Sentences with phrase «since abolition»

National representation for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples since the abolition of ATSIC has also been a key area of successful advocacy by Tom Calma.

Commissioner Wanganeen then set out the challenges that have existed in South Australia since the abolition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission.

In fact, since the abolition of ATSIC they had moved further and further away from the systemic involvement of Indigenous peoples in policy making processes.

Since the abolition of «accelerated parole review» constituted «punishment» (substantially increased the risk of additional incarceration), the offenders were entitled to the «lesser» punishment under Section 11 (i).

By implication, it also constitutionalized the Court's continuing existence, «since abolition would altogether remove the Court's composition» (para. 91).

This applies especially to mothers whose babies are taken away at birth for «risk of emotional abuse» and later adopted by strangers; Sir James Munby President of the family courts recently described the removal of children from families as the most drastic matter handled by the courts since the abolition of capital punishment (hanging).

This exhibition looks at the art scene in a city where history has been on the march since the abolition of apartheid and the first democratic elections in 1994.

The La Movida project was supposed to be a reminder of less progressive times and celebrating 40 years since the abolition of censorship.

Wales has relied on teacher assessments to measure the progress of primary school children since the abolition of Sats in 2004.

A survey of most years since 1949 demonstrates how constituencies have turned their back on conference most markedly since the abolition of contemporary motions by Gordon Brown.

Since the abolition of the Primary Purpose Rule in 1997 which stated that entry clearance to the UK for a fiancé (e) or spouse would be refused unless the entry clearance officer was satisfied «that it was not the Primary Purpose of the intended marriage to obtain admission to the UK», the number of partners given leave to enter the UK has risen very substantially.

It's 25 years since the abolition of the Inner London Education Authority (ILEA).

In 1974, there were 599 homicides — the rate had more than doubled since abolition.

No evidence has emerged since its abolition to suggest that it's an effective sentence, either as a deterrent or to protect the public.

Since the abolition, by Margaret Thatcher, of the metropolitan councils (in London, Manchester, Birmingham and others) in the 1980s, Manchester has been hailed as having managed to create the necessary conurbation - wide forms of governance and collaboration.

To me this has never made sense, ever since the abolition of Avon County Council, the idea of real strategic planning for transport, housing, jobs and growth has eluded us.

Of course, this was not the first attack on racism, but it was the one that forced the attention of the entire nation, and especially of the churches, to a topic they had marginalized since the abolition of slavery.

Not exact matches

Since the murder of her family members, Jeanne Bishop has been an advocate for gun violence prevention, forgiveness and abolition of the death penalty.

IN PLURIMIS (On the Abolition of Slavery) Pope Leo XIII Encyclical of Pope Leo XIII promulgated on 5 May 1888 The words of St. Gregory the Great are very applicable here: «Since our Redeemer, the Author of all life, deigned to take human flesh, that by the power of His Godhood the chains by which we were held in bondage being broken, He might restore us to our first state of liberty, it is most fitting that men by the concession of manumission should restore to the freedom in which they were born those whom nature sent free into the world, but who have been condemned to the yoke of slavery by the law of nations.»

Consider what has gone down since March 1985: Point - shaving and abolition of the sport at Tulane.

Labour leaders since Attlee had long since ceased to take Clause IV seriously: they just thought abolition would generate more trouble among Labour supporters than the benefits to be gained at electioins since many in the electorate didn't know what Clause IV was until reminded.

I'm sure they now think it is an even better idea than putting 5p on plastic bags, an idea David Laws assures me is the most popular policy the LibDems have put forward since, er, the abolition of tuition fees.

He is on record as saying he would not support the restoration of the death penalty and has served as the Joint Chairman of the All Party Group for the Abolition of the Death Penalty since 2012.

The introduction of the Authority followed a period, since 1986 and the abolition of the Greater London Council, in which there had been no directly elected tier of governance for London.

Arbuthnot was MP for Wanstead and Woodfood between 1987 and 1997, but on its abolition ahead of the 1997 election, he was selected to contest North East Hampshire, which he has represented ever since.

HPA's staff members had faced an uncertain future since the agency appeared on a leaked list of government agencies facing abolition earlier in the year.

Since all of us are in some way the beneficiaries of cheap fossil fuel, tackling climate change has been like trying to build a movement against yourself — it's as if the gay - rights movement had to be constructed entirely from evangelical preachers, or the abolition movement from slaveholders.

Since that appearance, Gingrich, who once ran an environmental studies program at a Georgia college, has called for the abolition of the Environmental Protection Agency.

In light of the abolition of the Court Challenges Program, which would have applied to a case such as this one, and since the respondent [Crown] appears to have acknowledged the importance of the principles in issue in this case, as she has not asked for costs, the appellants are awarded the requested amount.»

Since some of the people who support the abolition of these Commissions have links to white supremacy groups, Eliadis believes that any such project will likely fail.

Since it could take up to two years for the terms of UK's exit from the EU to be negotiated, it's likely the abolition of roaming fees will benefit Brits too — at least for a time.