The Law Handbook 2024

Index 1217 Family Law Act changes 303 injunctions 260–1, 293, 301–4 family member, definition 294 Family Violence Division 13, 15, 300 Family Violence Information Sharing Scheme 299 family violence liaison officer 305 Family Violence Protection Act 2008 293 family violence safety notice 295 Federal Circuit and Family Court 293, 303 Evatt List 303 injunctions under FLA 260–1, 301–4 Lighthouse Project 303 Magellan List 303 final intervention order 295, 296 help going before court 65 information sharing 299 infringement system and 98, 100, 106, 112 application to scheme 112–13 family violence scheme 98, 101, 102, 106, 112–13 special circumstance 96, 100, 106 injunction under FLA 260–1, 293, 301–4 application for 301–2 breach of 302 duration 303 ex parte 302 interim injunction 302 interstate application 303 intervention orders and 297 national recognition 303 police cannot apply 302 procedure 301–2 who can obtain 301 interim injunction 302 interim intervention order 295, 296 interstate orders 298 intervention order 73, 294–8, 785 advice from registrar 73 appeal 297 applying for 295–6 breach 297 child applying for 294, 296 child, in respect of 39, 296 Children’s Court jurisdiction 39, 294 conditions 294 consent of affected person 295 consent of parent 296 disability, person with 785 duration 297 evidence in proceedings for 296 ex parte 296 exclusion conditions 294 extension 297 Family Law Act orders and 297 final orders 295, 297 firearms licence suspension 298 interim orders 295 interstate orders 298 legal aid 63, 64, 296 Magistrates Court jurisdiction 294 national domestic violence orders 298 New Zealand orders 298 one application for parent and children 295 parenting orders and 297 penalty for breach 297 persistent contraventions 297 personal safety intervention order 301 police application for 295, 305 portability 298 procedure 295–6 protected person 295 review of law 298–9 sexual assault victim applying for 163 stalking, against 300–1 summons to attend court 296 tenancy termination application and 499–500 variation 298 Victorian law, under 294–8 what is 294 who can apply 295–6 who can obtain 294 keeping records of 305 Kids Helpline 305 Koori Family Violence and Victims Support Program 300 Koori Support Workers 300 law reform 299–300 law’s treatment of 293–4 leave from work 1056 legal aid 65 Magistrates’ Court 300 Family Violence Court Division (FVCD) 13, 15, 300 family violence programs and initiatives 16 Koori Family Violence and Victims Support Program 300 Specialist Family Violence Service 300 MensLine Australia 305 name and shame 298 National Domestic Violence Order Scheme 298 National Sexual Assault, Family and Domestic Violence Counselling Service 305 non-legal remedies 305 Orange Door hubs 299–300, 306–7, 894 parental responsibility and 265–6 parenting orders and 297 persistent contraventions 297 personal safety intervention order 163, 294, 300–1 police application for intervention order 294, 295, 305 calling 305 charges laid by 294, 305 child present when attending 293 code of practice 296 family violence adviser 305 family violence liaison officer 305 family violence safety notice 295, 305 formal statement to 305 holding powers 295 proceedings brought by 295 priority housing for victims 305 publication of details 298 refuges 304–6 relative, meaning 294 reporting to police 305 restraining order 293, 301–4 intervention orders and 297 Royal Commission into 299 Safe Steps Family Violence Response Centre 239, 304, 306, 894 safety notice 295, 305 breach of 296 search without warrant 174 self-representation 77, 83 non-legal support 82 sentencing 297 sexual harassment 163 specialist courts 300 Specialist Family Violence Service 300 stalking 300–1 binding over 304 personal safety intervention order 301 support and safety hubs 299 support services 304–7 tenancy and 464–5, 465–6 application to end agreement 465, 466, 499 bond recovery 521 challenging notice to vacate 510 co-renters 465–6 creation of new agreement 499, 500 database, order regarding 476, 477 support services 465 Tenancy Australia protection kit 466, 501, 521 termination of agreement 499 VCAT applications 499–501 undertaking by parties 300 victims compensation 304, 977 VLA Early Resolution Service 65 warrant for arrest 296 what is 293 what to do in emergencies 304–5 women’s refuges 304–6 Family Violence Court Division (FVCD) 13, 15, 300 Family Violence Multi-Agency Risk Assessment and Management (MARAM) Framework 299 Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia 13, 22, 303 amalgamation of courts 21, 267, 276, 303 appeal to full court 22, 263 appeal to High Court 22, 263 bankruptcy jurisdiction 367, 372 case management system 303 child support applications 272–3 childbirth maintenance application 268 children changing name of 311 proceedings relating to 267 contact details 29, 86, 264, 312 costs 263 credit disputes 462 de facto couples using 256 departure prohibition order appeal 273 discrimination applications 1003 Division One 303 Division Two 303 divorce see divorce duty lawyers 64, 94 employment disputes 1066 family law jurisdiction 256–64, 282 family violence 292, 303 Evatt List 303 injunctions under FLA 260–1, 301–4 Lighthouse Project 303 Magellan List 303 fee scales 263