National Aboriginal Family Violence Prevention Legal Service Annual Conference
Presentation by ALRC Legal Officer, Amanda Alford. Jasper Hotel, Melbourne, 23 November 2012 It is a pleasure to be here this morning. I grew up in country Victoria, near Shepparton, on Yorta Yorta land. I see some familiar faces, so I pay my respects those the Yorta Yorta people present here this morning and I also …
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Professor Rosalind Croucher, President, Australian Law Reform Commission, Canberra. Introduction and welcome Good morning and welcome to this important event. I am Professor Rosalind Croucher, President of the Australian Law Reform Commission, and it is my very great privilege to commence the proceedings. Attorney-General Nicola Roxon MP Senator Crossin all of you here who assisted …
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Read moreFamily violence & Commonwealth laws e-news | February 2012
Issue 11 | 8 February 2012 View original format Final Report now available! We are very happy to announce that the Final Report for this Inquiry, Family Violence and Commonwealth Laws—Improving Legal Frameworks (ALRC 117, 2011), was tabled in Parliament yesterday and launched by the Attorney-General, the Hon Nicola Roxon MP, today, and is now …
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Read moreALRC releases Family Violence and Commonwealth Laws Report
The Australian Law Reform Commission today released its second report addressing family violence, Family Violence and Commonwealth Laws—Improving Legal Frameworks (ALRC 117, 2011). Together with its first family violence report in 2010, the two reports provide 289 recommendations for reform, amounting to a major contribution to the Australian Government’s agenda to improve the safety of …
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Read moreFamily violence & Commonwealth laws e-news | December 2011
Issue 10 | 16 December 2011 View original format Final Report delivered! On 30 November, the Family Violence and Commonwealth Laws team delivered its Final Report to the Attorney-General. Under the ALRC Act, the Attorney-General now has 15 Parliamentary sitting days in which to table the Report. Until it is tabled, the Report is under …
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Amanda Alford, ALRC Legal Officer, 5 December 2011, Melbourne AcknowledgementI would like to acknowledge the Wurundjeri people who are the Traditional Custodians of this Land. I would also like to pay respect to their Elders both past and present and extend that respect to other Indigenous Australians present.Introduction Thank you for opportunity to speak. On …
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Read moreFamily violence & Commonwealth laws e-news | October
Issue 9 | 28 October 2011 View original format Month in summary Firstly, we would like to thank all our stakeholders who made submissions in response to the Discussion Paper. We received over 80 formal responses to the DP, which brings us to a total of over 160 submissions to the Inquiry. The public submissions …
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Read moreFamily violence & Commonwealth laws e-news | Feedback
Issue 8 | 7 September 2011 View original format Calling for feedbackAs readers will be aware, on 19 August we released a Discussion Paper. Those of you who are referring to the full Discussion Paper as you write your submissions might perhaps have noticed that it’s big. Very big. It’s really seven DPs in one, …
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Read moreFamily violence & Commonwealth laws e-news | Discussion Paper now available!
Issue 8 | 19 August 2011 View original formatDiscussion Paper now available! At the end of July we told you to expect this Discussion Paper in the first week of August: we do apologise for the delay and thank you for your patience. Commissioner in charge of the Inquiry and ALRC President Professor Rosalind Croucher …
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Read moreALRC releases Discussion Papers on Family Violence and Commonwealth Laws
The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) today released its Discussion Paper for the current Inquiry into family violence and commonwealth laws, Family Violence—Commonwealth Laws (DP 76), and is calling for submissions on over 30 proposals for reform.In November 2010, the ALRC (with the NSW Law Reform Commission) completed its first inquiry into family violence with …
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