Acronyms and abbreviations

1980 Family Law Act Report
Joint Select Committee on the Family Law Act, Report, July 1980
2015 Child Support Report
House of Representatives Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs, From conflict to cooperation: Inquiry into the Child Support System, June 2015.
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
AAT
Administrative Appeals Tribunal
ABF
Australian Brotherhood of Fathers
ABS
Australian Bureau of Statistics
ADR
Alternative Dispute Resolution
ADRAC
Australian Dispute Resolution Advisory Council
AFCC
Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, Australian Chapter
AGD
Attorney-General's Department
AICA
Aboriginal and Islander Cultural Advisor
AIFLAM
Australian Institute of Family Law Arbitrators and Mediators
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
ALWSA
Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia Limited
ANROWS
Australia’s National Research Organisation for Women’s Safety
ARTK
Australia’s Right to Know
ATO
Australian Tax Office
AVO
Apprehended Violence Order
AWAVA
Australian Women Against Violence Alliance
BFA
Binding Financial Agreement
CALD
Culturally and linguistically diverse
CCP
Children's Cases Program
CCS
Children's Contact Services
Centacare
Centacare Family & Relationship Services
CFDR
Coordinated Family Dispute Resolution
CLC
Community Legal Centre
COAG
Council of Australian Governments
committee
Joint Select Committee on Australia's Family Law System
CSA Act
Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989
CSMC
Council for Single Mothers and Their Children
CSRC Act
Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988
CSS
Child Support Scheme
Cth
Commonwealth
Divorce Partners
Divorce Partners Pty Ltd
DPO
Departure Prohibition Order
DSS
Department of Social Services
DVAC
Domestic Violence Action Centre, Queensland
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 report writers (FRW)
Family consultants and expert witnesses appointed to write family reports
FASS
Family Advocacy and Support Services
FCFC
The proposed merged entity to be known as the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
FCFC Bill
Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Bill 2019
FCWA
Family Court of Western Australia
FDR
Family Dispute Resolution
FDRC
Family Dispute Resolution Conferences
FDRP
Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner
FECCA
Federation of Ethnic Communities' Councils of Australia
Federal Circuit Court
Federal Circuit Court of Australia
Federal Court
Federal Court of Australia
FLPAWA
Family Law Practitioners Association (WA)
FLPAQ
Family Law Practitioners' Association of Queensland
FRCs
Family Relationship Centres
FRW (Family report writers)
Family consultants and expert witnesses appointed to write family reports
FVO
Family Violence Order
HRCLS
Hume Riverina Community Legal Service
ICL
Independent children's lawyer
LAC
Legal Aid Commission
LADR
Legally Assisted Dispute Resolution
LAFDR
Legally Assisted Family Dispute Resolution
LAT
Less Adversarial Trial
Law Council
Law Council of Australia
LGBTIQ
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer
Matrimonial Causes Act
Matrimonial Causes Act 1959–1973
MSB
Mediator Standards Board
NDVO
National Domestic Violence Order
NCPP
Non-Custodial Parents Party
NCSMC
National Council of Single Mothers and their Children
NLA
National Legal Aid
NLAP
National Legal Assistance Partnership 2020–25
NMAS
National Mediator Accreditation System
ODRS
Online Dispute Resolution System
PMH
Parenting Management Hearings
QLS
Queensland Law Society
RANT
Relationships Australia Northern Territory
RANZCP
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists
Registrar
Child Support Registrar
SA Family Law Pathways Handbook
Family Law Pathways Network South Australia, The Family Law System in South Australia: A Handbook and Service Directory for Separated Families
the scheme
Australia's Child Support Scheme
Shared Parental Responsibilities Act
Family Law Amendment (Shared Parental Responsibilities) Act 2006
SPIKOK
Single Parenting Is Killing Our Kids
VOCAL
Victims of Crime Assistance League Inc. NSW

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