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Our consultation hub helps you to find, share and take part in consultations that interest you. We welcome your views.

Visit our archived consultations to see the outcomes of consultations held before October 2021 on the Attorney-General's Department website.

Open consultations

Forthcoming consultations

  • Continuing Professional Development for Legal Practitioners on Coercive Control

    As part of the National Plan to End Violence against Women and Children 2022-2032 , the Australian Government announced funding to support a nationally coordinated approach to education and training on family, domestic and sexual violence for community frontline workers, health professionals, and...

    Opens 2 June 2023

Closed consultations

  • Administrative Review Reform Issues Paper

    On 16 December 2022, the Government announced reform to Australia’s system of administrative review. This reform will abolish the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) and establish a new federal administrative review body. The reform will also include a transparent, merit-based system of...

    Closed 12 May 2023

  • Administrative Review Reform Short Survey

    On 16 December 2022, the Government announced reform to Australia’s system of administrative review. This reform will abolish the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) and establish a new federal administrative review body. The reform will also include a transparent, merit-based system of...

    Closed 12 May 2023

  • Scoping the development of specialised and trauma-informed legal services for victims and survivors of sexual assault

    Every Australian deserves to live free from violence. The Australian Government is committed to working with state and territory governments to improve the experiences of victims and survivors of sexual assault in the criminal justice systems across Australia. Victims and survivors continue to...

    Closed 7 May 2023

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We asked

As part of our review of 4 sunsetting legislative instruments under the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), we sought stakeholder feedback on the operation of and potential changes to the instruments.

The 4 sunsetting instruments are:

  • Native Title (Tribunal) Regulations 1993
  • Native Title (Notices) Determination 2011 (No. 1)
  • Native Title (Federal Court) Regulations 1998
  • Native Title (Indigenous Land Use Agreements) Regulations 1999

You said

We received 4 responses to the consultation. We thank everyone who took the time to provide us with their feedback. The responses included helpful, technical suggestions to aid the implementation of the proposed changes, as well as useful insights into the operation of the instruments in their current form.

We did

We are using the feedback received to inform proposed changes to the instruments, and are workshopping the suggestions received with key stakeholders. The instruments are due to sunset on 1 October 2023.

We asked

An Issues Paper was released in August 2022 to initiate a 3-month public consultation period. The Issues Paper set out key areas of focus for the review and included 27 targeted consultation questions. Topics included the impact of the Modern Slavery Act and administration and enforcement of compliance with the reporting requirement.

Read the Issues Paper [PDF] for the review.

We sought public input to the review through 5 consultation avenues:

  • written submissions
  •  an online questionnaire featuring 27 consultation questions
  • an online survey for reporting entities
  • targeted consultations
  • meetings with selected individuals and committees.

 

You said

During the public consultation period, 38 targeted consultations were held with 285 representatives from government and non-government organisations including business, civil society and academia. In addition to the formal public consultation program, we met with individuals and committees with  a strong practical connection to Australian Government modern slavery policy and practice. A total of 65 engagements were undertaken, including consultations, meetings, presentations and events.

The review received 136 written submissions and 30 responses to the online questionnaire. The review received 496 responses to the online survey for reporting entities. An overview of survey results is included in the Review Report.

A diversity of views was expressed during the consultations. These are discussed in detail in the Review Report.

We did

We and Professor John McMillan, AO, review lead, would like to acknowledge everyone’s contribution to the review through the extensive consultation processes.

The review considered all submissions and responses received as part of the Review Report. On 25 May 2023, the government tabled the report in Parliament.

The report made 30 recommendations for government consideration, including:

  • amendments to the Act, such as the threshold and scope of entity reporting
  • introducing penalties for specific non-compliance
  • expanding guidance material
  • the role of the Anti-Slavery Commissioner in relation to the Act.

Read the Report for the Review of the Modern Slavery Act.

We asked

On 16 September 2022, the Attorney-General of Australia, the Hon Mark Dreyfus KC MP, announced the commencement of a public consultation on a draft of the National Principles to Address Coercive Control.  The consultation process was open until 11 November 2022 and included an online survey, a series of targeted roundtable consultations and engagement with an expert Advisory Group comprised of victim-survivor advocates, family and domestic violence experts and representatives of people at increased risk of coercive control.

You said

We heard from more than 400 stakeholders through this consultation process. You can find a summary of the statistics and key findings from this consultation on the Attorney-General’s Department website.

We did

Feedback from this consultation is informing revisions to the National Principles. A revised version will be finalised by the Standing Council of Attorneys-General later in 2023.