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15.03.2011
Family violence & Commonwealth laws e-news | Issue 5
Issue 5 | 15 March 2011 View original format3rd Issues Paper released: Family Violence—Child support and family assistanceClosing date for submissions to this Issues Paper is 21 April 2011. This Issues Paper deals with the treatment of family violence in child support and family assistance laws, and questions how laws and practices can be …
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Family violence & Commonwealth laws e-news | Issue 4
Issue 4 | 1 March 2011 View original format2nd issues paper released: Family Violence—Immigration LawClosing date for submissions to this Issues Paper is 12 April 2011. With respect to migrants, Family Violence and Commonwealth Laws—Immigration Law (IP 37) considers the ‘family violence exception’ in the Migration Regulations 1994 (Cth) that works to ensure that …
Read more23.02.2011
Family violence & Commonwealth laws e-news | Issue 3
Issue 3 | February 2011 View original formatInquiry update As prefaced in last month’s newsletter, the ALRC is releasing a series of four Issues Papers covering the treatment of family violence in four key areas:employment and superannuation lawchild support and family assistance lawimmigration law, andsocial security lawThese Issues Papers are intended to encourage informed community …
Read more23.02.2011
ALRC releases Issues Papers on Family Violence and Commonwealth Laws
The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) today released the first in a series of four Issues Papers for its current Inquiry into Family Violence and Commonwealth Laws. In November 2010, the ALRC (with the NSW Law Reform Commission) completed its first inquiry into family violence with the release of the report, Family Violence: A National …
Read more08.02.2011
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The ALRC Brief covers general news from the Commission, including updates on current inquiries, implementation of past reports, job vacancies and the ALRC intern program. The ALRC Brief will be emailed to subscribers three to four times a year.View all editions of the ALRC Brief published to date.Subscribe to the ALRC Brief
Read more31.01.2011
Family violence & Commonwealth laws e-news | Issue 2
Issue 2 | January 2011 View original formatInquiry updateAs this is the first e-newsletter for the year, let me wish you all a happy New Year. Over the past month the Inquiry team has been able to organise a few consultations, but the focus now is on the preparation of consultation documents to elicit …
Read more30.01.2011
Submissions received in Discovery Inquiry now available on the ALRC’s website
In the interests of greater transparency and communication, the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) has committed to publishing on its website the submissions received as part of its current Inquiry into Discovery of Documents in Federal Courts. View submissions to the Discovery Inquiry >> This is a new step for the ALRC as previously the …
Read more28.01.2011
Podcast: Lucinda O’Dwyer and Catherine Farrell discuss their experiences as ALRC interns
Rosalind Croucher, President of the Australian Law Reform Commission, in conversation with two interns from the 2011 summer program, Lucinda O’Dwyer and Catherine Farrell, both JD students, one with the University of Melbourne, and the other at Monash University. This podcast aims to provide insight into how the internships work at the Australian Law Reform …
Read more21.12.2010
ALRC is to conduct a review of classification in Australia
Attorney-General Robert McClelland and Minister for Home Affairs Brendan O’Connor will ask the Australian Law Reform Commission to conduct a review of classification in Australia in light of changes in technology, media convergence and the global availability of media content. Mr McClelland said. “As Australia’s foremost law reform institution, the ALRC is well suited to …
Read more17.12.2010
Podcast: Indigenous issues and consultation in the Family Violence Inquiry
Professor Rosalind Croucher, President of the ALRC, speaks about some of the ways in which the Final Report for the Family Violence Inquiry, Family Violence – A National Legal Response (ALRC Report 114) addresses Indigenous issues.
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