attrition and Re-engagement Study (NARS)

  • Law Council of Australia, information on attrition and re-engagement, including the NARS Report, Factsheets and Discussion Papers accessible here.