Evolving 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 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 moreMedia Release – Review of the Family Law System Discussion Paper released
The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) today released a Discussion Paper, Review of the Family Law System (DP 86), and is calling for comments and feedback on its proposals for reform. The Terms of Reference for this Inquiry ask the ALRC to consider reform in relation to range of issues including the early and cost …
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Read moreProfessor Helen Rhoades Presentation at 2018 AIFS Conference
On 27 July 2018, Professor Rhoades presented at the annual Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference.Dowload the speech here
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Read morePart-time Commissioner appointed
On 29 June 2018, The Hon Christian Porter MP, Attorney-General for Australia, announced the appointment of Dr Andrew Bickerdike as a Part-time Commissioner to the ALRC Review of the Family Law System. See Attorney-General’s media release>>
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Read moreALRC Review of the Family Law System – Call for submissions
The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) has released an Issues Paper for its Review of the Family Law System, and is calling for submissions from the public.The family law system is undergoing its first, independent comprehensive review since the inception of the Family Law Act 1975 more than forty years ago.Much has changed in Australian …
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Read moreFamily Law System | Enews Issue 2 | Tell us your story
View in original format.Tell us your story about the family law systemAs soon as the Review of the Family Law System was announced, the ALRC started receiving calls and emails from people keen to share their experiences of the family law system with us, in the hope their stories will illuminate some of the problems …
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Read moreFamily Law System | Enews Issue 1 | Welcome to the Review
View in original format.Welcome to the Review – from the Leading CommissionerWelcome to the first e-news for the Review of the Family Law System.It is a great privilege to have been asked to lead this Review, the first comprehensive review of Australia’s modern family law system since its commencement in January 1976. Although the system …
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