The law of wills still contains, even in its most recent forms, some dead wood; and some major policy decisions remain to be made before progress can be made. This first Issues Paper does not necessarily cover every issue to be considered and debated. The views of the judiciary, Registrars of probate, the legal profession, trustee companies, Public Trust Offices, and law reform agencies, as well as those of ordinary members of the public who have to deal with the practical problems of administering very small deceased estates as well as very large estates, must be canvassed to ensure that the widest reconsideration of the law of wills ever undertaken in Australia can lead to an effective, viable and efficient law for the twenty-first century.