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Premier of Tasmania
Commission of Inquiry formally established
I am pleased to announce that yesterday, 15 March 2021, Her Excellency Professor the Honourable Kate Warner AC as Governor-in Council, signed the Order to formally establish the
Commission of Inquiry into Tasmanian Government’s Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in Institutional Settings.
That Order formally established the Honourable Marcia Neave AO as President of the Commission, and appointed two other Commissioners to assist her with the Inquiry, namely Professor Leah Bromfield and former Family Court Justice the Honourable Robert Benjamin AM.
Professor Leah Bromfield is one of Australia’s foremost child protection researchers. She is a Co-Director at the Australian Centre for Child Protection and was the Professorial Fellow to the
In 2019, the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) flagged a potential future review of defamation law, reflecting that it “is widely regarded as complex, technical, and arcane”. In doing so the commission noted that ultimately “it is the responsibility of the attorney general to determine which matters are to be examined by the ALRC”. This issue of whether our defamation laws strike an appropriate balance between the right to reputation and to freedom of expression has now become both a professional and a personal concern for Porter.
Porter’s claim relates to an online article “Scott Morrison, senators and AFP told of historical rape allegation against Cabinet Minister” by Milligan on 26 February 2021. In that article, Porter is not named directly, but it is claimed by Porter that he was indirectly identified. Subsequently, Porter identified himself as being the subject of media reports, such as Milligan’s article, denying in all respects the allegation that as a
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“Not surprisingly, as provisions have been added, modified, it’s become less easy to navigate,” he says. “And what we’ve ended up with really is a morass of rules.
“So if you look at things like directors’ duties, for example, the intention originally was to identify high-level principles, but subsequently safe harbours were added.
“The rules became more complex, reflecting the increasing sophistication of financial markets, financial products and services. And so we have now, I guess, a very overweight and ungainly piece of legislation that I think is ripe for an overhaul.”
Even as the review kicks off, Frydenberg is in the process of adding to the weight of the bill by adding new protections for company directors – a proposal that has deeply upset investors.