Volunteers and the new tort law reform

The volunteer protection legislation in each Australian jurisdiction makes considerable changes to the law of civil liabil-ity. Advocates for volunteer protection from third party liability were quite successful in having their issue accepted by all governments in the race to provide relief from the insurance crisis. However, there are a number of provisions that can be improved now that there is time for reflection. This article outlines a number of reforms to the legislation to pro-vide better outcomes for volunteers, community organisations and persons injured through negligence.