07.02.2012

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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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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18.12.2011

Mind(ing) the gap: Law reform recommendations responding to child protection in a federal system

By Sara Peel and Rosalind F. Croucher. This article was originally published by the Australian Institute of Family Studies in its journal, Family Matters, issue 89 (2011), on the theme of “Protecting children: Evolving systems”.

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28.04.2011

Submission to the inquiry into the Family Law Legislation Amendment (Family Violence and Other Measures) Bill

Inquiry of the Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs.

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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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14.03.2011

Family Violence and Commonwealth Laws—Social Security Law (IP 39)

This is the final of four Issues Papers released for the Family Violence and Commonwealth Laws Inquiry. Submissions closed on 27 April. The Issues Paper deals with the treatment of family violence in Commonwealth social security law, which includes income management. The Issues Paper further considers a number of issues in relation to social security

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10.03.2011

Family Violence and Commonwealth Laws—Child Support and Family Assistance (IP 38)

This is the third of four Issues Papers released for the Family Violence and Commonwealth Laws Inquiry. Submissions closed on 21 April 2011. Please contact Sara Peel if you wish to make a late submission. The Issues Paper Family Violence and Commonwealth Laws—Child Support and Family Assistance deals with the treatment of family violence in child

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28.02.2011

Family Violence and Commonwealth Laws—Immigration Law (IP 37)

The Issues Paper Family Violence and Commonwealth Laws—Immigration Law deals with the treatment of family violence in the Migration Act 1958 (Cth) and the Migration Regulations 1994 (Cth). This Issues Paper was updated on 2 March 2011 to take into account the Migration Amendment (Complementary Protection) Bill 2011 (Cth). Submissions closed on 12 April. Please

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22.02.2011

Family Violence and Commonwealth Laws – Employment and Superannuation Law (IP 36)

This is the first of four Issues Papers released for the Family Violence and Commonwealth Laws Inquiry. 

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31.01.2011

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

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