Acronyms and abbreviations

2017 Family Violence Report
House of Representatives Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs, A better family law system to support and protect those affected by Family Violence, December 2017
AASW
Australian Association of Social Workers
AAT
Administrative Appeals Tribunal
ABA
Australian Bar Association
ABF
Australian Brotherhood of Fathers
ABS
Australian Bureau of Statistics
ADR
Alternative Dispute Resolution
AFCC
Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, Australian Chapter
AGD
Attorney-General's Department
AHPRA
Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Authority
AIFS
Australian Institute of Family Studies
ALRC
Australian Law Reform Commission
ALRC 2019 Report
Australian Law Reform Commission, Family Law for the Future—An inquiry into the Family Law System, Final Report, Report 135, March 2019
ATI
adjusted taxable income
ATO
Australian Tax Office
ATSI
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Australian Government
Government
AVO
Apprehended Violence Order
AWAVA
Australian Women Against Violence Alliance
CAG
Council of Attorneys-General
CAG FVWG
CAG Family Violence Working Group
CALD
Culturally and linguistically diverse
CCP
Children's Cases Program
CCS
Children's Contact Services
CDS
Child Dispute Services
COAG
Council of Australian Governments
committee
Joint Select Committee on Australia's Family Law System
cross-examination scheme
The Family Violence and Cross-examination of Parties Scheme
CSA Act
Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989
CSMC
Council for Single Mothers and Their Children
Cth
Commonwealth
DSS
Department of Social Services
DVO
Domestic Violence Order
Family Court
Family Court of Australia
Family Law Act
Family Law Act 1975 (Cth)
Family Law Council 2015 report
Family Law Council Report to the Attorney-General, Families with complex needs and the intersection of the family law and child protection systems
Family Law Rules
Family Law Rules 2004 (Cth)
Family Reporting Standards
Australian Standards of Practice for Family Assessment and Reporting
FASS
Family Advocacy and Support Services
FCFC Bill
Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Bill 2019
FDR
Family Dispute Resolution
FDRP
Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner
Federal Circuit Court
Federal Circuit Court of Australia
FLPAQ
Family Law Practitioners' Association of Queensland
FRCs
Family Relationship Centres
Government response
The Australian Government response to the 2017 Family Violence Report
the Guidelines
Guidelines for Independent Children’s Lawyers
Guiding Principles
Children’s Contact Service Guiding Principles Framework for Good Practice
ICL
Independent children's lawyer
JSC AFLS First Interim Report
Joint Select Committee on Australia’s Family Law System, Improvements in family law proceedings: Interim report, October 2020.
LAC
Legal Aid Commission
LAFDR
Legally Assisted Family Dispute Resolution
LAT
Less Adversarial Trial
Law Council
Law Council of Australia
LCA Committee
Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Senate Committee
LGBTIQ
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer
Matrimonial Causes Act
Matrimonial Causes Act 1959–1973
NLA
National Legal Aid
PPP500
Priority Property Pool 500
QLS
Queensland Law Society
The Rules
The Family Court Rules 2004 and Federal Circuit Court Rules 2001
VLA
Victoria Legal Aid
VOCAL
Victims of Crime Assistance League Inc. NSW
WLSV
Women’s Legal Service Victoria

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