Date: 23 April 2025
Source: Call to Parties 2025

Ahead of the 2025 Federal Election, the Law Council has prepared this Call to Parties, which outlines a set of what the Australian legal profession has identified as key policy priorities. Through this Call to Parties, we seek the commitment of the various political parties and independent candidates to the reforms needed to improve law and policy for the betterment of the Australian community and our democracy.

The Law Council of Australia is the peak national representative body of the Australian legal profession. Through its Constituent Bodies—the 16 state and territory law societies and bar associations and Law Firms Australia—the Law Council represents more than 107,000 Australian lawyers. On matters of federal, national and international significance, the Law Council’s key objectives include promoting and defending the rule of law, the administration of justice, access to justice, a strong legal profession and improvement of the law.

We are living at a time of challenges to the rule of law across the globe—in which maintaining trust in public institutions is critically...