Evaluation
Evaluation of the Small Claims Property Pilot: Priority Property Pools under $500,000 (PPP500)
This evaluation reviews a program providing access to simpler, quicker court processes for post-separation property matters with small asset pools. The findings support the implementation of the pilot program on an ongoing basis with a national rollout, with some improvements, including to the definition of small asset pools, suggested.
Report
Compliance with and enforcement of family law parenting orders: final report
This mixed-method project was designed to examine the drivers of non-compliance with parenting orders and the operation of the parenting order enforcement regime in Australia. This report sets out findings from contravention matter court file analysis, an online survey of separated parents with parenting orders, and an analysis of international approaches.
Report
Compliance with and enforcement of family law parenting orders: views of professionals and judicial officers
This report summarises the views of 343 professionals who work with separated parents and chose to complete an online survey, and 11 judicial officers who exercise family law jurisdiction and participated in one-on-one interviews. The survey instrument was designed to elicit views on a range of issues that potentially underlie non-compliance with parenting orders, including...
Report
National elder abuse prevalence study: final report
As part of the National Plan to Respond to the Abuse of Older Australians, the Attorney-General’s Department commissioned the most extensive empirical examination of elder abuse in Australia to date, the National Elder Abuse Prevalence Study. This report presents the findings of that research program.
Report
Direct cross‑examination in family law matters
This report explores quantitative and qualitative data relevant to direct cross‑examination involving self-represented litigants in family law matters.