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 moreAppendix 2. Agencies, Organisations
Name Location Aboriginal Family Law Services Perth Aboriginal Family Violence Prevention and Legal Service Victoria Sydney Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia Perth Advocacy for Inclusion Sydney Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Melbourne Sydney Australian Domestic and Family Violence Clearinghouse Sydney Australian Human Rights Commission Sydney Australian Industry Group Sydney Australian Institute of Superannuation …
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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 moreA common definition in other Commonwealth laws
First step to a common interpretative framework3.37 The Discussion Paper traversed the particular Commonwealth legislative areas under review, identifying where definitions of family violence are, or are not, included in Commonwealth laws, and proposing where such definitions might best be placed.3.38 The ALRC considers that the same approach should be adopted in relation to Commonwealth …
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Read moreProcesses of reform
Consultation processes1.34 A major aspect of building the evidence base to support the formulation of ALRC recommendations for reform is community consultation, acknowledging that widespread community consultation is a hallmark of best practice law reform.[42] Under the provisions of the Australian Law Reform Commission Act 1996 (Cth), the ALRC ‘may inform itself in any way …
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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 moreKirby Cup Law Reform Competition
The Kirby Cup Law Reform Competition is a unique opportunity for Australian law students to consider the role of law reform and law reform agencies in Australia. To enter, law students must provide a written paper (between 2,000 and 4,000 words) on a topic of law reform. The competition is open to all students currently …
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Read moreThe need for fundamental reform
The major principles that have informed media classification in Australia—such as adults should be free to make their own informed media choices and children should be protected from harm—continue to be relevant and important. While a convergent media environment presents major new challenges, there is a community expectation that certain media content, such as films …
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Read moreExisting agencies
12.4 The operation of the existing National Classification Scheme involves a number of Commonwealth agencies, as well as state and territory law enforcement and other bodies. These agencies and their roles in regulation of the classification system are briefly described below. For this purpose, ‘regulation’ of the classification system is used broadly to refer to …
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Read moreAustralian Privacy Law & Practice – Key Recommendations for Health Information Privacy Reform
Speech by Professor Rosalind Croucher* at the Managing Patient Confidentiality & Information Governance Forum, 22 August 2011, Melbourne.1. IntroductionTo help focus my presentation today I thought it would be useful to reflect on an ‘information timeline’ to provide a backdrop for a consideration of the Australian Law Reform Commission’s work on privacy.Information timeline1982 Freedom of …
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