Family violence & Commonwealth laws e-news | Issue 7
Issue 7 | 25 July 2011 View original formatWe’re still here … You haven’t heard from us for a while as we’ve had our heads down reading submissions and preparing the Discussion Paper. This is just a quick heads-up to remind you that the Discussion Paper will be ready soon—in the first week of …
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Read moreFamily violence & Commonwealth laws e-news | Issue 6
Issue 6 | 29 June 2011 View original formatThe month in summary Thank you to everyone who made submissions to our four Issues Papers throughout April—and beyond! We received 81 in total. Non-confidential submissions are published on our website and are available to the public. View submissions >>On 30-31 May, two members of the …
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Read moreFamily 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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Read moreFamily 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 …
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Read moreFamily 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 …
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Read moreALRC 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 …
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Read moreFamily 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 …
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Read moreFamily violence & Commonwealth laws e-news | Issue 1
Issue 1 | November 2010 View original format And now the follow-on On 11 November the report, Family Violence—A National Legal Response (ALRC 114/NSWLRC 128) was released. Many of you would have heard all about this through the e-newsletter for that inquiry plus other media channels. As both the Commonwealth and NSW Attorneys-General launched the …
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