• Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007
The Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007 is the current legislation modifiable to the use of apprehended violence procedures that aim to protect persons from a variety of domestic violence offences. The Act has seen a numerous amount of amendments to improve and strengthen the detained violence order system. I sited the legislation through the Library page linking from the University of Newcastle website, under the titled subheading ‘Law’ as a subject guide, then selecting the guide for ‘Legislation,’ to then retrieve the information about the Act 2007.
• Family Law (Family Dispute Resolution Practitioners Regulations, 2008 (Cth)
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Secondary/ Grey Sources
• Angus, Christopher. Briefing Paper domestic and family violence. No. 5/2015.
This briefing paper firstly defines domestic and family violence, it relates to the NSW legislation and policy as it outlines a consistent amount of issues that have occurred within conversations subject to this matter, by politicians, academics and the broader community. The paper also delivers a glimpse of the latest developments federally in such states like Queensland and Victoria. The main legislation, which was mentioned within this paper, is the Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007 (2007 Act), which regulates the use of apprehended domestic violence orders such as (ADVOs).
• Australian Law Reform Commission. Family Violence: A common interpretative framework. ALRC CPS Report No. 1 (2013),
The Australian Law Reform Commission report is based on improving legal frameworks for domestic and family violence, discussing the communication and interaction in training of State and Territory of both domestic and family violence and child protection laws with the Family Law Act and relevant Commonwealth, State and Territory criminal laws. The report identified the main legal difficulties challenged, as the influence of unpredictable and inconsistency of clarification or purpose of laws in cases of sexual assault occurring for both crimes, including rules of evidence, on victims of such violence. The ALRC were asked to reflect in regarding to both these issues, …show more content…
Domestic Violence. Report No. 30. Australian Government, (1986).
This Australian Law Reform Commission report focuses on matters that haven’t been dealt with, such as physical abuse. After mentioning the terms definitions, is then went on to the reform in other jurisdictions, explaining that all states and territories have moved in the direction of