Legislative reform has recently transformed the law of torts in Australia. It is no longer a body of unified common law but is an area governed by a diverse array of non-uniform statutes in each Australian jurisdiction. ...

This article examines the individual complaint-taking role of the Australian Commonwealth Ombudsman over a 28 year period between 1977¿2005. This study was conceived through a curiosity to determine how a 30 year old ...

Australian surrogacy legislation punishes the pursuit of a commercial surrogacy arrangement as a criminal offence. Such legislation was first introduced in Victoria in 1986 and has since been applied in every Australian ...

The three clear functions that the Commonwealth Ombudsman has currently reflecting a change in emphasis towards what may be broadly termed the quality control of government administration are discussed. The need is for ...

The traditional core functions of a classical ombudsman are the investigation of individual complaints and own motion investigations of administrative action into areas of systemic importance. The ombudsman institution is ...

The only Australian case which has specifically dealt with the question of a self-identifying lesbian accessing artificial reproductive technology (ART) I is a decision of the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of ...

In 2003 the Commonwealth Ombudsman celebrated its 25th year of operation. During this 25-year period a "new" political, legal and economic environment has evolved, rendering it timely to review and assess the continuing ...