Selected Government and Parliamentary Reports
2012
Marriage Amendment Bill 2012 [Jones Bill]: Bill homepage
Marriage Equality Amendment Bill 2012 [Bandt/Wilkie Bill]: Bill homepage
Inquiry into the Marriage Equality Amendment Bill 2012 and the Marriage Amendment Bill 2012 (House of Representatives Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs)
Marriage Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2012 [Crossin/Brown/Pratt/Marshall Bill]: Bill homepage
Family violence and Commonwealth laws: improving legal frameworks: final report (Australian Law Reform Commission)
2011
Family Law Legislation Amendment (Family Violence and Other Measures) Bill 2011: Bill homepage
Advisory report of the inquiry into Family Law Legislation Amendment (Family Violence and Other Measures) Bill 2011(House of Representatives Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs)
Family Law Legislation Amendment (Family Violence and Other Measures) Bill 2011 [Provisions] (Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee
2010
Marriage Equality Amendment Bill 2010 [Hanson-Young Bill]: Bill homepage
Marriage Equality Amendment Bill 2010 [Provisions] (Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee)
Evaluation of the 2006 Family Law Reforms (Australian Institute of Family Studies)
Family Courts Violence Review (Professor Richard Chisholm AO)
Improving responses to family violence in the family law system (Family Law Council)
Exposure Draft: Family Law Amendment (Family Violence) Bill 2010 - Consultation Paper
2009
Marriage Equality Amendment Bill 2009 [Hanson-Young Bill]: Bill homepage
Marriage Equality Amendment Bill 2009 [Provisions] (Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee)
2008
Families and the law in Australia - The Family Court working together with new and emerging communities (Family Court of Australia)
Future governance options for Federal Family Law Courts in Australia: striking the right balance (D. Semple and Attorney-General's Department)
Inquiry into the Same-Sex Relationships (Equal Treatment in Commonwealth Laws—General Law Reform) Bill 2008 [Provisions] (Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee)
Inquiry into the Same-Sex Relationship (Equal Treatment in Commonwealth Laws-Superannuation) Bill 2008 [Provisions] (Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee)
Inquiry into the Family Law Amendment (De Facto Financial Matters and Other Measures) Bill 2008 [Provisions] (Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee)
2007
Finding a better way: a bold departure from the traditional common law approach to the conduct of legal proceedings (Family Court of Australia): describes the less adversarial approach being adopted by the Family Court.
Same sex: same entitlements - final report of the National Inquiry into Discrimination against People in Same-Sex Relationships: Financial and Work-Related Entitlements and Benefits (Human Rights & Equal Opportunity Commission)
Collaborative practice in family law (Family Law Council)
2006
Impact of the Family Law Amendment (Shared Parental Responsibility) Act 2006 (Cth) (NSW Legislative Council Standing Committee on Law and Justice)
Government response to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Family and Human Services’ report Overseas Adoption in Australia
Family Law Amendment (Shared Parental Responsibility) Act 2006 (Royal Assent: 22 May 2006)
Family Law Amendment (Shared Parental Responsibility) Bill 2006 [Bill homepage provides links to text of bill, EM, supplementary EM, bills digest]
Family Law Amendment (Shared Parental Responsibility) Bill 2005 [Provisions] (Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee)
Announcement of reform of the Child Support Scheme, including new child support formula, to be introduced in three stages from July 2006:
Reforms to the Child Support Scheme; Media release (Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, 28 February 2006)
Family law violence strategy (Attorney-General’s Department)
Relocation report (Family Law Council)
2005
Government response to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs report on the exposure draft of the Family Law Amendment (Shared Parental Responsibility) Bill 2005
Overseas adoption in Australia (House of Representatives Family and Human Services Committee)
Report on the Exposure Draft of the Family Law Amendment (Shared Parental Responsibility) Bill 2005 (House of Representatives Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs): endorses significant changes to the Family Law system to ensure that there is an opportunity for both parents to continue their involvement as parents following separation.
A new family law system: Government Response to Every picture tells a story : accompanied by exposure draft Family Law Amendment (Shared Parental Responsibility) Bill 2005
In the best interests of children - reforming the Child Support Scheme (Report of the Ministerial Taskforce on Child Support)
2004
Pathways for children: a review of children’s representation in family law (Family Law Council)
Reforms to the family law system (Prime Minister, media release) Proposes the establishment of Family Relationship Centres, rather than a Families Tribunal, as previously proposed by the Standing Committee on Family and Community Affairs.
Client Service in the Family Court of Australia and the Federal Magistrates Court (Australian National Audit Office, Audit Report No. 46 2003-04): report includes a finding that the Family Court failed to reach any of six major benchmarks for timely resolution or determination of cases.
2003
Every picture tells a story: inquiry into child custody arrangements in the event of family separation (House of Representatives Standing Committee on Family and Community Affairs)
Major recommendations are a new entry point for separating parents, establishment of a Families Tribunal, and a reduced role for the courts.
Announcement of an inquiry into child custody arrangements (Prime Minister, House of Representatives, 24 June 2003)
Government response to the Out of the maze report (Family Law Pathways Advisory Group)
2002
Family law and child protection: final report (Family Law Council)
2001
Out of the maze report: pathways to the future for families experiencing separation (Family Law Pathways Advisory Group)
2000
The Family Law Reform Act 1995: the first three years (H. Rhoades, R. Graycar, M. Harrison)
Future directions report (Family Court of Australia. Future Directions Committee)
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