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In May 2019, the HRLC joined 59 other organisations lobbying the New South Wales Government to remove abortion as a criminal offence in the state. [3]In April 2019 the HRLC (along with the Melbourne Fertility Control Clinic and Castan Centre for Human Rights Law) was granted permission to intervene in High Court of Australia cases (Clubb v Preston and Preston v Avery [4]) where two anti ...
Home ownership in Australia decreased to 67% in 2011, the lowest level in over 50 years. Tasmania has the highest home-ownership rate at 70%, and the Northern Territory the lowest at 46%. [5] As of the 2016 Census, home ownership in Australia had decreased to 65%. [11]
Australian Heritage Council; Australian Landcare Council; Australian Learning and Teaching Council; Australian Loan Council; Australian Maritime Defence Council; Australian National Council on Drugs; Australian Pharmaceutical Advisory Council; Australian Political Exchange Council; Australian Procurement and Construction Ministerial Council ...
The Australian Local Government Association (ALGA) is the principal organisation representing all 537 Local Government councils in Australia, [1] [2] and acts as the independent interest body for Australian local mayors, councillors and local government employees. The association is the federation of local government associations in each state ...
As of December 2023, there are 1,334 government entities reportable to the Australian Government Organisations Register. This includes: [ 2 ] [ 3 ] 191 "principal" entities, including non-corporate Commonwealth entities (such as the 20 cabinet departments ), corporate Commonwealth entities, and Commonwealth companies
Sometimes, both localities and suburbs are referred to collectively as "address localities". [6] In the first instance, decisions about the names and boundaries of suburbs and localities are made by the local council [7] in which they are located based on criteria such as community recognition. Local council decisions are, however, subject to ...
It was formed as the Building Owners and Managers’ Association of Australia (BOMA) c. 1966, incorporated in 1969, and assumed its current name in 1996. [1]Former Prime Minister Scott Morrison was the organisation's national policy and research manager from 1989 to 1995.
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 ...