The Law Handbook 2024

1188 Index freedom of information reviews 23, 1127, 1131 General Division 23 legal aid 65 Migration and Refugee Division 23 Migration Review Tribunal merged with 23 NDIS reviews 781 Refugee Review Tribunal merged with 23 self-representation 77, 85 social security appeals 291, 339–42 Social Services and Child Support Division 23, 85, 275, 343 SSAT merged with 23 taxation reviews 403 website 29, 86, 275, 340, 343, 403, 407 admissions to police 181 adoption 49, 267, 287–8 changing child’s name 311 child protection cases 49 consent 287 both parents 287 court dispensing with 287 de facto couples 287–8, 290 death of adoptive parent 290 DFFH child protection cases 49 placing child for adoption 49 domestic partner, by 288 father’s consent 287 name of child 311 orders 288 parental leave 331–2 parental responsibility 267, 288 paternity not established 287 permanent care order 49 same-sex couples 276, 288, 290 surrogacy, child born by 279, 288 Adult Parole Board of Victoria 225 challenging decision of 225 contact details 238 discretionary powers 225 interstate transfer of prisoner on parole 228 parole decisions 225 Serious Violent Offender or Sexual Offender (SVOSO) Division 225 advance care directives (ACDs) 857–8 advocacy and advice 797, 798 capacity to make 857 changing 857 disputes about 857 instructional directive 857 mental illness, treatment for 857 resources 859 values directive 857 witnessing 857 Advance Care Planning 859 advance statement of preferences 824–5 advocate helping with 822, 823 authorised psychiatrist taking account of 825 decision-makers taking account of 825 DoH form 825 reasonable steps to give effect 824 treatment not according with 827 adversary system 78 adverse possession 585 common property not subject to 608 fencing dispute 585 advertising bait advertising 526, 701 discriminatory 991, 1003, 1004 house, selling 551 leafleting 1051 political material 1051 postering 1051 advice directory 88–94 advocacy 796 definition 796 disability see disability advocacy Public Advocate see Office of the Public Advocate Self Advocacy Resource Unit 794, 802 AED Legal Centre 88, 791, 799, 801 affidavits 27–8 divorce, evidence by 259 oath or affirmation 27 service, of 259 witnessing 28 affray 1050 age discrimination 889–91, 1005 complaints 890–1, 894 direct/indirect 889–90 employment 890, 1005, 1072 legislation 889 permissible 993, 1005 positive discrimination 1005 what is 889–90 Age Pension 314–15 assets test 318 blind person 315, 317, 318 eligibility 314–15 income test 317 portability 336 rate 315 Rent Assistance 315, 329 residency requirements 315 Seniors Health Card 335 taxation 337 Work Bonus 317 aged care assets for care arrangements 884–9 abuse, potential for 884, 886 Centrelink implications 884, 887 failure of, recovery of funds 886 family home as security for loan 884, 886 granny flat arrangements 884, 886 independent legal advice 885 loans and gifts to family 887 planning for breakdown of 884–5 purchasing property with adult child 884, 885 redress for failed arrangements 886 Seniors Rights Victoria (SRV) advice booklets 885 sharing home with adult child 888–9 tax implications 884 Care Finders 893 complaints 893 contacts 893–4 criminal conviction and employment in 248 My Aged Care 894 selling home to go into 893 Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission 893 aiding and abetting drug offences 139, 143, 144, 151 Airbnb 466 alcohol see drugs and alcohol driving offences see driving offences alcohol exclusion order (AEO) 32, 35 community corrections order conditions 33 exemption or variation 35 procedure 35 alcohol interlock devices 655 alibi 181 allowances see social security alternative dispute resolution arbitration see arbitration mediation see mediation AMIDA (housing advocacy) 791 Amy Gillet Foundation 670 Anglicare Victoria Bairnsdale 392 Bendigo 392 Box Hill 389 Echuca 393 Fitzroy 391 Kyneton 393 Lalor 390 Maryborough 393 Mildura 393 Morwell 393 Preston 391 Warragul 394 Werribee 392 Wonthaggi 394 Yarraville 392 Animal Law Institute 88 animals 587–9 Aboriginal rights in relation to 1044 assistance dogs 589, 986 barking dogs 579, 588 bicycle riding with dog 663 cats 587, 588 dangerous dogs 588 dog attacks 588 dog infringement notices 589 dogs 587–9 family violence includes injury to 293 found at large 587 guide dogs 589–90 menacing dogs 588 minor, owned by 587 naturally dangerous animals 587 nature protection laws 1043–4 neighbour disputes 579, 587–9 nuisance 579, 580, 588 responsibility of owners 587 restricted breed dogs 588 scienter 587 straying onto highway 589 trespass 589 annual leave 1056 Appeal Costs Board 980–2 civil matters 980, 981 claims procedure 981 contact details 982