Family Matters article Dec 2003
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Family Matters article Sep 1997
Family Law Council visits New Zealand
This article briefly describes the meeting of Family Law Council of Australia, an advisory body to the Commonwealth Attorney General, meeting in Wellington, New Zealand, discussing issues such as the representation of children in family proceedings, the Hague Convention, and the treatment of domesticviolence in family law proceedings.
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Family Matters article Sep 1997
Changes in child support
This article looks at changes to the Child Support Scheme. Aspects of the child support debate have centred on what was considered to be the unfair demands for financial support from non resident parents.
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Family Matters article Mar 1995
The role of police in physical domestic violence
This article presents survey findings of 185 adults around their views on police intervention in domestic violence situations to explore the level of community support for the enforcement of the criminal process when physical violence against women occurs in the family home.
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Family Matters article Sep 1995
Australia's Child Support Scheme
This article looks at the history and current status of Australia's Child Support scheme, considering issues such as collection rate, collection enforcement, delivery of payments, split between bureaucracies, client relations, discrimination against Stage One children, and discrimination against non-custodial parents.
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Family Matters article Sep 1995
British Child Support Act in practice
This article discusses the widespread and hostile opposition to the British Child Support Act 1991.
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Family Matters article Sep 1996
Domestic Violence Forum report
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Family Matters article Sep 1996
Double jeopardy: Violence against immigrant women in the home
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Submission Oct 2009
Inquiry into the impact of violence on young Australians
Submission to House of Representatives Standing Committee on Family, Community, Housing and Youth.
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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.