Legislation in parliament

Statutes Amendment (Appeals) Bill 2012

Criminal Assets Confiscation (Prescribed Drug Offender Asssets) Amendment Bill 2012

Criminal Assets Confiscation (Prescribed Drug Offender Assets) Amendment Bill 2012 - report (PDF 53KB)
Criminal Assets Confiscation (Prescribed Drug Offender Assets) Amendment Bill - House of Assembly (PDF 39KB)
Criminal Assets Confiscation (Prescribed Drug Offender Assets) Amendment Bill 2012 - Legislative Council (PDF 38KB)
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Criminal Assets Confiscation (Miscellaneous) Amendment Bill 2012

Criminal Assets Confiscation (Miscellaneous) Amendment Bill 2012 - report (PDF 52KB)
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Statutes Amendment (Director's Liability) Bill 2012

28/11/2012: Attorney General John Rau will today introduce the Bill. The purpose of this Bill is to give effect to that part of the National Partnership Agreement to Deliver a Seamless National Economy entered into through the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) in November 2008 in which the Commonwealth and all States and Territories agreed to reform directors’ liability provisions in their legislation. These are provisions that impose personal criminal liability on directors of corporations by reason of the position they hold in a corporation that has committed an offence. These reforms will extend to members of management committees of other bodies corporate.

Statutes Amendment (Director's Liability) Bill 2012 (PDF 84KB)
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Statutes Amendment (Appeals) Bill 2012

28/11/2012: Attorney General John Rau will today introduce a Bill to give convicted persons a new right of appeal if fresh and compelling new evidence comes to light.

News Release: N ew right of appeal for "fresh" and "compelling" evidence - premier.sa.gov.au

Statutes Amendment (Penalty Enforcement) Bill 2012

31/10/2012: The Attorney-General, John Rau, has announced proposed changes to the Statutes Amendment (Penalty Enforcement) Bill 2012, to help tackle fine defaulters.

News Release: Fine dodgers put on notice - premier.sa.gov.au

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New firearms offence to protect our Police

10/07/12: Attorney-General John Rau announced today that the next step in the State Government’s fight against firearms crime would be to create a new offence of shooting at a police officer.

News release: New firearms offence to protect our Police - ministers.sa.gov.au

Legal change to prevent hardship to motorists

10/07/2012: Legislation will be introduced to State Parliament this week to prevent a repeat of the inconvenience and, in some cases, hardship suffered by motorists as a result of administrative delays in the issuing of licence disqualification notices.

News release: Legal change to prevent hardship to motorists - ministers.sa.gov.au

New laws to prevent misleading auction prices

01/07/2012: Consumers will no longer be misled by unrealistically low advertised starting prices for homes to be auctioned, under proposed legislation released by the State Government today.

Minister for Business Services and Consumers John Rau today released a draft Bill to reform the real estate industry, including greater consumer protection and less red tape for agents.

News release: New laws to prevent misleading auction prices - ministers.sa.gov.au

Nation-leading crime gang laws now in force

18/06/2012: South Australian organised crime gangs now face major new barriers and stiffer penalties, with the State Government’s serious and organised crime legislation in operation from this week.

News release: Nation-leading crime gang laws now in force - ministers.sa.gov.au

Legal Practitioners (Miscellaneous) Amendment Bill 2012

The draft Bill is intended to deliver increased protection for legal consumers and more effective sanctions against practitioners who act improperly.

Ministerial Statement (Word 76KB)

Email comments to: LLPSubmissions@agd.sa.gov.au.

The Statutes Amendment (Serious Firearm Offences) Bill 2012

Attorney-General John Rau has introduced new laws to ensure firearm offenders face serious jail time.

The Statutes Amendment (Serious Firearm Offences) Bill 2012 creates new provisions to combat firearm-related violence and disarm dangerous criminals, putting them behind bars.

The Bill also closes a legal gap that previously allowed offenders firing on an empty property to avoid a more serious penalty.

ICAC Bill to establish powerful anti-corruption body

The State Government is introducing a Bill to create an Independent Commissioner Against Corruption with powers equal to any crime fighting body in Australia.

The Independent Commissioner Against Corruption (ICAC) and The Office for Public Integrity (OPI) factsheet::