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| Abbreviations | Names in full |
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2004 Family Law Council advice |
Family Law Council, Review of Division 11—Family Violence (2004) |
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2009 Family Law Council advice |
Family Law Council, Improving Responses to Family Violence in the Family Law System: An Advice on the Intersection of Family Violence and Family Law Issues (2009) |
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Abduction Convention |
Convention on Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction |
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ABS |
Australian Bureau of Statistics |
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ACSSA |
Australian Centre for the Study of Sexual Assault |
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ACT |
Australian Capital Territory |
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ADR |
Alternative dispute resolution |
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ADVIP |
Armadale Domestic Violence Intervention Project (WA) |
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ADVOs |
Apprehended Domestic Violence Orders (NSW) |
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AFP |
Australian Federal Police |
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AFVPLS |
Aboriginal Family Violence Prevention Legal Service Victoria |
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AGD |
Attorney-General’s Department |
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AGS |
Australian Government Solicitor |
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AIC |
Australian Institute of Criminology |
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AIFS |
Australian Institute of Family Studies |
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AIHW |
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
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ALRC |
Australian Law Reform Commission |
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ALRC Report 30 |
Australian Law Reform Commission, Domestic Violence (1986) |
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ALRC Report 69 |
Australian Law Reform Commission, Equality Before the Law: Justice for Women (Part 1) (1994) |
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ALRC Report 84 |
Australian Law Reform Commission and Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, Seen and Heard: Priority for Children in the Legal Process (1997) |
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ALRC Report 102 |
Australian Law Reform Commission, New South Wales Law Reform Commission and Victorian Law Reform Commission, Uniform Evidence Law (2005) |
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ALRC Report 103 |
Australian Law Reform Commission, Same Crime, Same Time: Sentencing of Federal Offenders (2006) |
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ALRC Report 108 |
Australian Law Reform Commission, For Your Information: Australian Privacy Law and Practice (2008) |
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APVOs |
Apprehended Personal Violence Orders (NSW) |
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Best Practice Principles |
Family Court of Australia, Best Practice Principles for use in Parenting Disputes when Family Violence or Abuse is Alleged |
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CAIT |
ChildFirst Assessment and Interview Team (WA) |
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CALD |
Culturally and linguistically diverse |
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CARS |
Crisis Advocacy Response Services (Vic) |
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CASA |
Centres Against Sexual Assault |
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CAT |
Child Abuse Taskforce (NT) |
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CCTV |
Closed circuit television |
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CDPP |
Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions |
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CEDAW |
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women |
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Child FIRST |
Child and Family Information Referral Support Teams (Vic) |
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Chisholm Review |
R Chisholm, Family Courts Violence Review (2009) |
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CLC |
Community Legal Centre |
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Commissions |
ALRC and NSWLRC |
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CRIS |
Client Relationship Information System (Vic) |
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CROC |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
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CWU |
Child Wellbeing Unit (NSW) |
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DART |
Domestic Assault Response Team (NSW) |
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DCP |
Department of Child Protection (WA) |
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DoCS |
Department of Community Services |
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DPP |
Director of Public Prosecutions |
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Duluth Model |
Domestic Abuse Intervention Programs, Duluth Model on Public Intervention |
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DVCS |
Domestic Violence Crisis Service (ACT) |
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DVICM |
Domestic Violence Intervention Court Model (NSW) |
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DVLO |
Domestic Violence Liaison Officer |
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DVO |
Domestic violence order |
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DVPC |
Domestic Violence Prevention Centre Gold Coast (Qld) |
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DVSS |
Domestic Violence Solicitor Scheme (NSW) |
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ECAV |
Education Centre Against Violence (NSW) |
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FaHCSIA |
Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs |
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Family Court |
Family Court of Australia |
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Family Law Act |
Family Law Act 1975 (Cth) |
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FDR |
Family dispute resolution |
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FDR Regulations |
Family Law (Family Dispute Resolution Practitioners) Regulations (2008) |
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FMC |
Federal Magistrates Court |
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Form 4 |
Family Court of Australia, Form 4—Notice of Child Abuse or Family Violence |
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FRCs |
Family Relationship Centres (Cth) |
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FRSA |
Family Relationship Services Australia |
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FSF |
Family Safety Framework (SA) |
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FVCD |
Family Violence Court Division (Vic) |
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FVIP |
Family Violence Intervention Program (ACT) |
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FVSC |
Family Violence Self Change Program (ACT) |
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GCDVIR |
Gold Coast Domestic Violence Integrated Response (Qld) |
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GLBTI |
Gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex |
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Hague Convention |
Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction |
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HREOC |
Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission |
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ICC |
Integrated Case Coordination (Tas) |
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ICCPR |
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights |
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IDVAs |
Independent Domestic Violence Advisors (UK) |
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IDVCs |
Integrated Domestic Violence Courts (New York, USA) |
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IPPs |
Information Privacy Principles |
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IVAWS |
International Violence Against Women Survey |
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JIRT |
Joint Investigative Response Team, NSW Police |
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Kearney McKenzie Report |
Kearney McKenzie & Associates, Review of Division 11 (1998) |
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Law Council |
Law Council of Australia |
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Magistrates Court of Western Australia |
Magistrates Court of Western Australia constituted by a Family Law Magistrate of Western Australia |
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MARACs |
Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conferences (UK) |
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MCCOC |
Model Criminal Code Officers Committee |
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MCLOC |
Model Criminal Law Officers Committee |
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MDCs |
Multidisciplinary Centres (Vic) |
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Moloney study |
L Moloney and others, Allegations of Family Violence and Child Abuse in Family Law Children’s Proceedings: A Pre-reform Exploratory Study, (2007) Australian Institute of Family Studies. |
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MOUs |
Memorandums of understanding |
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MRG |
Mandatory Reporters Guidance |
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NAAJA |
North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency |
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NASASV |
National Association of Services Against Sexual Violence |
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National Council |
National Council to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children |
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NESB |
Non-English speaking backgrounds |
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NPPs |
National Privacy Principles |
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NSW |
New South Wales |
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NSWLRC |
New South Wales Law Reform Commission |
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NT |
Northern Territory |
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NTER |
Northern Territory Emergency Response |
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NTLAC |
Northern Territory Legal Aid Commission |
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NZLC |
New Zealand Law Commission |
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OCSC |
Office of the Child Safety Commissioner (Vic) |
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ODPP |
Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions |
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OPP |
Office of Public Prosecutions (Vic) |
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Pyke Review |
M Pyke, South Australian Domestic Violence Laws: Discussion and Options for Reform (2007) |
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QC |
Queen’s Counsel |
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QLRC |
Queensland Law Reform Commission |
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RLREP |
Rape Law Reform Evaluation Project |
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SA |
South Australia |
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SACAT |
Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Team (ACT) |
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SACP Pilot |
Sexual Assault Communications Pro Bono Referral Pilot Project |
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SCAG |
Standing Committee of Attorneys-General |
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SCAN |
Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect (Qld) |
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Screening and Assessment Framework |
Australian Catholic University and Australian Government Attorney-General’s Department, Framework for Screening, Assessment and Referrals in Family Relationship Centres and the Family Relationship Advice Line (2008) |
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SDVCs |
Specialist Domestic Violence Courts (UK) |
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SOCA |
Sexual Offences and Child Abuse units (Vic) |
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SOCIT |
Sexual Offences and Child Abuse Investigation Team (Vic) |
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SOCs |
Sexual Offences Courts (South Africa) |
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SOL |
Sexual Offence List (Vic) |
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Time for Action |
National Council to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children, Time for Action: The National Council’s Plan for Australia to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children, 2009–2021 (2009). |
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TLRI |
Tasmania Law Reform Institute |
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UDHR |
Universal Declaration of Human Rights |
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Uniform Evidence Acts |
Legislation based on the Model Uniform Evidence Bill, Evidence Act 1995 (Cth) and Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) |
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US |
United States |
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VALS |
Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service Co-operative Ltd |
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VATE |
video or audio taping of evidence |
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VCAT |
Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal |
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VLRC |
Victorian Law Reform Commission |
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VOCAT |
Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal (Vic) |
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VPCU |
Violence Prevention Coordination Unit (NSW) |
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VSRT |
Victim Safety Response Team (Tas) |
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WA |
Western Australia |
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WDVCAS |
Women’s Domestic Violence Court Advocacy Service (NSW) |
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WLS NSW |
Women’s Legal Services NSW |
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Wood Inquiry |
J Wood, Report of the Special Commission of Inquiry into Child Protection Services in NSW (2008) |