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13 Mar 2002
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Amends the
Family Law Act 1975
to enable Australia to ratify the 1996 Convention on Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, Recognition, Enforcement and Co-operation in respect of Parental Responsibility and Measures for the Protection of Children.
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25 Jun 2008
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Amends the
Family Law Act 1975
in relation to: opposite-sex and same-sex de facto couples accessing the federal family law courts on property and maintenance matters on relationship breakdown; financial agreements between married couples; separation declarations and superannuation splitting; and certificates provided during family dispute resolutions. Also makes consequential amendments to 10 Acts in relation to de facto financial matters; and makes a technical amendment to the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002
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17 Nov 2010
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The bill: validates certain parenting orders affected by the High Court decision in
MRR v GR
[2010] HCA 4; and amends the Family Law Act 1975
to allow a family court to consider certain statutory criteria when considering a parenting order application.
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01 Apr 2004
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Attorney-General
- Summary
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Amends the
Family Law Act 1975
in relation to: interaction of bankruptcy and family law; enforcement of court orders; replacement of certain outdated terms (including introduction of the term “divorce”); recovery of child maintenance paid by a person found not to be a parent; the court’s power in relation to vexatious litigants; clarification of the rule-making power of the Family Court; and technical amendments.
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16 Mar 2005
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Attorney-General
- Summary
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Amends the:
Family Law Act 1975
in relation to: enforcement of court orders; replacement of certain outdated terms (including introduction of the term “divorce”); recovery of child maintenance paid by a person found not to be a parent; operation of appeals; clarification of the rule-making power of the Family Court; and technical amendments; and Bankruptcy Act 1966
to confer on the Family Court of Western Australia the same jurisdiction that is conferred on the Family Court of Australia in relation to concurrent family law proceedings where a party is a bankrupt.
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24 Mar 2011
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- Summary
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Amends the:
Family Law Act 1975
to protect children and families at risk of violence or abuse by: prioritising the safety of children in parenting matters; including harmful behaviour in the definitions of ‘abuse’ and ‘family violence’; requiring family consultants, family counsellors, family dispute resolution practitioners and legal practitioners to prioritise the safety of children; placing additional reporting requirements on certain parties to provide evidence to courts; and state and territory child protection authorities participating in family law proceedings where appropriate; and Bankruptcy Act 1966
and Family Law Act 1975
to make technical amendments.
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27 Jun 2001
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27 Jun 2002
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Attorney-General
- Summary
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Amends the
Social Security Act 1991
and Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986
to ensure that appropriate means test assessment is applied to superannuation interests that are split pursuant to the Family Law Legislation Amendment (Superannuation) Act 2001
; Family Law Act 1975
to: clarify the valuing of superannuation interests; enable the consolidation of superannuation plans and the transfer of a superannuation interest to a successor plan; and make minor technical and correcting amendments; and Judges’ Pensions Act 1968
to authorise the making of regulations for determining the proportion of a pension that had accrued at the time of a judge’s marriage breakdown.
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13 Apr 2000
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29 May 2008
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Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
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Amends the:
Farm Household Support Act 1992
and Social Security Act 1991
to: increase the maximum allowable income exemption for the Exceptional Circumstances Relief Payment (ECRP); and extend the ECRP to more agriculture-dependent small business operators; and Farm Household Support Act 1992
to enable ECRP recipients to continue to receive payments while temporarily absent from Australia for specific family or humanitarian reasons.
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