28.01.2016
ALRC Submission: Criminal Law (Domestic Violence) Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2015
Dear Research DirectorThe Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) welcomes the opportunity to make a submission to the Committee to inform its consideration of the Criminal Law (Domestic Violence) Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2015.One objective of the bill is to amend the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992 to make provision for domestic and family violence to …
Read more06.11.2015
ALRC submission to Senate inquiry regarding the Domestic and Family Violence Protection and Another Act Amendment Bill 2015
Committee ChairMs Leanne Donaldson MPCommunities, Disability Services and Domestic and Family Violence Prevention CommitteeParliament HouseGeorge StreetBrisbane Qld 40006 November 2015Dear Ms Donaldson,Domestic and Family Violence Protection and Another Act Amendment Bill 2015The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) welcomes the opportunity to make a submission to the Communities, Disability Services and Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Committee …
Read more14.08.2015
ALRC submission to VLRC inquiry into the Role of Victims of Crime in the Criminal Trial Process
The Hon P D Cummins AMChairVictorian Law Reform CommissionGPO Box 4637Melbourne, Victoria 300114 August 2015Dear Chair,ALRC Submission: The Role of Victims of Crime in the Criminal Trial ProcessI refer to your invitation for submissions on the Victorian Law Reform Commission’s consultation paper The Role of Victims of Crime in the Criminal Trial Process (the VLRC …
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ANROWS Public lecture opening address: The ALRC’s Family Violence work
ANROWS Public lecture series with Professor Leigh Goodmark, 10 August 2015, Sydney. Opening address by Rosalind Croucher AM**IntroductionIt is a great pleasure to be invited to open proceedings today and have the very pleasant task of introducing Professor Leigh Goodmark. I was delighted to be invited by ANROWS, whose CEO, Heather Nancarrow, is an absolute legend …
Read more08.07.2013
Implementation
National and Commonwealth responseA national response to the Family Violence report was agreed to by the Standing Council on Law and Justice in April 2013. The national response dealt with the 24 recommendations that relate jointly to the Commonwealth, states and territories.The Commonwealth response to the report was tabled in Parliament in June 2013 and …
Read more07.08.2012
Submission to inquiry into the partial defence of provocation
Inquiry of the NSW Select Committee on the Partial Defence of Provocation
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AIFS Conference | Family Violence — the Law Reform Challenge
12th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference: Family Transitions and Trajectories, Plenary Session: Family law/family violence
Read more18.12.2011
Mind(ing) the gap: Law reform recommendations responding to child protection in a federal system
By Sara Peel and Rosalind F. Croucher. This article was originally published by the Australian Institute of Family Studies in its journal, Family Matters, issue 89 (2011), on the theme of “Protecting children: Evolving systems”.
Read more24.11.2011
‘They should have this in every court’ – Women’s Family Law Support Service Evaluation
Professor Rosalind Croucher, President, Australian Law Reform Commission at the Launch of the Evaluation of the Women’s Family Law Support Service, Parliament House, Sydney, 17 November 2011. Commitment and connections Looking at everyone who has come here today for the launch of Dr Lesley Laing’s evaluation of the Women’s Family Law Support Service, one thing …
Read more12.08.2011
Submission to the Inquiry into International Child Abduction to and from Australia
Inquiry of the Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs12 August 2011The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) welcomes the opportunity to comment in relation to the Inquiry into International Child Abduction to and from Australia.The ALRC has considered the Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (Hague Convention) and the Family Law …
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