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Abbreviations | Names in full |
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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) |