Law Council of Australia: Shaping Australia’s future: protecting the rule of law and promoting access to justice 2025 Federal election: call to parties 31 Mar 2025

Ahead of the 2025 Federal election, this paper outlines a set of what the Australian legal profession has identified as key policy priorities. It seeks commitment to the reforms needed to improve law and policy for the betterment of the Australian community and its democracy. It calls for prioritising protection of the rule of law, promoting the administration of justice, supporting the exercise of rights under the law and committing to the principles of good law making.

Key policy themes

• Meaningful consultation, transparency and accountability
• Legal assistance delivery
• Supporting rural, regional and remote lawyers
• Establishment of a Federal Judicial Commission
• Mandatory sentencing
• First Nations justice
• National child justice response
• Federal human rights response
• Family law and family violence
• Migration law and policies
• Regulation of artificial intelligence technology
• Privacy reforms
• Regulation of the legal profession
• The environment and climate change
• Supporting the rule of law and administration of justice in the Pacific.