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Domestic Violence Laws in Australia 

June 2009 

Domestic Violence Laws in Australia provides an overview of Commonwealth, State, Territory and New Zealand legislation and will be used to develop the Australian Government's National Plan to Reduce Violence Against Women and their Children. The report also provides an analysis of overlaps and potential gaps between the Family Law Act 1975 and State and Territory domestic violence protection orders, thereby affording a valuable basis for the Australian and New South Wales Law Reform Commissions' inquiry into the interaction of domestic violence laws, which was a key recommendation of Time for Action: The National Council's Plan to Reduce Violence Against Women and their Children 2009-2021.

http://www.fahcsia.gov.au/sa/women/pubs/violence/np_time_for_action/domestic_violence_laws/Documents/default.htm

AUSTRALIA - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE LAWS

• Part 1: Introduction, Preliminary Matters and Executive Summary
• Introduction
• Preliminary Matters
• Executive Summary
• Part 2: Domestic Violence Protection Orders – overview of State, Territory and New Zealand legislation
• 1. Introduction and General Observations
• 2. New South Wales: Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007 (NSW)
• 3. Queensland: Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 1989 (Qld)
• 4. South Australia: Domestic Violence Act 1994 (SA)
• 5. Tasmania: Family Violence Act 2004 (Tas)
• 6. Victoria: Family Violence Protection Act 2008 (Vic)
• 7. Western Australia: Restraining Orders Act 1997 (WA)
• 8. Australian Capital Territory: Domestic Violence and Protection Orders Act 2008 (ACT)
• 9. Northern Territory: Domestic and Family Violence Act 2007 (NT)
• 10. New Zealand: Domestic Violence Act 1995 (NZ)
• Appendix to Part 2: penalties for breach of domestic violence protection orders
• Part 3: Consideration of specific issues relating to State, Territory and New Zealand legislation
• 1. What constitutes domestic violence
• 2. Exclusion orders
• 3. Provision for counselling and rehabilitation programs
• 4. Portability of orders
• Part 4: Stalking Offences
• Part 5: Domestic violence and family law issues – Overview of relevant provisions of the Family Law Act 1975
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Provisions relating to care of children and associated issues
• 3. Protection orders and injunctions
• Appendix to Part 5
• Part 6: Overlap and conflict between the Family Law Act and State/Territory protection orders legislation
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Conflict and inconsistency between orders under the Family Law Act relating to children and State/Territory protection orders
• 3. Interaction between Family Law Act orders/injunctions and State/Territory domestic violence protection orders
• 4. The Family Law Act and State/Territory protection orders legislation: Discussion of key issues
• Appendix to Part 6
• Bibliography

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