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• Family Law Amendment (Western Australia De Facto Superannuation Splitting and Bankruptcy) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Nov 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends: the

  Family Law Act 1975

  and

  Bankruptcy Act 1966

  to: give effect to a referral of power from Western Australia to the Commonwealth in respect of superannuation matters in family law proceedings for separating de facto couples in Western Australia; extend federal bankruptcy jurisdiction to the Family Court of Western Australia to hear bankruptcy proceedings concurrently with family law proceedings; and provide for transitional arrangements; and 21 Acts to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Family Law Amendment (Validation of Certain Parenting Orders and Other Measures) Bill 2010

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  Date

  17 Nov 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  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. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Family Law Amendment (Validation of Certain Orders and Other Measures) Bill 2012

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  Date

  14 Mar 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  The bill: confers rights and liabilities on all persons who had sought or were granted orders by the Family Court of Australia or the Federal Magistrates Court of Australia in the de facto financial causes jurisdiction and the relevant appellate jurisdiction of the Family Court of Australia between the date the jurisdiction was conferred and when certain proclamations were made; and amends the

  Family Law Act 1975

  to provide that regulations may be made to provide a date from which the jurisdiction of the Family Court of Australia must not be exercised in certain circumstances. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Family Law Amendment (Shared Parental Responsibility) Bill 2006

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  Date

  08 Dec 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Family Law Act 1975

  in relation to: shared parental responsibility; the definition of ‘family violence’; the compliance and enforcement regime; the role of independent children’s lawyers as best interest advocates; the relationship between parenting orders and family violence orders; the jurisdiction of the Federal Magistrates Court in certain property matters; and ineffective orders made by non-judicial officers of State courts of summary jurisdiction;

  Evidence Act 1995

  and

  Family Law Act 1975

  to provide for less adversarial child-related proceedings;

  Family Law Act 1975

  ,

  Federal Magistrates Act 1999

  ,

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  and

  Marriage Act 1961

  in relation to counselling and dispute resolution services for separating and divorcing parents;

  Family Law Act 1975

  and 5 other Acts to remove references to ‘residence’, ‘contact’ and ‘specific issues orders’; and

  Family Law Act 1975

  and 4 other Acts to relocate defined terms to form a dictionary. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Family Law Amendment (Risk Screening Protections) Bill 2020

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  Date

  26 Aug 2020 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Family Law Act 1975

  to provide that: family risk screening information is confidential and cannot be disclosed except in limited circumstances; family safety risk information is inadmissible in court, except in limited circumstances; and court workers (such as registrars and family counsellors) have immunity when involved in family risk screening procedures. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Family Law Amendment (Information Sharing) Bill 2023

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  Date

  29 Mar 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Gives effect to the National Strategic Framework for Information Sharing between the Family Law and Family Violence and Child Protection Systems by amending the

  Family Law Act 1975

  to expand the information sharing framework for information relating to family violence, child abuse and neglect risks in parenting proceedings before the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia, and the Family Court of Western Australia. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Family Law Amendment (Family Violence and Other Measures) Bill 2018

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  Date

  06 Dec 2017 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Family Law Act 1975

  to: provide for courts to be prescribed in regulations as having the same family law parenting jurisdiction as state and territory courts of summary jurisdiction; provide for regulations to prescribe an increased total property value under which relevant courts can hear contested family law property matters without the parties’ consent; provide that a court may give short-form reasons for decisions relating to interim parenting orders; provide family law courts with an explicit power to dismiss unmeritorious applications; provide judges the discretion to dispense with requirements to explain an order or injunction to a child where it would be in the best interests of the child; remove the 21 day time limit on the revival, variation or suspension of family law orders by state and territory courts in family violence order proceedings; provide that a breach of a family law injunction for personal protection is a criminal offence; remove self-induced intoxication as a defence against charges relating to family violence; provide that criminal responsibility does not extend to the person protected by an injunction for personal protection if their conduct results in a breach of the injunction; provide for state and territory courts to revive, vary or suspend an injunction for personal protection when hearing a proceeding for a breach of that injunction; and repeal a redundant provision that permits a court to make an order relieving a party to a marriage from an obligation to perform marital services or render conjugal rights; and

  Federal Circuit Court of Australia Act 1999

  to make a consequential amendment. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Family Law Amendment (Family Violence and Cross-examination of Parties) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Jun 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Family Law Act 1975

  to: prohibit personal cross-examination where there is an allegation of family violence between the parties to the proceedings and certain circumstances are satisfied; provide that if personal cross-examination is prohibited, cross-examination must be conducted by a legal representative; and provide that, if there is an allegation of family violence and personal cross-examination is not prohibited, the court must ensure that there are appropriate protections for the party who is the alleged victim of the family violence. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Family Law Amendment (De Facto Financial Matters and Other Measures) Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Jun 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  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

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Family Law Amendment (Child Protection Convention) Bill 2002

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  Date

  13 Mar 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  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. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum