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ALRC submission: Inquiry into the Migration Amendment (Family Violence and Other Measures) Bill 2016
Submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee Inquiry into the Migration Amendment (Family Violence and Other Measures) Bill 2016 23 March 2016Dear Ms Dunstone,Inquiry into the Migration Amendment (Family Violence and Other Measures) Bill 2016 The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) welcomes the opportunity to make a submission to the Committee to inform its …
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Implementation
In 2012–13, a number of employment-related recommendations made by the ALRC in the Family Violence and Commonwealth Laws report were implemented, or partially implemented, including recommendations that:the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations collect data on the incidence of family violence-related clauses and references in enterprise agreements and include it as part of the …
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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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Submission to the inquiry into Marriage Visa Classes
Inquiry of the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee
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Submission to the inquiry into the Fair Work Amendment (Better Work/Life Balance) Bill 2012
Inquiry of the Standing Committee on Education and Employment
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Submission to the Fair Work Act Review Panel
The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) welcomes the opportunity to make this submission to the Fair Work Act Review Panel on the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth). This submission draws heavily on the experience and findings in the ALRC’s Inquiry into Commonwealth laws and family violence. That Inquiry (the ‘Commonwealth Family Violence Inquiry’) culminated in …
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Launch of Commonwealth Laws and Family Violence Report
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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Family 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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ALRC 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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Family Violence and Commonwealth Laws—Improving Legal Frameworks (ALRC Report 117)
Final Report Family Violence and Commonwealth Laws—Improving Legal Frameworks was tabled on 7 February 2012. It contains 102 recommendations for reform. This Final Report comprises 22 chapters divided into seven parts, A–G: Part A—Common Threads (Chapters 1–4) Part B—Social Security (Chapters 5–9) Part C—Income Management (Chapter 10) Part D—Child Support and Family Assistance (Chapters 11–13) Part …
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