ACT Law Reform Advisory Council (LRAC)

The Final documents of the ACT Law Reform Advisory Council were its Final Report on the Canberra as a Restorative City (available at https://www.justice.act.gov.au/sites/default/files/2019-11/Attachment%20A%20-%20Law%20Reform%20Advisory%20Council%20Final%20Report%20-%20Canberra%20becoming%20a%20restorative%20city.pdf), and the Bright Ideas Evidence Paper (available at the Canberra Restorative Community Websitehttps://static1.squarespace.com/static/5624c6dae4b0501d4071beef/t/5e77cdde683f0c72e5303db3/1584909851677/Bright+Ideas+Full+copy.pdf

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The ACT Law Reform Advisory Council ceased to operate in November 2018 - this page is a legacy page only. At November 2021, no current Law Reform body exists in the ACT.

Once you have looked at the new Progress Report and the Issues Paper, please feel free to make a submission on any issue raised there. Or give us a call or an email, if you'd like to meet with the Council to give us your views. Closing date for submissions in Stage 2 is 30 March 2018.

The Council's latest publication - a Progress Report on its current reference on Canberra as a Restorative City is now available at

Current inquiries | Justice and Community Safety Directorate On 8 September 2016, the ACT Attorney-General Simon Corbell MLA asked the ACT Law Reform Advisory Council (LRAC) to undertake an inquiry into fostering restorative practices in the ACT, with a focus on the legal and justice dimensions of restorative practices. The inquiry will allow LRAC to explore�...

Closing date for submissions is 25 August 2017 - send us your views about what Canberra would look like if it were a restorative city - or tell us about your experiences and ideas in our two focus areas of child protection and public housing . Can these important systems be made more restorative and how?

Once you have read the Issues Paper or if you have any ideas you want to tell us about, you can email us, write to us or make a submission using our easy to use on-line submission process at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/LRACRestorativeCityIP

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Want a copy of the Issues Paper - you can download a PDF or Word version at the Council's current inquiries webpage at http://www.justice.act.gov.au/page/view/565/title/current-inquiries

Current inquiries | Justice and Community Safety Directorate On 8 September 2016, the ACT Attorney-General Simon Corbell MLA asked the ACT Law Reform Advisory Council (LRAC) to undertake an inquiry into fostering restorative practices in the ACT, with a focus on the legal and justice dimensions of restorative practices. The inquiry will allow LRAC to explore…

The Issues Paper for the Restorative practices references was released yesterday at the Canberra Restorative Community Network workshop. And this was today's press release from ANU College of Law https://law.anu.edu.au/news-and-events/news/could-canberra-become-restorative-city

Could Canberra become a restorative city? The ACT Law Reform Advisory Council (LRAC) has set out to answer how Canberra could become a restorative city.

All the LRAC reports are now available in both PDF and Word form on Austlii at http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/lawreform/ACTLRAC/

Australian Capital Territory Law Reform Advisory Council This database contains reports of the Australian Capital Territory Law Reform Advisory Council (ACTLRAC). The ACTLRAC was established as a collaboration between the ACT Government and the ANU College of Law.

The Council has been given a new reference to look at how the law can help make Canberra into a Restorative City. Canberra was once an international leader in restorative justice - this reference is looking at how such initiatives can be spread more widely to the benefit of the Canberra community. More news about this exciting development in the New Year!