Submissions
The Pirate Party regularly makes submissions to inquiries and reviews into legislation in areas of interest to our members. The table below is regularly updated with the submissions made.
| Date | Body | Submission (PDF) | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24 March 2018 | Department of Communications and the Arts | Submission to the review of the Copyright Online Infringement Amendment | Tom Randle, John August, and Peter Lawler |
| 19 January 2018 | Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement | Submission to the inquiry on the impact of new and emerging information and communications technology | Simon Frew and Tom Randle |
| 6 October 2017 | Department of Communications and the Arts | Submission to the review of Copyright Regulations 1969 and the Copyright Tribunal (Procedure) Regulations 1969 | John August |
| 2 June 2017 | Redistribution Committee for Queensland | Comments on submissions | Alex Jago |
| 20 May 2017 | Redistribution Committee for Queensland | Submission to the Queensland Federal Redistribution | Alex Jago |
| 16 December 2016 | Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee | Inquiry into the Privacy Amendment (Re-identification Offence) Bill 2016 | William Pettersson and Tom Randle |
| 12 December 2016 | Productivity Commission | Draft Report of the Inquiry into Data Availability and Use 2016 | William Pettersson and Tom Randle |
| 18 November 2016 | Australian Government | Public Consultation on Australia’s First Open Government National Action Plan 2016–18 | Mozart Olbrycht-Palmer and William Pettersson |
| 31 October 2016 | Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters | Inquiry into and Report on All Aspects of the Conduct of the 2016 Federal Election and Matters Related Thereto | Mozart Olbrycht-Palmer |
| 21 September 2016 | Senate Economics References Committee | Inquiry into the Preparation, Administration and Management of the 2016 Census By the Australian Bureau of Statistics | Simon Frew and Mozart Olbrycht-Palmer |
| 3 June 2016 | Productivity Commission | Inquiry into Intellectual Property Arrangements Draft Report | Mozart Olbrycht-Palmer and Thomas Randle |
| 11 March 2016 | Joint Standing Committee on Treaties | Inquiry into the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (Tabled 9 February 2016) | Mozart Olbrycht-Palmer |
| 29 February 2016 | Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters | Inquiry into the Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016 (Cth) | Brendan Molloy and Mozart Olbrycht-Palmer |
| 17 July 2015 | Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security | Inquiry into the Australian Citizenship (Allegiance to Australia) Amendment Bill 2015 | Mozart Olbrycht-Palmer |
| 10 July 2015 | Joint Standing Committee on Treaties | Inquiry into Treaties tabled on 16 June 2015: Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for People who are Blind, Visually Impaired or otherwise Print Disabled | Mozart Olbrycht-Palmer |
| 16 April 2015 | Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee | Inquiry into the Copyright Amendment (Online Infringement) Bill 2015 | Mozart Olbrycht-Palmer |
| 27 February 2015 | Australian Law Reform Commission | Review of Commonwealth Laws for Consistency with Traditional Rights, Freedoms and Privileges: Traditional Rights and Freedoms — Encroachments by Commonwealth Laws (Issues Paper 46) | Mozart Olbrycht-Palmer |
| 19 January 2015 | Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security | Inquiry into the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment (Data Retention) Bill 2014 | Mozart Olbrycht-Palmer |
| 30 November 2014 | Attorney-General’s Department | Marrakesh Treaty Implementation Consultation | Mozart Olbrycht-Palmer |
| 6 November 2014 | Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee | Inquiry into the Freedom of Information Amendment (New Arrangements) Bill 2014 | Mozart Olbrycht-Palmer |
| 3 October 2014 | Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security | Inquiry into the Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (Foreign Fighters) Bill 2014 | Mozart Olbrycht-Palmer |
| 5 September 2014 | Attorney-General’s Department | Online Copyright Infringement Discussion Paper | Simon Frew, Brendan Molloy and Mozart Olbrycht-Palmer |
| 8 August 2014 | Department of Social Services | Review of Australia’s Welfare System | Pirate Party Australia |
| 6 August 2014 | Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security |
Inquiry into the National Security Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2014 | Arik Baratz, David Crafti, Andrew Downing and Mozart Olbrycht-Palmer |
| 20 June 2014 | Joint Standing Committee on Treaties | Inquiry into Treaties Tabled on 13 May 2014: Korea-Australia Free Trade Agreement | Mozart Olbrycht-Palmer |
| 30 April 2014 | Attorney-General’s Department | Amendments to the Racial Discrimination Act 1975: Freedom of speech (repeal of s 18C) Bill 2014 exposure draft | Mozart Olbrycht-Palmer |
| 14 April 2014 | Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters | Inquiry into and report on all aspects of the 2013 Federal Election and matters related thereto | Brendan Molloy and David Crafti |
| 11 April 2014 | Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee | Inquiry into the Trade and Foreign Investment (Protecting the Public Interest) Bill 2014 | Simon Frew and Mozart Olbrycht-Palmer |
| 7 March 2014 | Department of Communications | Public consultation on Enhancing Online Safety for Children | Andrew Downing, Laura Killian and Bill McLean |
| 27 February 2014 | Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee | Comprehensive Revision of the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979 | Simon Frew and Mozart Olbrycht-Palmer |
| 7 February 2014 | IP Australia | Intellectual Property Laws Amendment Bill 2014 | Pirate Party Australia (Mozart Olbrycht-Palmer) |
| 22 January 2014 | Senate Education and Employment References Committee | Inquiry into the Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Amendment Bill 2013 | Pirate Party Australia (Mozart Olbrycht-Palmer) |
| 18 November 2013 | Advisory Council on Intellectual Property | Review of the Innovation Patent System (Options Paper) | Pirate Party Australia (Mozart Olbrycht-Palmer) |
| 31 July 2013 | Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee | Inquiry into the Telecommunications Amendment (Get a Warrant) Bill 2013 | Simon Frew |
| 30 July 2013 | Australian Law Reform Commission | ALRC Discussion Paper 79: Copyright and the Digital Economy | Mozart Olbrycht-Palmer |
| 2013 | IP Australia | Consultation on an Objects Clause and Exclusion from Patentability (Consultation Paper) | Simon Frew |
| December 2012 | Attorney-General’s Department | Review of the Freedom of Information Act 1982 and the Australian Information Commissioner Act 2010 | Simon Frew, Brendan Molloy, Mozart Olbrycht-Palmer and Rodney Serkowski |
| November 2012 | Attorney-General’s Department | Australian Privacy Breach Notification Discussion Paper | Simon Frew |
| November 2012 | Australian Law Reform Commission | ALRC Issues Paper 42: Copyright and the Digital Economy | Simon Frew, Brendan Molloy, Mozart Olbrycht-Palmer and Rodney Serkowski |
| October 2012 | Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security | (Supplementary) Inquiry into potential reforms of National Security Legislation | Simon Frew |
| August 2012 | Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security | Inquiry into potential reforms of National Security Legislation | Simon Frew and Ben McGinnes |
| August 2012 | Attorney-General’s Department | Review of Technological Protection Measure exceptions made under the Copyright Act 1968 | Mozart Olbrycht-Palmer |
| 6 June 2012 | Joint Standing Committee on Treaties | (Supplementary) Inquiry into Treaty Tabled on 21 November 2011: Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement | Simon Frew, Brendan Molloy, Mozart Olbrycht-Palmer and Rodney Serkowski |
| April 2012 | Attorney-General’s Department | Critique of the Draft Terms of Reference for the Australian Law Reform Commission Copyright Review | Simon Frew, Brendan Molloy and Mozart Olbrycht-Palmer |
| January 2012 | Joint Standing Committee on Treaties | Inquiry into Treaty Tabled on 21 November 2011: Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement | Simon Frew, Brendan Molloy, Mozart Olbrycht-Palmer and Rodney Serkowski |
| October 2011 | Advisory Council on Intellectual Property | Review of the Innovation Patent System (Issues Paper) | Brendan Molloy, Mozart Olbrycht-Palmer and Rodney Serkowski |
| March 2011 | Joint Standing Committee on Treaties | Inquiry into Treaty tabled on 1 March 2011: Australia’s Accession to the Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime | Rodney Serkowski |
| 2011 | Australian Law Reform Commission | ALRC Issues Paper 40: National Classification Scheme Review | Pirate Party Australia |