Appendix 1

Submissions, tabled documents and answers to questions on notice

Submissions

1
Department of Social Services
2
Office of Public Prosecutions Victoria
3
South Australian Law Reform Institute
4
Relationships Australia
5
Queensland Police Union of Employees
6
Attorney-General's Department
6.1 Supplementary to submission 6
7
No to Violence
8
Australian Association of Social Workers
9
Family Law Practitioners Association of Queensland
10
Centre for Excellence in Child & Family Welfare
11
Victims of Crime Assistance League Inc. (Hunter) NSW (VOCAL)
12
Community Legal Western Australia
13
National Council of Women Australia
14
Dr Sarah Moulds and Ms Jennifer Jones
15
Queensland Police Service
16
Mr Benjamin Cronshaw
17
Sharin Ruba
18
Resolution Institute
19
South Australian Bar Association
20
Legal Services Commission of South Australia
21
Women's Legal Services Australia
22
Police Federation of Australia
23
Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions NSW
24
Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (SA)
25
National Family Violence Prevention and Legal Services Forum
26
Domestic Violence NSW
27
Victorian Women Lawyers
28
Australian Brotherhood of Fathers
29
Australian Women Against Violence Alliance (AWAVA)
30
Domestic Violence Victoria & Domestic Violence Resource Centre Victoria
31
Victoria Legal Aid
32
Law Council of Australia
33
National Legal Aid
34
Legal Aid NSW
35
Confidential

Answer to Question on Notice

1
Answer to a question taken on notice by Legal Aid NSW at a public hearing in Canberra on 14 July 2021 (received 19 July 2021).
2
Answers to questions taken on notice by the Legal Services Commission of South Australia at a public hearing in Canberra on 14 July 2021 (received 21 July 2021).
3
Answers to questions taken on notice by the Attorney-General's Department at a public hearing in Canberra on 14 July 2021 (received 22 July 2021).

Tabled Documents

1
Opening statement of the Law Council of Australia, tabled at a public hearing in Canberra on 14 July 2021.
2
Opening statement of the Attorney-General's Department, tabled at a public hearing in Canberra on 14 July 2021.
3
Opening statement of Relationships Australia, tabled at a public hearing in Canberra on 14 July 2021.
4
Opening statement of the Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare, tabled at a public hearing in Canberra on 14 July 2021.

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About this inquiry

The bill would amend the Family Law Act 1975 to establish new federal family violence orders which, if breached, could be criminally enforced. The bill would allow a listed court to make a federal family violence order where the court is satisfied that a person has been or there are reasonable grounds to suspect that it is likely that they will be subjected to family violence or, in the case of children, the child has been or there are reasonable grounds to suspect that it is likely that they will be subjected or exposed to family violence.



Past Public Hearings

14 Jul 2021: Canberra