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1: Domestic violence offenders no longer allowed to question abuse victims in Family Court | June 28, 2018

The Federal Government will today introduce legislation banning the practice of direct cross-examination of alleged victims of domestic violence, by the alleged perpetrators of that domestic violence…





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2: Staring, Withdrawing Affection, is Domestic Violence, according to new Guidelines | August 20, 2016

Staring, withdrawing affection or threatening a divorce are now defined­ as domestic violence in the first national guidelines for judges and magistrates…





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3: QLD to introduce tougher domestic violence laws | August 15, 2016

Domestic violence orders will be issued for longer and information-sharing across agencies will be easier under strengthened domestic violence legislation in Queensland. ..





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4: Shared Parenting Laws Mis-Represented by ex-Judge Richard Chisholm | October 23, 2014

Retired Family Court judge Richard Chisholm has written a blueprint for overhauling Australia’s Family Law Act recommending the removal of Shared Parenting as a potential outcome in Family Law Court proceedings…





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5: Calls For New Tribunal to deal with Family Violence | July 20, 2014

ONE of the nation’s top judges has called for a separate, less ­formal tribunal to deal with family law cases involving extreme domestic violence, arguing that the current adversarial system is not the right place for women who have been badly abused…





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6: Protect children and the mediation process | February 26, 2010

SUCH are the sensitivities of family law that when the Howard government amended the Family Law Act in 2006 it provided for a review after two years. The Rudd government has its own concerns; even before the Institute of Family Studies finished the review, Attorney-General Robert McClelland asked former family court judge Richard Chisholm to look at whether the law offers adequate protection from family violence. ..





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7: Law system reports are all in the family | January 29, 2010

Three reports evaluating aspects of Australia’s family law system have been released by the Attorney-General, Robert McClelland. ..




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