The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs will hold public hearings on Friday, 23 August 2024 and Friday, 30 August 2024 to further inform its inquiry into family violence orders.
Chair of the Committee, Ms Susan Templeman MP, said ‘While important changes to the family law system came into effect in May this year to ensure the safety of children is at the heart of every decision relating to parenting orders, we have heard there is more still to be done. These public hearings provide an opportunity to explore what the Australian Government can do to provide better access to family violence orders (FVO) and the effective enforcement of them.’
‘Family violence orders do not always serve their intended function of ensuring the safety of victim-survivors, for a range of reasons.’
‘In these hearings, the Committee will hear from advocacy groups, legal professionals and researchers to better understand the measures that are needed to keep victim-survivors safe. We are also interested in exploring how FVOs could be more accessible for victims of violence going through the family law system,’ Ms Templeman said.
Public hearings details
Date: Friday, 23 August 2024
Time: 9:00 am to 2:00 pm AEST
Location: Committee Room 1R4, Parliament House, Canberra and via videoconference
Date: Friday, 30 August 2024
Time: 10:30 am to 4:00 pm AEST
Location: via videoconference
The hearings will be live streamed on the APH website: www.aph.gov.au/live.
Further details about the inquiry, including published submissions and hearing programs, are available on the inquiry webpage at www.aph.gov.au/familyviolenceorders.
Media inquiries
Ms Susan Templeman MP
Susan.Templeman.MP@aph.gov.au
(Mark Andrews 0417 024 890)
For background information
Committee Secretariat
02 6277 2358
spla.reps@aph.gov.au
For more information about this Committee, you can visit its website: www.aph.gov.au/spla. On the site, you can make a submission to an inquiry, read other submissions, and get details for upcoming public hearings. You can also track the Committee and receive email updates by clicking on the blue ‘Track Committee’ button in the bottom right-hand corner of the page. 