Sentences with phrase «of royal commissions»

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John Evelyn (1620 - 1706) was an English country gentleman who served on a variety of royal commissions and councils under King Charles II.

The Abbott government's use of royal commissions for political retribution has revived an older tradition around the politics of scandal.

«They need to bypass the media and communicate directly to get their message through, because whatever they (say) via media it will be put into a whirlpool of Royal Commission, money laundering and other filters,» added Harris, referring to the powerful independent inquiry into the broader finance sector.

In its first response to the bruising fortnight of royal commission hearings, which ended a week ago, into misconduct in its financial advice division AMP said that «irrespective of the criticism surrounding its production» the Clayton Utz report was «an important and powerful catalyst» for its response to the misconduct uncovered.

Needless to say, it will be interesting to continue to follow what comes out of the Royal Commission and its recommendations.

They are the subject of a royal commission into misconduct, a productivity commission inquiry into competition, an ACCC inquiry into the pricing of residential mortgage products and multiple ASIC inquiries, including interest - only home loans and wealth management.

In terms of the Royal Commission the bigger costs for ANZ and other banks like National Australia Bank Ltd (ASX: NAB) or Commonwealth Bank of Australia are likely to be reputational and around remediation for compliance, risk and reporting failings.

The option of a royal commission would make gradual reform of the current laws as palatable as possible.

This policy implemented the recommendations of a Royal Commission which reported in 1999, while the same recommendations were rejected by the Westminster government.

After a couple of years working as an administrative officer, Wentworth joined the secretariat of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution — a government body charged with providing independent scientific advice for policymaking related to sustainable development.

The task of the Royal Commission is to see whether the starkly adversarial English judicial system might be replaced by an inquisitorial one, or mitigated by certain inquisitorial elements.

The government should provide financial incentives to allow bus companies to fit new engines to old buses, says John Houghton, the chairman of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution, in a letter to transport secretary John MacGregor.

Late last month, John Houghton, chairman of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution, wrote to environment secretary John Gummer suggesting that he had misunderstood the rationale behind the early warning system, called Genhaz.

The recommendations of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse that relate to teacher registration will be taken into account in the review.

With last week's announcement of the Royal Commission on the Australian financial sector, which will likely have an emphasis on the largest banks, we have opted to reduce our weighting to Australia.

In the midst of the Royal Commission into Misconduct in Financial Services, the major banks have released their latest half yearly results.

A report of a Royal Commission in 1871 estimated the figure to be 149 billion tonnes.

Back in February 2015, I posted on BNC about the announcement of a Royal Commission into the Nuclear Fuel Cycle (henceforth NFCRC) in the uranium - mining state of South Australia (SA).

Appearing before the House of Commons» justice committee, Professor Michael Zander QC, emeritus professor at the LSE and a member of the royal commission, explained to MPs that the problem dated back to the creation of the court in 1907: «It is hopeless, completely hopeless.

The first ever state - funded miscarriage of justice watchdog was set up following the recommendations of a royal commission, which itself was announced the day that the so - called Birmingham Six were released.

On November 3, 2016, Library and Archives Canada (LAC) announced on its blog the launch of a new digitization initiative, the RCAP Archive, to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the 1996 final report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.

Of course, if we include government documents in GL, I'll bet there is a fairly consistent appearance of this class of material in the courts in the forms of royal commission reports, law reform reports (See Michel - Adrien's post), and other authoritative sources of legal thinking.

Moreover, the government is awaiting the report of the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism which will undoubtedly make important recommendations calling for action in many areas within, or bordering upon, the constitution.

The author also discusses the blood quantum rule, cultural appropriation, Indigenous use of intellectual property laws, Two - Spirit identities (Indigenous transgender individuals), the landmark Delgamuukw and Tsilhqot» in cases (recognition of Aboriginal title), non-benign myths about Indigenous peoples, the six - volume Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC) final report on the residential school system where at least 6,000 Indigenous children died, Canada's Stolen Generations (between 1960 and 1990, 70 - 90 % of Indigenous children in Canada were removed from their homes and placed into non-Indigenous homes), Inuit relocations, the issue of access to safe drinking water for First Nations communities, the five - volume report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, Indigenous lands, education, treaties, and treaty - making.

[See also Report of Royal Commission on Dominion - Provincial Relations, 1940, Book 1, pp, 55 - 59; Scott The Special Nature of Canadian Federalism (19471, 13 Can.

The white paper states that since the report of the Royal Commission in 2000, there has been a widespread consensus that elected members of a reformed upper House «should normally serve a single, non-renewable term of 12 — 15 years.

John Olthuis (with H.W. Roger Townshend), «Is Canada's Thumb on the Scales: An Analysis of Canada's Comprehensive and Specific Claims Policies and Suggested Alternatives» in For Seven Generations: An Information Legacy of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (Ottawa: Libraxus, 1997)(CD - Rom format).

What Should Canada Do with the Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples» in Blindspots: Perspectives on the Federal Government's Response to the Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (Ottawa: Aboriginal Rights Coalition, 2001).

In 1996, the federal government commissioned the report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.

As head of the Royal Commission (1910 - 1913) charged with recommending a workers» compensation system for Ontario, Sir William Meredith aimed to ensure a fair system — one that would prevent injured workers from falling into poverty, that did not unduly burden employers, and that would not «shock the conscience» of the public

«Meredith gathered a great many documents, travelled to the distant shores of England, Belgium, France, and listened to and questioned participants in the 27 «Sittings» of his Royal Commission.

A variety of books and studies, including judicial inquiries and the findings of a Royal Commission, were published to document life at residential schools.

This background includes a description of the Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies, early attempts at legislation and a discussion of the Assisted Human Reproduction Act, in force since 2004, including its list of prohibited activities.

The need for specialised care for Aboriginal people in custody becomes even clearer, confirming the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Indigenous Deaths in Custody; that individual care plans need to be devised for Indigenous detainees.

This year is the 25th anniversary of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody.

These almost exclusively focused on the circumstances of Aboriginal men, with none of the Royal Commission's recommendations specifically addressing the circumstances of Indigenous women.

The significance of these questions has been made evident, if not fully appreciated, through the chastening experience of the difficulties encountered in monitoring the implementation of the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody (RCADIC)[141].

To independently monitor the Commonwealth, State and Territory Governments» responses to Recommendations of the Royal Commission Inquiry into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody.

Election driven law and order campaigns primed to drive up incarceration, a lack of government action to implement the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody and lack of judicial activism to implement the recommendations of the Royal Commission on non custodial sentences are some obvious and ongoing causes of over representation.

«The lack of progress in addressing the concerns of the Royal Commission offers us a stark reminder of what is at stake in this country with reconciliation,» Dr Jonas said in his Social Justice report.

It wishes to receive more information about the implementation of the recommendations of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Deaths in Custody.

In this connection, the Committee is particularly concerned that the State party has not yet implemented the recommendations of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (RCAP).

Third, responses to Indigenous over-representation in criminal justice processes over the past decade have been focused on responding (though not in a sustained manner or very fully) to the findings of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody.

Coombs begins own review as part of the Royal Commission on Australian Government Administration, also commissions Rowley to report on NACC.

Canada, Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Canada Communication Group Publishing, Ottawa, 1996, Vol 2, Part 1, p44.

Despite the glaring warnings and recommendations of the Royal Commission made over 20 years ago, more than 50 per cent of children and young people in youth detention in Australia are Aboriginal.

Professor Helen Milroy, a Commission of The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, and a descendant of the Palyku people of the Pilbara region, understands these impacts all too well.

The two Northern Territory leaders also sounded a warning to the Northern Territory and Federal Governments ahead of the handing down on Friday of the findings of the Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory.

Gooda later told ABC radio that he had been consulted on the terms of reference of the Royal Commission and had agreed its focus should be on the Northern Territory.