ALRC Family Violence Inquiry

GO TO

HTMLAbout the Family Violence Inquiry

21 December 2009In April the ALRC will release its Consultation Paper for its Family Violence Inquiry, addressing issues concerning violence against women and their children.

The Terms of Reference direct the ALRC to consider:

  • the interaction in practice of state and territory family and domestic violence and child protection laws with the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth) and relevant Commonwealth, state and territory criminal laws; and
  • the impact of inconsistent interpretation or application of laws in cases of sexual assault occurring in a family/domestic violence context, including rules of evidence, on victims of such violence.

In relation to both issues, the ALRC is to consider what, if any, improvements could be made to relevant legal frameworks to protect the safety of women and their children.

To receive news about the progress of the Inquiry and opportunites to contribute, subscribe to the monthly e-newsletter.

OrganisationAustralian Law Reform Commission
Contact Emailweb@alrc.gov.au
More InfoAbout the Family Violence Inquiry
Permanent URLhttp://apo.org.au/node/20024

Related Topics

Health

Social Policy

Indigenous

Justice

Creative & Digital

Related content

Most viewed: This week

1
Web and Information Coordinator - Australian Policy Online (Position number: 29499)
2
Evidence-free policy making? The case of income management
3
Legal and governance models for shared services in local government
4
Can nations measure well-being?
5
Six provocations for big data

Noticeboard

Australian Community Sector Survey
03 May 2012

Strengthen our voice - take part in the Australian Community Sector Survey

There's just under two weeks to go for Victoria's community sector organisations to help us provide an authentic snapshot of the state of demand for services in the state.

Review of Australian Contract Law
22 March 2012

The Attorney-General's Department has launched a new inquiry to explore the scope for reforming Australian contract law. There will be a three-month consultation period.

Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (the ACNC) starting in July 2012
07 March 2012

In May 2011 the Federal Government announced that the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) would commence operations from 1 July 2012 and that it would initially be responsible for determining the legal status of groups seeking charitable, public benevolent institution, and other not-for-profit (NFP) benefits on behalf of all Commonwealth agencies. 

Topics

APO