07.02.2012
Family Violence and Commonwealth Laws—Improving Legal Frameworks (ALRC 117 Summary)
This Summary Report provides an accessible overview of the policy framework and recommendations in the Final Report, Family Violence and Commonwealth Laws—Improving Legal Frameworks (ALRC Report 117), tabled on 7 February 2012.This publication is also available for free as an EPUB for use in mobile devices. (What is an Epub?)This publication is available for purchase in book format.
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Family Violence and Commonwealth Laws—People with Disability
Information sheet briefly outlining key recommendations in the Commonwealth Family Violence Inquiry specifically aimed at better protecting the safety of people with disability who are experiencing family violence.
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Family Violence and Commonwealth Laws—the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Community
Information sheet briefly outlining key recommendations in the Commonwealth Family Violence Inquiry specifically aimed at better protecting the safety of members of the LGBTI community experiencing family violence.
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Family Violence and Commonwealth Laws—Indigenous Peoples
This information sheet discusses the Commonwealth Family Violence Inquiry and briefly outlines some of the ALRC’s key recommendations aimed at better protecting the safety of Indigenous peoples who are experiencing family violence.
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Family Violence and Commonwealth Laws—Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Communities
This information sheet discusses the Commonwealth Family Violence Inquiry and briefly outlines some of the ALRC’s key recommendations aimed at better protecting the safety of people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities who are experiencing family violence.
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Family 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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Safe at Home, Safe at Work Conference Presentation
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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Family 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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Family 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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Family 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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