Family Matters article Sep 2012
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Practice guide Dec 2012
Addressing women's victimisation histories in custodial settings
This paper will explore the research on detected female offenders who are also victim/survivors of sexual violence.
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Family Matters article Dec 2012
Family law update
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Family Matters article Jul 2013
Violence, abuse and the limits of shared parental responsibility
This article traces the recognition within family law in modern Western societies that children generally benefit from the involvement of both parents in their lives, and argues that though the indissolubility of parenthood is appropriate for most separated parents, limitations on joint parental responsibility are also appropriate in cases of family violence concerns and in cases where the parents have never lived together as a family.
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Family Matters article Jul 2013
Children's direct participation and the views of Australian judges
Family Matters article
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Submission Nov 2013
Separated families and access to the family law system
A focus on access to justice for separated families when parents dispute arrangements for children.
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Family Matters article Dec 2013
Family law update
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Family Matters article Dec 2013
An extended family for life for children affected by parental substance dependence
This article proposes a new model for engagement with marginalised, substance-affected families, a model designed to enhance children's resilience, strengthen parental coping and reduce the likelihood of relapse from alcohol and other drug use through improved social networks.
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Policy and practice paper Sep 2014
Property and financial matters upon the breakdown of de facto relationships
This paper aims to provide non-legal professionals in the family law sector with a general outline of the relevant reforms
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Policy and practice paper Dec 2014
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders: Current issues in awareness, prevention and intervention
This paper reviews the research and current policy surrounding prenatal alcohol exposure and fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD)