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| Abbreviations | Names in full |
|---|---|
| 2004 Family Law Council advice | Family Law Council, Review of Division 11—Family Violence (2004) |
| 2009 Family Law Council advice | Family Law Council, Improving Responses to Family Violence in the Family Law System: An Advice on the Intersection of Family Violence and Family Law Issues (2009) |
| Abduction Convention | Convention on Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction |
| ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| ACSSA | Australian Centre for the Study of Sexual Assault |
| ACT | Australian Capital Territory |
| ADR | Alternative dispute resolution |
| ADVIP | Armadale Domestic Violence Intervention Project (WA) |
| ADVOs | Apprehended Domestic Violence Orders (NSW) |
| AFP | Australian Federal Police |
| AFVPLS | Aboriginal Family Violence Prevention Legal Service Victoria |
| AGD | Attorney-General’s Department |
| AGS | Australian Government Solicitor |
| AIC | Australian Institute of Criminology |
| AIFS | Australian Institute of Family Studies |
| AIHW | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
| ALRC | Australian Law Reform Commission |
| ALRC Report 30 | Australian Law Reform Commission, Domestic Violence (1986) |
| ALRC Report 69 | Australian Law Reform Commission, Equality Before the Law: Justice for Women (Part 1) (1994) |
| ALRC Report 84 | Australian Law Reform Commission and Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, Seen and Heard: Priority for Children in the Legal Process (1997) |
| ALRC Report 102 | Australian Law Reform Commission, New South Wales Law Reform Commission and Victorian Law Reform Commission, Uniform Evidence Law (2005) |
| ALRC Report 103 | Australian Law Reform Commission, Same Crime, Same Time: Sentencing of Federal Offenders (2006) |
| ALRC Report 108 | Australian Law Reform Commission, For Your Information: Australian Privacy Law and Practice (2008) |
| APVOs | Apprehended Personal Violence Orders (NSW) |
| Best Practice Principles | Family Court of Australia, Best Practice Principles for use in Parenting Disputes when Family Violence or Abuse is Alleged |
| CAIT | ChildFirst Assessment and Interview Team (WA) |
| CALD | Culturally and linguistically diverse |
| CARS | Crisis Advocacy Response Services (Vic) |
| CASA | Centres Against Sexual Assault |
| CAT | Child Abuse Taskforce (NT) |
| CCTV | Closed circuit television |
| CDPP | Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions |
| CEDAW | Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women |
| Child FIRST | Child and Family Information Referral Support Teams (Vic) |
| Chisholm Review | R Chisholm, Family Courts Violence Review (2009) |
| CLC | Community Legal Centre |
| Commissions | ALRC and NSWLRC |
| CRIS | Client Relationship Information System (Vic) |
| CROC | Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CWU | Child Wellbeing Unit (NSW) |
| DART | Domestic Assault Response Team (NSW) |
| DCP | Department of Child Protection (WA) |
| DoCS | Department of Community Services |
| DPP | Director of Public Prosecutions |
| Duluth Model | Domestic Abuse Intervention Programs, Duluth Model on Public Intervention |
| DVCS | Domestic Violence Crisis Service (ACT) |
| DVICM | Domestic Violence Intervention Court Model (NSW) |
| DVLO | Domestic Violence Liaison Officer |
| DVO | Domestic violence order |
| DVPC | Domestic Violence Prevention Centre Gold Coast (Qld) |
| DVSS | Domestic Violence Solicitor Scheme (NSW) |
| ECAV | Education Centre Against Violence (NSW) |
| FaHCSIA | Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs |
| Family Court | Family Court of Australia |
| Family Law Act | Family Law Act 1975 (Cth) |
| FDR | Family dispute resolution |
| FDR Regulations | Family Law (Family Dispute Resolution Practitioners) Regulations (2008) |
| FMC | Federal Magistrates Court |
| Form 4 | Family Court of Australia, Form 4—Notice of Child Abuse or Family Violence |
| FRCs | Family Relationship Centres (Cth) |
| FRSA | Family Relationship Services Australia |
| FSF | Family Safety Framework (SA) |
| FVCD | Family Violence Court Division (Vic) |
| FVIP | Family Violence Intervention Program (ACT) |
| FVSC | Family Violence Self Change Program (ACT) |
| GCDVIR | Gold Coast Domestic Violence Integrated Response (Qld) |
| GLBTI | Gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex |
| Hague Convention | Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction |
| HREOC | Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission |
| ICC | Integrated Case Coordination (Tas) |
| ICCPR | International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights |
| IDVAs | Independent Domestic Violence Advisors (UK) |
| IDVCs | Integrated Domestic Violence Courts (New York, USA) |
| IPPs | Information Privacy Principles |
| IVAWS | International Violence Against Women Survey |
| JIRT | Joint Investigative Response Team, NSW Police |
| Kearney McKenzie Report | Kearney McKenzie & Associates, Review of Division 11 (1998) |
| Law Council | Law Council of Australia |
| Magistrates Court of Western Australia | Magistrates Court of Western Australia constituted by a Family Law Magistrate of Western Australia |
| MARACs | Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conferences (UK) |
| MCCOC | Model Criminal Code Officers Committee |
| MCLOC | Model Criminal Law Officers Committee |
| MDCs | Multidisciplinary Centres (Vic) |
| Moloney study | L Moloney and others, Allegations of Family Violence and Child Abuse in Family Law Children’s Proceedings: A Pre-reform Exploratory Study, (2007) Australian Institute of Family Studies. |
| MOUs | Memorandums of understanding |
| MRG | Mandatory Reporters Guidance |
| NAAJA | North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency |
| NASASV | National Association of Services Against Sexual Violence |
| National Council | National Council to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children |
| NESB | Non-English speaking backgrounds |
| NPPs | National Privacy Principles |
| NSW | New South Wales |
| NSWLRC | New South Wales Law Reform Commission |
| NT | Northern Territory |
| NTER | Northern Territory Emergency Response |
| NTLAC | Northern Territory Legal Aid Commission |
| NZLC | New Zealand Law Commission |
| OCSC | Office of the Child Safety Commissioner (Vic) |
| ODPP | Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions |
| OPP | Office of Public Prosecutions (Vic) |
| Pyke Review | M Pyke, South Australian Domestic Violence Laws: Discussion and Options for Reform (2007) |
| QC | Queen’s Counsel |
| QLRC | Queensland Law Reform Commission |
| RLREP | Rape Law Reform Evaluation Project |
| SA | South Australia |
| SACAT | Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Team (ACT) |
| SACP Pilot | Sexual Assault Communications Pro Bono Referral Pilot Project |
| SCAG | Standing Committee of Attorneys-General |
| SCAN | Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect (Qld) |
| Screening and Assessment Framework | Australian Catholic University and Australian Government Attorney-General’s Department, Framework for Screening, Assessment and Referrals in Family Relationship Centres and the Family Relationship Advice Line (2008) |
| SDVCs | Specialist Domestic Violence Courts (UK) |
| SOCA | Sexual Offences and Child Abuse units (Vic) |
| SOCIT | Sexual Offences and Child Abuse Investigation Team (Vic) |
| SOCs | Sexual Offences Courts (South Africa) |
| SOL | Sexual Offence List (Vic) |
| Time for Action | National Council to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children, Time for Action: The National Council’s Plan for Australia to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children, 2009–2021 (2009). |
| TLRI | Tasmania Law Reform Institute |
| UDHR | Universal Declaration of Human Rights |
| Uniform Evidence Acts | Legislation based on the Model Uniform Evidence Bill, Evidence Act 1995 (Cth) and Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) |
| US | United States |
| VALS | Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service Co-operative Ltd |
| VATE | video or audio taping of evidence |
| VCAT | Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal |
| VLRC | Victorian Law Reform Commission |
| VOCAT | Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal (Vic) |
| VPCU | Violence Prevention Coordination Unit (NSW) |
| VSRT | Victim Safety Response Team (Tas) |
| WA | Western Australia |
| WDVCAS | Women’s Domestic Violence Court Advocacy Service (NSW) |
| WLS NSW | Women’s Legal Services NSW |
| Wood Inquiry | J Wood, Report of the Special Commission of Inquiry into Child Protection Services in NSW (2008) |
