Chapter 1 - Introduction and background

[1]        Senate Standing Committee for the Selection of Bills, Report No. 15 of 2017, 7 December 2017, Appendix 8.

[2]        Senate Hansard, 6 December 2017, p. 9911

[3]        Senate Hansard, 6 December 2017, p. 9911. Note: as well as the reports and reviews noted in Senator McGrath's speech, the bill would also fulfil a recommendation made by the House of Representatives in 2017, in the report of the Parliamentary inquiry into a better family law system to support and protect those affected by family violence. See Attorney-General's Department, Submission 21, p. 2

[4]        Explanatory Memorandum, p. 2.

[5]        Explanatory Memorandum, p. 3.

[6]        Explanatory Memorandum, p. 3.

[7]        Explanatory Memorandum, p. 3.

[8]        Explanatory Memorandum, p. 3.

[9]        Explanatory Memorandum, p. 4.

[10]      The committee's website can be found at www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/
Committees/Senate/Legal_and_Constitutional_Affairs  

Chapter 2 - Issues raised and committee view

[1]        Commissioner for Children and Young People in Western Australia (CCYPWA), Submission 1, p. 1; South Australian Commissioner for Children and Young People (SACCYP),  Submission 2, p. 1, Professor Patrick Parkinson AM, Submission 3, p. 1, Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), Submission 4, p.3, Salvation Army, Submission 6, pp. 2–3, Victorian Women's Trust, Submission 7 , pp. 2–3, Domestic Violence Victoria (DV Vic), Submission 8, p. 1, Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW), Submission 9, pp. 1–3, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Service (Qld) Limited (ATSILS Qld), Submission 10, p. 10, Victoria Legal Aid (VLA), Submission 11, p. 2, 2.20           safe steps Family Violence Response Centre (safe steps), Submission 12, p. 3, Law Council of Australia (Law Council), Submission 13, p. 5, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP), Submission 14, p. 1, Women's Legal Services Australia (WLSA), Submission 15, pp. 3–5, Tasmania Police, Submission 16, p. 1, National Aboriginal Family Violence Prevention Legal Services Forum (NVPLS Forum), Submission 17 (Attachment 1), pp.  14, 17, and 18–19, Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC), pp. 2–3, National Legal Aid, Submission 20, p. 3.

[2]        First comprehensive review of the Family Law Act, Media Release 27 September 2017, available at www.alrc.gov.au/inquiries/family-law-system/terms-reference (accessed 8 March 2018).

[3]        For example, see: ALRC, Submission 4, p. 5; DV Victoria, Submission 8, p. 2.

[4]        Submission 4, p. 5.

[5]        Submission 21, p. 10.

[6]        For example, see: AHRC, Submission 4, pp.  4–5; Salvation Army, Submission 6, p. 2; Victorian Women's Trust, Submission 7, p. 1; safe steps, Submission 12, p. 4; WLSA, Submission 15, p.4; AFCC, Submission 18, p. 4; The Chief Magistrate of the Local Court New South Wales, Submission 19, p. 2.

[7]        Law Society, Submission 13, pp. 5–6.

[8]        AHRC, Submission 4, pp. 4–5, VLA, Submission 11, p.3.

[9]        See respectively AHRC, Submission 2, p. 3, People with Disabilities Australia, Submission 3, p. 3, and NFVPLS, Submission 17, p. 1 and Attachment 1, p. 12.

[10]      AASW, Submission 9, p. 4; VLA, Submission 11, p.3; safe steps, Submission 12, p. 4; WLSA, Submission 15, p.4;NFVLS Forum, Submission 17, p.1.

[11]      Submission 21, p. 3.

[12]      Submission 21, p. 3.

[13]      Submission 21, pp. 3–4.

[14]      See, for example: AHRC, Submission 4, p. 6, VLA Submission 11, pp. 7–8, safe steps, Submission 12, p. 5, Law Council, Submission 13, p. 5, WLSA, Submission 15, p. 4, AFCC, Submission 18, p. 2.

[15]      See, for example: VLA, Submission 11, pp. 7–8, WLSA, Submission 15, p. 6, NFVPLS, Submission 17, p. 1, AFCC, Submission 18, p. 2.

[16]      Submission 21, p. 4.

[17]      Submission 21, p. 5.

[18]      See, for example: VLA, Submission 11¸ pp. 3 and 8, safe steps, Submission 12, p. 5, Law Council, Submission 13,  pp. 6–7, WLSA, Submission 15, p. 3, AFCC, Submission 18,  p. 2.

[19]      Submission 13, p. 7.

[20]      Submission 21, pp. 5–6.

[21]      VLA, Submission 11, p. 8.

[22]      Submission 21, p. 6.

[23]      Professor Parkinson, Submission 3, p. 1; safe steps, Submission 12, p. 10, Law Council, Submission 13, p. 6, WLSA, Submission 15, p. 5, NLA, Submission 20, p. 2.

[24]      Submission 4, p. 8.

[25]      Submission 12, p. 10.

[26]      Submission 15, p. 9.

[27]      Submission 13, p. 6.

[28]      Submission 21, p. 5.

[29]      Submission 21, p. 6.

[30]      For example, see Salvation Army, Submission 6, p. 3, safe steps, Submission 12 , p . 9,   RANZCP, Submission 14, p. 1, FVPLS, Submission 17 (Attachment 1), p. 17, NLA, Submission 20, p. 4.

[31]      DV Vic, Submission 8, p. 2, safe steps, Submission 12, p. 9, WLSA, Submission 15, p. 6.

[32]      Proof Committee Hansard, 23 February 2018, p. 6.

[33]      Submission 21, p. 8.

[34]      Submission 21, p. 9.

[35]      For example, see: DV Vic, Submission 8, p. 1, AASW, Submission 9, p. 4, safe steps, Submission 12, p. 10, Law Council, Submission 13, p. 11, RANZCP, Submission 14, p. 1, NLA, Submission 20, p. 4.

[36]      SACCYP, Submission 2, p. 2, AHRC, Submission 4, p. 6,  DV Vic, Submission 8, p 1.

[37]      Submission 4, p. 3.

[38]      Submission 8, p. 7.

[39]      AASW, Submission 9, p. 4.

[40]      ATSILS (Qld), Submission 10, p. 8. See also Ms Kate Greenwood, Policy, Early Intervention and Community Legal Education Officer, ATSILS (Qld), Proof Committee Hansard, 22 February 2018, p. 39.

[41]      Submission 21, p. 9, citing evidence in AASW, Submission 9, p. 4, safe steps, Submission 12¸ p. 10, Law Council, Submission 13, p. 11 and RANZCP, Submission 14, p. 1.

[42]      Submission 21, p. 9.

[43]      Submission 21, p. 7.

[44]      For example, see: AASW, Submission 9, pp. 2–3, VLA, Submission 11, p. 11, safe steps, Submission 12, p.10, Law Society, Submission 13, p. 12,  WLSA, Submission 15, p. 4, NFVPLS, Submission 17 (Attachment 1), p. 18, AFCC, Submission 18, p. 2, NLA, Submission 20¸ p. 3,

[45]      Submission 11, p. 11.

[46]      Law Council, ATSILS (Qld)

[47]      Submission 21, pp. 7–8.

[48]      Submission 21, p. 8.

[49]      AGD, Submission 21, p. 6.

[50]      For example, see: AHRC, Submission 4, p. 5, Salvation Army, Submission 6, p. 3, RANZCP, Submission 14, p.1,  WLSA, Submission 15, pp. 5–6, NFVPLS, Submission 17 (Attachment 1), p. 14, AFCC, Submission 18, p. 2,

[51]      Submission 13, p. 11.

[52]      Submission 21, p. 6.

[53]      Submission 21, p. 6.

[54]      Submission 21, p. 6.

[55]      safe steps, Submission 12, p. 8, Tasmania Police, Submission 16, p. 1. See also similar concerns raised by the Law Council, Submission 13, pp. 9–10 and WLSA, Submission 15, p. 5.

[56]      Submission 21, p. 6.

Labor Senator's Additional Comments  (Dissenting Report)

[1]        Submission 19, p. 2.

[2]        Proof Committee Hansard¸ 23 February 2018, p. 7.

[3]        Submission 13, pp. 5–6.

[4]        Proof Committee Hansard¸ 23 February 2018, p. 7.

[5]        Submission 13, p.7.

[6]        Proof Committee Hansard¸ 23 February 2018, p. 40.

[7]        Proof Committee Hansard¸ 23 February 2018, p. 42.

[8]        Submission 13, p.9.

[9]        Submission 13, p.10.

[10]      As noted by the Law Council of Australia, Submission 13, p.8.

Australian Greens Additional Comments

[1]        The Law Council of Australia, Submission 14, pp. 4-5.

[2]        Victorian Legal Aid, Submission 12, p. 8.

[3]        The Law Council of Australia, Submission 14, pp. 6 and 7.

[4]        The Australian Human Rights Commission, Submission 4, pp. 3 and 5.

[5]        The Australian Human Rights Commission, Submission 4, pp. 3 and 5.