External Documents
Sep 2009
A special edition of Parity is planned for November. It will focus on the links between domestic/family violence and homelessness. It is important that it contains contributions from the domestic and family violence sector. Please consider writing an article for it.
Sep 2009
The Attorney General Robert McLelland MP and Minister for the Status of Women Tanya Plibersek MP have today released the review into Domestic Violence Laws in Australia prepared by the Australian Government Solicitor (AGS) for the National Council to Reduce Violence Against Women and their Children.
Sep 2009
Update on a number of topics regarding the Women's Safety Strategy, including an update on the SA DV legislation.
Jul 2009
Pooja Sawrikar and Ilan Katz of the Social Policy Research Centre (SPRC) University of New South Wales (UNSW) have prepared a paper "How useful is the term 'Culturally and Linguistically Diverse' (CALD) in the Australian Research, practice, and policy discourse?"
May 2009
The family law reforms introduced in the Family Law Amendment (Shared Parental Responsibility) Act 2006 (Cth) were designed "to change the culture of family breakdown from litigation to co-operation" (Ruddock, 2005, p. 110) and to bring a greater child-focus system-wide in the settlement of disputes over children. ...
This article provides a snapshot of how the different meanings of the child-focused ideal applied by FDR practitioners and lawyers play out in practice and provides a glimpse of what appear to be the most dominant constraints in achieving their visions.
May 2009
Women's House Shelta received a grant from WESNET at the end 2008, to run a forum and produce a discussion paper. The paper is largely based on the exploration of issues at the interface of DV and child protection, in a forum for DV workers that was held in Brisbane in February 2009.
Sep 2003
A meta-evaluation of the first phase of the Australian Government’s ‘Partnerships Against Domestic Violence’ (PADV) initiative was conducted in 2003. “Community Awareness and Education to Prevent, Reduce and Respond to Domestic Violence” represents one in a series of six reports on the outcomes and findings of this meta-evaluation.
