Submissions received by the Committee

Family Law Legislation Amendment (Family Violence and Other Measures) Bill 2011 [Provisions]

Submissions received by the Committee

Sub No.

1Non-Custodial Parents Party (Equal Parenting) (PDF 31KB) 
2Ms Ruth Evans (PDF 27KB) 
3Dads on the Air, Australia (PDF 111KB) 
4Mrs Barbara Holborow (PDF 25KB) 
5Confidential
6Name Withheld (PDF 11KB) 
7Name Withheld (PDF 38KB) 
Supplementary Submission(PDF 13KB) 
8Name Withheld (PDF 24KB) 
9Associate Professor Helen Rhoades and Professor John Dewar (PDF 257KB) 
10Name Withheld (PDF 39KB) 
11Name Withheld (PDF 25KB) 
12Confidential
13Confidential
14Professor Patrick Parkinson , University of Sydney (PDF 246KB) 
15Fairness In Child Support (PDF 50KB) 
16Confidential
17Confidential
18Confidential
19Confidential
20Name Withheld (PDF 19KB) 
21Name Withheld (PDF 11KB) 
22Confidential
23Northern Rivers Community Legal Centre (PDF 3180KB) 
24Name Withheld (PDF 15KB) 
25Name Withheld (PDF 32KB) 
26Women's Legal Centre (ACT and Region) (PDF 321KB) 
27Ms Christine Cherry (PDF 21KB) 
28Name Withheld (PDF 33KB) 
29Confidential
30Name Withheld (PDF 107KB) 
31Australian Family Association, VIC Branch (PDF 115KB) 
32Associate Professor Juliet Behrens and Professor Belinda Fehlberg (PDF 390KB) 
33National Peak Body for Safety and Protection of Parents and Children (NPBSPPC) (PDF 269KB) Attachment 1(PDF 339KB) Attachment 2(PDF 93KB) Attachment 3(PDF 295KB) 
Supplementary Submission(PDF 54KB) 
34Senator Louise Pratt, Senator for Western Australia (PDF 64KB) 
35South West Refuge (PDF 717KB) 
36Confidential
37Confidential
38Ms Thelma Edelsten (PDF 11KB) 
39The Hon. Diana Bryant, Chief Justice, Family Court of Australia  (PDF 39KB) 
40Peninsula Community Legal Centre (PDF 418KB) 
41Confidential
42Confidential
43Confidential
44Dads in Distress Support Services (PDF 132KB) 
45Mr Roger Smith (PDF 64KB) 
46Name Withheld (PDF 33KB) 
47Ms Jo-Anne Reeves (PDF 22KB) 
48Redfern Legal Centre and Sydney Women's Domestic Violence Court Advocacy Service (PDF 344KB) 
49Ms Helen Cummings (PDF 21KB) 
50Ms Judith Lello (PDF 25KB) 
51Mr Allan Lello (PDF 18KB) 
52Ms Ruth Frances (PDF 41KB) 
53Ms Zara Lewis (PDF 21KB) 
54Ms Toni Ortolan (PDF 21KB) 
55Mr David Hardidge (PDF 63KB) 
56Mr Lija Polikevics, Erika Aleidzans and Ralfs Aleidzans  (PDF 8KB) 
57Name Withheld (PDF 25KB) 
58Name Withheld (PDF 11KB) 
59Australian Domestic and Family Violence Clearinghouse (PDF 31KB) 
60Men's Health Australia (PDF 749KB) 
61One in Three Campaign (PDF 139KB) 
62Women's Legal Services Australia (PDF 273KB) 
63Ms Suzana Zuzek (PDF 21KB) 
64Ms Linda Bennett (PDF 20KB) 
Supplementary Submission(PDF 81KB) 
65Wirringa Baiya Aboriginal Women's Legal Service (PDF 2413KB) 
66Women's Domestic Violence Court Advocacy Service Network (PDF 148KB) 
67Ms Bridie Schmidt (PDF 23KB) 
68Professor Stephen Brown (PDF 23KB) 
69Australian Law Reform Commission (PDF 152KB) Attachment 1(PDF 211KB) 
70Women's Legal Service Tasmania (PDF 4348KB) 
71Relationships Australia  (PDF 127KB) 
72Caxton Legal Centre (PDF 51KB) 
73Ms Karen Gardener, Dolores Single Women's Refuge (PDF 13KB) 
74Council of Single Mothers and their Children (PDF 172KB) 
75Women's Legal Services NSW (PDF 145KB) 
76Mr Eric Sanders (PDF 36KB) 
77Confidential
78Ms Elisabeth Peters (PDF 21KB) 
79Inner City Legal Centre (PDF 366KB) 
80Women's Legal Service (QLD) (PDF 521KB) 
81Confidential
82Confidential
83Confidential
84Name Withheld (PDF 27KB) 
85Confidential
86Name Withheld (PDF 9KB) 
87Name Withheld (PDF 46KB) 
88Ms Vita Kristovskis (PDF 84KB) 
89Tripoli and Mena Association (PDF 179KB) 
90Ms Xiaoli Ma (PDF 467KB) 
91The Family Law Practitioners Association of WA  (PDF 103KB) 
92Name Withheld (PDF 25KB) 
93ACON (PDF 1210KB) 
94Name Withheld (PDF 66KB) 
95Dads4Kids Fatherhood Foundation (PDF 278KB) 
96Domestic Violence Legal Workers Network (PDF 2424KB) 
97Name Withheld (PDF 13KB) 
98Tasmania Police (PDF 1072KB) 
99Name Withheld (PDF 53KB) 
100Community Legal Centres NSW (PDF 446KB) 
101Name Withheld (PDF 67KB) 
102Name Withheld (PDF 31KB) 
103Name Withheld (PDF 12KB) 
104Name Withheld (PDF 51KB) 
105Dr Stacey Gibson (PDF 22KB) 
106Ms Linda Tan, Ms Jennifer Walker, Ms Natalie Haddad, Ms Danielle Moglia, Ms Jessica Frearson (PDF 36KB) 
107Hawkesbury Nepean Community Legal Centre (PDF 1036KB) 
108Mr Simon Hunt, Family Law Action Group (PDF 457KB) 
109Mr Gordon Cramer (PDF 8KB) 
110Gosnells Community Legal Centre  (PDF 121KB) 
111Confidential
112Women's Information and Referral Exchange (PDF 140KB) 
113Family Law Council (PDF 304KB) Attachment 1(PDF 2777KB) Attachment 2(PDF 513KB) 
Supplementary Submission(PDF 131KB) 
114Women Everywhere Advocating Violence Elimination (PDF 178KB) 
115Name Withheld (PDF 5KB) 
116Confidential
117Name Withheld (PDF 16KB) 
118Name Withheld (PDF 122KB) 
119Name Withheld (PDF 25KB) 
120Name Withheld (PDF 53KB) 
121Name Withheld (PDF 19KB) 
122Name Withheld (PDF 63KB) 
123Name Withheld (PDF 26KB) 
124Name Withheld (PDF 78KB) 
125Name Withheld (PDF 61KB) 
126Confidential
127Name Withheld (PDF 34KB) 
128Name Withheld (PDF 42KB) 
129Ms Carmel O'Brien + others (PDF 34KB) 
130Domestic Violence Victoria, Domestic Violence Resource Centre Victoria, Federation of Community Legal Centres Victoria, Women with Disabilities Victoria, Victorian Women's Trust (PDF 180KB) 
131The Benevolent Society (PDF 189KB) 
Supplementary Submission(PDF 187KB) 
132Family Law Practitioners' Association of Queensland (PDF 49KB) 
133Name Withheld (PDF 26KB) 
134Name Withheld (PDF 58KB) 
135Name Withheld (PDF 177KB) 
136Name Withheld (PDF 35KB) 
137Name Withheld (PDF 18KB) 
138Name Withheld (PDF 38KB) 
139Name Withheld (PDF 16KB) 
140Name Withheld (PDF 18KB) 
141Name Withheld (PDF 16KB) 
142Name Withheld (PDF 12KB) 
143Name Withheld (PDF 79KB) 
144Name Withheld (PDF 19KB) 
145Mr Dale Williams (PDF 33KB) 
146Joint Parenting Association (PDF 81KB) 
147Name Withheld (PDF 25KB) 
148Mr Craig Cannock (PDF 179KB) 
149Mrs Christine Reynolds (PDF 9KB) 
150Mr Matthew Hopkins (PDF 44KB) 
151Mr Alberto Carvalho (PDF 61KB) 
152Mr Alexander Stewart (PDF 52KB) 
153Mr Joseph Rossi (PDF 120KB) 
154Ms Catherine Steele (PDF 51KB) 
155Mr Howard Beale (PDF 179KB) 
Supplementary Submission(PDF 137KB) 
156Mr Cameron Smyth (PDF 23KB) 
157Salt Shakers (PDF 143KB) 
158Penrith Domestic Violence Services (PDF 19KB) 
159Mrs Vonda Cannock (PDF 177KB) 
160Name Withheld (PDF 112KB) 
161Mr George Potkonyak (PDF 200KB) 
162Confidential
163Family Relationship Services Australia  (PDF 332KB) 
164Ms Bronwynne Luff (PDF 39KB) 
165Confidential
166Victims of Crime Assistance League Inc NSW (PDF 293KB) 
Supplementary Submission(PDF 368KB) 
167Richard Hillman Foundation (PDF 102KB) 
168Ms Patricia Merkin (PDF 39KB) 
169Mr Scott Smith (PDF 33KB) 
170Men's Rights Agency (PDF 265KB) Attachment 1(PDF 1607KB) Attachment 2(PDF 576KB) Attachment 3(PDF 225KB) 
171Mr John Stapleton (PDF 385KB) 
172National Council for Children Post-Separation (NCCPS) (PDF 135KB) 
173Australian Association of Social Workers (PDF 162KB) 
174Australian Institute of Family Studies (PDF 2254KB) 
175Port Stephens Domestic Violence Committee (PDF 95KB) 
176Top End Women's Legal Service  (PDF 2218KB) 
177Shoalcoast Community Legal Centre (PDF 2334KB) 
178Victoria Police (PDF 1479KB) 
179Armadale Domestic Violence Intervention Project (PDF 1063KB) 
180North and Northwest Community Legal Service (PDF 894KB) 
181Immigrant Women's Support Service (PDF 1978KB) 
182Delvena Women's Refuge (PDF 524KB) 
183Sole Parents' Union (PDF 320KB) Attachment 1(PDF 1083KB) Attachment 2(PDF 1118KB) 
184FamilyVoice Australia (PDF 110KB) 
185Name Withheld (PDF 23KB) 
186Confidential
187Confidential
188Queensland Government (PDF 1522KB) 
189Justice for Children (PDF 395KB) Attachment 1(PDF 162KB) Attachment 3(PDF 999KB) Attachment 4(PDF 118KB) 
Supplementary Submission(PDF 221KB) 
Supplementary Submission(PDF 376KB) 
Supplementary Submission(PDF 426KB) 
190Lone Fathers Association (Australia) (PDF 53KB) Attachment 1(PDF 170KB) Attachment 2(PDF 49KB) Attachment 3(PDF 40KB) Attachment 4(PDF 66KB) Attachment 5(PDF 27KB) Attachment 6(PDF 46KB) Attachment 7(PDF 42KB) Attachment 8(PDF 375KB) 
Supplementary Submission(PDF 368KB) 
191Name Withheld (PDF 1035KB) 
192Confidential
193Confidential
194Confidential
195Confidential
196BoysTown (PDF 525KB) 
197Dr Lesley Laing (PDF 51KB) Attachment 1(PDF 664KB) 
198The Law Society of NSW (PDF 5062KB) 
199Confidential
200Law Council of Australia (PDF 95KB) 
201Ms Zoe Rathus AM (PDF 250KB) Attachment 1(PDF 2493KB) 
202National Legal Aid (PDF 154KB) Attachment 1(PDF 830KB) Attachment 2(PDF 933KB) 
203Professor Richard Chisholm (PDF 383KB) 
Supplementary Submission(PDF 26KB) 
Response from the Non-Custodial Parents Party (Equal Parenting) received 14 June 2011(PDF 28KB) 
204Shared Parenting Council of Australia (PDF 367KB) 
205Confidential
206Young Lawyers, Law Society of NSW (PDF 2590KB) 
207NSW Women's Refuge Movement (PDF 1113KB) 
208Support Help and Empowerment Inc. (PDF 34KB) 
209Name Withheld (PDF 27KB) 
210Confidential
211Confidential
212Confidential
213Confidential
214Confidential
215Mr Michael Fox (PDF 271KB) 
216Confidential
217Confidential
218Ms Michelle O'Hair (PDF 114KB) 
219Oppressed People of Australia Inc (OPA) (PDF 58KB) 
220Ms Jolanta Beitnaraite (PDF 85KB) 
221Mr Cameron Battersby (PDF 226KB) 
222Ms Paula Rowlands (PDF 78KB) 
223Ms Theresa Singhdeo (PDF 81KB) 
224YWCA of Canberra (PDF 289KB) 
225Name Withheld (PDF 40KB) 
226Confidential
227Canberra Rape Crisis Centre (PDF 156KB) 
228Tamworth Family Support Service Inc. (PDF 1312KB) 
229Name Withheld (PDF 41KB) 
230Violence Against Women Advisory Group (VAWAG) (PDF 768KB) 
231Mr Graham Douglas (PDF 73KB) 
232Name Withheld (PDF 227KB) 
Supplementary Submission(PDF 214KB) 
233Name Withheld (PDF 127KB) 
234Ms Michelle Bamford (PDF 212KB) 
235Murray Mallee Community Legal Service (PDF 161KB) 
236Ms Deborah Deagan (PDF 82KB) 
237Ms Beryl Spencer (PDF 573KB) 
238Name Withheld (PDF 86KB) 
239Confidential
240Name Withheld (PDF 3KB) 
241Name Withheld (PDF 43KB) 
242Name Withheld (PDF 12KB) 
243Mr Richard Quist (PDF 3KB) 
244Dr Darryl Menaglio (PDF 81KB) 
245Confidential
246Confidential
247Confidential
248Confidential
249Name Withheld (PDF 75KB) 
250Name Withheld (PDF 46KB) 
251Name Withheld (PDF 36KB) 
252Name Withheld (PDF 72KB) 
253Anglicare Victoria (PDF 3289KB) 
254Australian Human Rights Commission (PDF 388KB) 
255Confidential
256Ms Leah Billeam (PDF 2258KB) 
257Confidential
258Confidential
259Name Withheld (PDF 3170KB) 
260Ms Jan Pickard (PDF 83KB) 
261Confidential
262Name Withheld (PDF 9KB) 
263Mr Daniel Hume (PDF 605KB) 
264Confidential
265Name Withheld (PDF 205KB) 
266Ms Pettina Stanghon (PDF 117KB) 
267Ms Amanda Brewer (PDF 61KB) 
268Confidential
269Confidential
270Confidential
271Confidential
272Ms Simone Karp (PDF 4KB) 
273Name Withheld (PDF 10KB) 
274Name Withheld (PDF 66KB) 
275Confidential


Form Letters Received

1Form letter received by 7 individuals(PDF 46KB) 
2Form letter received by 11 individuals(PDF 104KB) 
3Form letter received by 25 individuals(PDF 70KB) 
4Form letter received by 5 individuals(PDF 78KB) 
5Form letter received by 3 individuals(PDF 27KB) 

Additional Information Received

1Article provided by Dr Gordon Finley on 9 May 2011: Gordon E Finley and Seth J Schwartz, 'The Divided World of the Child: Divorce and Long-Term Psychosocial Adjustment'(PDF 93KB) 
2Provided by the Australian Institute of Criminology on 1 July 2011: 'Trends & issues in crime and criminal justice no. 419: Children's exposure to domestic violence in Australia(PDF 577KB) 
3Tabled by the Attorney-General's Department at a public hearing in Canberra on 8 July 2011: 'Avert Family Violence: Collaborative Responses in the Family Law System', a DVD training package in family violence (link: information about the training package)(PDF 652KB) 
4Provided by Justice For Children on 8 July 2011: 'Joint Statement - Alliance for Children's Safety'(PDF 144KB) 
5Provided by Justice For Children on 8 July 2011: 'Rally for Children's Safety - Key messages and call for endorsement'(PDF 232KB) 
6Provided by Justice For Children on 8 July 2011: 'Rally for Children's Safety Alliance - Endorsing organisations'(PDF 35KB) 
7Provided by Justice For Children on 8 July 2011: article from the Australian Women's Weekly, June 2011(PDF 1893KB) 
8Opening statement tabled by Emeritus Professor Briggs AO at a public hearing in Canberrra on 8 July 2011(PDF 1572KB) 

Answers to Questions on Notice

1Response to questions on notice provided by Justice for Children on 11 July 2011(PDF 81KB) 
2Additional response to questions on notice provided by Justice for Children on 11 July 2011(PDF 2434KB) 
3Material relating to questions on notice provided by Justice for Children on 18 July 2011(PDF 82KB) 
4Additional material relating to questions on notice provided by Justice for Children on 18 July 2011(PDF 886KB) 
7Response to questions on notice provided by Family Relationship Services Australia on 17 July 2011(PDF 64KB) 
8Response to questions on notice provided by Council of Single Mothers and their Children on 20 July 2011(PDF 293KB) 
9Response to questions on notice provided by the Attorney-General's Department on 22 July 2011(PDF 5241KB) 
10Response to questions on notice provided by Women's Legal Service Australia on 22 July 2011(PDF 298KB) 
11Response to questions on notice provided by Family Law Council on 22 July 2011(PDF 517KB) 
12Additional response to questions on notice provide by Council of Single Mothers and their Children on 26 July 2011(PDF 190KB) 

For further information, contact:

Committee Secretary
Senate Legal and Constitutional Committees
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia

Phone:+61 2 6277 3560
Fax:+61 2 6277 5794
Email:legcon.sen@aph.gov.au