Concurrent inquiries and actions
1.17 The ALRC and NSWLRC (the Commissions) are not alone in looking at the problem of family violence and seeking appropriate policy responses. Several other inquiries, state and federal, are being conducted at the same time as this Inquiry. A number have also been conducted before. The concurrent and previous work is referred to throughout …
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Read moreImproving legal frameworks
In this Report, the Commissions make recommendations directed towards improving the legal frameworks in the area of family violence. In particular, reforms are directed to developing a common interpretative framework, enhancing corresponding jurisdictions, improving the quality and use of evidence and the interpretation and application of sexual assault laws.Common interpretative frameworkA key plank of the …
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Read moreImproving practice
Improving practice is based upon a number of inter-related elements: specialisation; appropriate and regular education and training; the development of a national family violence bench book; integrated practice; improved police and prosecutorial practice; improved information flow and the establishment of a national register.SpecialisationIn the course of this Inquiry, the Commissions have concluded that the specialisation …
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The 2009 report of the National Council to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children, Time for Action, acknowledged the complex interraction between State and Territory family/domestic violence and child protection laws and the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth). The National Council also stressed the importance of consistent interpretation and application of laws relating to …
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Read moreAppendix F: Implementation Activity 2009–10
The following provides an overview of activity in relation to ALRC reports during2009–10. For Your Information: Australian Privacy Law and Practice, Report 108 (2008) Australian Government Response On 14 October 2009, the Australian Government issued the first stage of its response to ALRC Report 108. The response addresses 197 of the 295 recommendations in the …
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Read moreFull Australian Government Response to ALRC Report 96
The Australian Government issued a formal response to the recommendations of ALRC Report 96 on 9 December 2005, accepting many of the recommendations of the report. This is the full text of the response, which is available on the website of the Attorney-General’s Department, and has been reproduced by the ALRC with permission.IntroductionThe inquiry into …
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Read moreSubmission to the Australian Government Attorney-General’s Department on the Family Violence Bill
Public Consultation: Family Violence BillFamily Law BranchAttorney-General’s Department3–5 National CircuitBARTON ACT 2600 1.1 The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) welcomes the opportunity to make this submission to the Australian Government Attorney-General’s Department on the Exposure Draft Family Law Amendment (Family Violence) Bill 2010 (the Exposure Draft legislation) and congratulates the Government for its commitment to improving …
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Read moreHuman Resource Management
Staffing Employees of the ALRC are appointed under s 43 of the ALRC Act. At the close of the reporting period, on 30 June 2010, the ALRC’s full-time equivalent staffing level was 19.99 FTE. This figure does not include Commissioners. Since 1996, all staff appointed under s 43 have been appointed on a fixed term …
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Read moreHighlights of 2009-10
Membership ALRC President, Emeritus Professor David Weisbrot AM and ALRC Commissioner Professor Les McCrimmon’s terms ended in November 2009. Professor Rosalind Croucher, a full time Commissioner for the ALRC, was appointed as the new President in December 2009 for a period of five years. Magistrate Anne Goldsbrough was appointed as a part time Commissioner from …
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Impact of Commonwealth laws on those experiencing family violence The 2010 inquiry into family violence by the Australian Law Reform Commission and New South Wales Law Reform Commission (the Commissions) has identified issues beyond its scope relating to the impact of Commonwealth laws (other than the Family Law Act 1975) on those experiencing family/domestic. In …
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