Footnotes

Chapter 1 - Introduction

[1]        Senator the Hon Scott Ryan, Assistant Cabinet Secretary, Senate Hansard, 25 November 2015, p. 8969.

[2]        Explanatory Memorandum (EM), p. 30.

[3]        EM, p. 30.

[4]        EM, p. 21.

[5]        See, Family Law Amendment Act 2000.

[6]        Wallace v Stelzer & Anor [2013] FamCAFC 199, 209.

[7]        Black v Black [2008] FamFCA 7.

[8]        Black v Black [2008] FamFCA 7, pp 503-504.

[9]        Kostres v Kostres (2009) FLC 93-420 at [165] in Wallace v Stelzer & Anor [2013] FamCAFC 199, 211.

[10]      EM, p. 13.

[11]      EM, p. 13.

[12]      Family Law Act 1975, s 68R(1).

[13]      Family Law Act 1975, s 68T.

[14]      EM, p. 33.

[15]      EM, p. 33.

[16]      Senator the Hon Scott Ryan, Assistant Cabinet Secretary, Senate Hansard, 25 November 2015, p. 8969.

[17]      Family Court of Australia, Family Law Matters, 19 January 2015,  http://www.familycourt.gov.au/wps/wcm/connect/fcoaweb/family-law-matters/family-violence/family-violence-orders/family-violence-orders (accessed 18 February 2016).

[18]      Family Law Act 1975, s 68P(2)(c).

[19]      EM, p. 36.

[20]      EM, p. 36.

[21]      EM, p. 38.

[22]      Family Law Act 1975, s 65X.

[23]      Family Law Act 1975, s 65Y(1).

[24]      Family Law Act 1975, s 65Y(2).

[25]      Family Law Act 1975, s 65X(2).

[26]      EM, p. 46.

[27]      EM, p. 46.

[28]      EM, p. 48.

[29]      EM, p. 49.

[30]      Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, First Report of 2016, 3 February 2016, Response provided by Attorney-General The Hon. George Brandis, p. 2.

[31]      Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Thirty-third report of the 44^th Parliament, 2 February 2016, pp 4-5.

Chapter 2 - Key issues

[1]        Ms Angela Lynch, Community Legal Education and Law Reform Lawyer, Women's Legal Service Queensland (WLSQ), Committee Hansard, 12 February 2015, p. 9.

[2]        WLSQ, Submission 3, p. 2.

[3]        Ms Merrindahl Andrew, Program Manager, Australian Women Against Violence Alliance (AWAVA), Committee Hansard, 12 February 2015, p. 15.

[4]        Soroptimist International (SI), Submission 9, p. 3.

[5]        WLSQ, Submission 3, p. 6.

[6]        SI, Submission 9, p. 5.

[7]        SI, Submission 9, p. 2.

[8]        WLSQ, Supplementary Submission 9, pp 1-2.

[9]        WLSQ, Supplementary Submission 9, p. 2.

[10]      Law Council of Australia (LCA), Answer to question on notice, 12 February 2016, (received
16 February 2016).

[11]      Mr Paul Doolan, NSW Representative, LCA, Committee Hansard, 12 February 2016, p. 20.

[12]      LCA, Answer to question on notice, 12 February 2016, (received 16 February 2016).

[13]      Mr Doolan, LCA, Committee Hansard, 12 February 2016, p. 21.

[14]      Attorney-General's Department (AGD), Submission 20, pp 6-7.

[15]      AGD, Submission 20, p. 8.

[16]      Mr Greg Manning, Acting Deputy Secretary, AGD, Committee Hansard, 12 February 2016, p. 39.

[17]      Ms Phoebe Kahlo, Rural, Regional and Remote Lawyer, WLSQ, Committee Hansard,
12 February 2016, p. 11.

[18]      Ms Lynch, WLSQ, Committee Hansard, 12 February 2015, p. 13.

[19]      Mr Doolan, LCA, Committee Hansard, 12 February 2016, p. 18.

[20]      Mr Doolan, LCA, Committee Hansard, 12 February 2016, p. 18.

[21]      AGD, Submission 20, p. 3.

[22]      Mr Manning, AGD, Committee Hansard, 12 February 2016, p. 40.

[23]      Family Law Act 1975, s 68R(1).

[24]      Family Law Act 1975, s 68T.

[25]      Family Law Act 1975, s 68T(1).

[26]      Family Law Act 1975, s 68T(2).

[27]      Family Law Act 1975, s 68R(1).

[28]      Magistrate Kate Hawkins, Supervising Magistrate for Family Violence and Family Law, Magistrates Court of Victoria, Committee Hansard, 12 February 2016, p. 3.

[29]      Victoria Legal Aid (VLA), Submission 8, p. 2.

[30]      Magistrates Court of South Australia (SA Magistrates Court), Submission 2, p. 1.

[31]      SA Magistrates Court, Submission 2, p. 2.

[32]      SA Magistrates Court, Submission 2, p. 2.

[33]      Dr Andrew Cannon, Deputy Chief Magistrate, SA Magistrates Court, Committee Hansard,
12 February 2016, p. 2.

[34]      Magistrate Felicity Broughton, , Supervising Magistrate for Family Violence and Family Law, Magistrates Court of Victoria, Committee Hansard, 12 February 2016, pp 4-5.

[35]      AGD, Submission 20, p. 11.

[36]      Professor Richard Chisolm AM, Information Sharing in Family Law and Child Protection – Enhancing Collaboration (Enhancing Collaboration), March 2013; The Sharing of Experts' Reports Between the Child Protection System and the Family Law System, March 2014.

[37]      Professor Chisolm, Enhancing Collaboration, March 2013, p. 107.

[38]      Professor Chisolm, Enhancing Collaboration, March 2013, p. 109.

[39]      Ms Andrew, AWAVA, Committee Hansard, 12 February 2015, p. 15.

[40]      Ms Lynch, WLSQ, Committee Hansard, 12 February 2015, p. 10.

[41]      Mr Doolan, LCA, Committee Hansard, 12 February 2016, p. 24.

[42]      Mr Stephen Still, Principal Legal Officer, Family Law Policy and Legislation Section, AGD, Committee Hansard, 12 February 2016, p. 40.

[43]      Name withheld, Submission 19, p. 1.

[44]      Name withheld, Submission 19, Attachment 3, Law Council of Australia, Submission to the Attorney-General, 14 March 2011, p. 13.

[45]      Name withheld, Submission 19, Attachment 4, International Social Service Australian Branch (ISSAB), Living in Limbo – the experience of international parental child abduction – the call for a national support service, February 2005, p. 8.

[46]      Mr Shane Connelly, Assistant Commissioner and National Manager, Crime Operations, Australian Federal Police (AFP), Committee Hansard, 12 February 2016, p. 32.

[47]      Mr Connelly, AFP, Committee Hansard, 12 February 2016, p. 32.

[48]      EM, p. 48.

[49]      Mr Connelly, AFP, Committee Hansard, 12 February 2016, p. 32.

[50]      Commissioner Megan Mitchell, National Children's Commissioner, Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), Committee Hansard, 12 February 2016, p. 27.

[51]      Ms Mitchell, AHRC, Committee Hansard, 12 February 2016, p. 26.

[52]      Ms Mitchell, AHRC, Committee Hansard, 12 February 2016, p. 27.

[53]      AGD, Submission 20, p. 14.

[54]      WLSQ, Submission 3, p. 2, and SI, Submission 9, p. 4.

[55]      WLSQ, Submission 3, p. 2.

[56]      AGD, Submission 20, p. 18.

Dissenting Report from the Australian Labor Party

[1]        Women's Legal Service Queensland (WLSQ), Submission 3, p. 7.

[2]        Mr Greg Manning, Attorney-General's Department (AGD), Committee Hansard, 12 February 2016, pp 39-40.

[3]        WLSQ, Submission 3, p. 2.

[4]        Ms Merrindahl Andrew, AWAVA, Committee Hansard, 12 February 2016, p. 15.

[5]        Mr Paul Doolan, Law Council of Australia (LCA), Committee Hansard, 12 February 2016, p. 24.

[6]        WLSQ, Submission 3, p. 8.

[7]        Ms Angela Lynch, WLSQ, Committee Hansard, 12 February 2016, p. 10.

[8]        AGD, Submission 20, p. 7.

[9]        AGD, Submission 20, p. 7.

[10]      Saintclaire v Saintclaire [2015] FAMCAFC 245, [68].

[11]      Ms Lynch, WLSQ, Committee Hansard, 12 February 2016, p. 10.

[12]      Ms Andrew, AWAVA, Committee Hansard, 12 February 2016, p. 17.

[13]      Explanatory Memorandum (EM), p. 38.

[14]      Mr David Adsett, CDPP, Committee Hansard, 12 February 2016, p. 30.

Dissenting Report from the Australian Greens

[1]        WLSQ, Submission 3, p. 2.

[2]        AWAVA, Submission 10, p. 1.

[3]        SI, Submission 9, p. 5.

[4]        WLSQ, Submission 3, p. 2.