ALRC Welcomes Eminent Jurists to Lead Inquiry into Justice Responses to Sexual Violence
The ALRC has announced the two eminent jurists who will lead the inquiry into Justice Response to Sexual Violence.
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Read moreDignity and the Future of Family Law
In December 2019 Principal Legal Officer Micheil Paton and Legal Officer Phoebe Tapley were published in the Griffith Journal of Law and Human Dignity analysing aspects of the ALRC’s Family Law Inquiry report through the lens of “human dignity”. This paper reviews the approach taken by the Australian Law Reform Commission in its recent family …
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Read moreEvolving families and the continuing justification for rules particular to the regulation of families
Justice SC Derrington, President of the ALRC, presented at the Family and Relationship Services Australia (FRSA) National Conference 2019 on 21 November 2019.
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Read moreAustralia’s no-fault divorce—why it remains controversial
In October 2019 Principal Legal Officer Micheil Paton spoke with ABC Radio National about some of the history of family law reform in Australia, and some of the ALRC’s recommendations from its Family Law Inquiry. Listen to the Rational National episode
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Read moreFamily Law- Summary of Tell Us Your Story Responses
As part of the Family Law Inquiry, the ALRC established the Tell Us Your Story project — an online submission portal where individuals were encouraged to anonymously share personal stories of their experiences with the family law system. The attached summary provides aggregated data regarding the number and nature of individual stories that included complaints against …
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Read moreFamily Law Report – Closing the jurisdictional gap
The first recommendation in the ALRC’s latest inquiry report: Family Law for the Future is that family law disputes be returned to the states and territories and the federal family courts eventually abolished. This recommendation responds to arguably the most pressing concern facing the family law system: that children are falling into harm because of gaps between …
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Read moreALRC Recommendations on Parenting
The ALRC has released a summary of its recommendations on parenting. The summary is available here
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Read moreFamily Law for the Future: An Inquiry into the Family Law System (ALRC Report 135)
The Australian Law Reform Commission report, Family Law for the Future: An Inquiry into the Family Law System (Report 135) was tabled in Parliament by the Attorney-General, the Hon Christian Porter MP, on 10 April 2019. The ALRC has made 60 recommendations for reform. For a handy over overview we have produced a brochure. For a …
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Read moreFamily Law Inquiry – Final Report Released
ALRC Family Law System Review – Final Report Media ReleaseThe Australian Law Reform Commission report, Family Law for the Future: An Inquiry into the Family Law System, was tabled in Parliament today by the Attorney-General, the Hon Christian Porter MP.The ALRC has made 60 recommendations for reform.The ALRC recommends that the resolution of family law …
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Read moreFamily Law Discussion Paper Explained
The ALRC has put together a short summary that explains changes to the family law system proposed in the Discussion Paper.
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