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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Read moreFamily 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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Read moreFamily 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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Read moreFamily 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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Read moreMind(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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Read moreFamily 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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Read moreSafe 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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Read more‘They should have this in every court’ – Women’s Family Law Support Service Evaluation
Professor Rosalind Croucher, President, Australian Law Reform Commission at the Launch of the Evaluation of the Women’s Family Law Support Service, Parliament House, Sydney, 17 November 2011. Commitment and connections Looking at everyone who has come here today for the launch of Dr Lesley Laing’s evaluation of the Women’s Family Law Support Service, one thing …
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Read moreFamily 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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Read moreFamily 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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