The Law Handbook 2024

Index 1219 firearms arrest, use of 176–7 carriage of 176–7 family violence intervention orders and 298 police operating manual 176–7 fires arson see arson causing death nuisance 581 First Home Guarantee 550 First Home Owner’s Grant (FHOG) 548–9 First Home Super Saver Scheme (FHSSS) 411, 550 First Nations Legal and Research Services 9, 12 First People’s Assembly 7 First Step Legal 90 fitness to stand trial 899, 845 Fitzroy Legal Service Activist Rights website 1045 contact details 90 LGBTIQA+ Legal Advice Clinic 292 Reservoir office 90 Flat Out 238 FMC Mediation and Counselling see now Better Place Australia food safety complaints 730 Food Safety Unit 730 foreign citizens absentee owner land tax surcharge 559 bankruptcy 367 house buyers 559–60 CGT withholding 560 FIRB approval 559 land tax surcharge 559 land transfer duty 559 stamp duty 560 income tax 398 infringements system 130 register of foreign ownership of Australian assets 559 Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) 559 Forensic Disability Statewide Access Service (FDSAS) 815 Forensic Leave Panel 811, 812, 816 Forensic Medical Officers 1140 forensic patient see mental illness forensic procedures 187–91 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people 191 admissibility of evidence 190 adults 187–8 arrest, on 172 authorised by senior police officer 188 bail applicant 200 body samples 187–91 children 188–9 Commonwealth offences 190–1 court order to conduct 188 destruction of identifying material 190 DNA database 188 DNA person, definition 187 DNA profile samples 188 DNA sample offences 187 execution of order 189 forensic sample offences 190 informed consent 187, 188 intimate samples 187, 189 legislative powers for taking 187 Magistrates’ Court order 188 mental impairment, person with 189 mouth scraping 189 non-intimate samples 187, 188, 189 non-party to proceedings 188 paternity of child 188 police powers 187 prisoners, DNA samples 224 refusal to undergo 172 relevant suspect 188 suspect not obliged to submit to 180 taking sample after conviction 190 time limits 191 urgent orders 189 video recording 191 what are 187 young people 188–9 forensic resident see intellectual disability forestry 1043 Lawyers for Forests 1044, 1052 protesters, offences by 1051–2 public safety zone declaration 1052 regional forest agreements 1029, 1043 forgery of drug prescription 139, 143 fraud bankruptcy and debt from 377 compensation/restitution order 378 credit reporting and 456 guarantee obtained by 433 illegal contract to commit 681 marriage void where consent obtained by 258 older people, pressure to sign documents 888 procuring sexual act by 155 social security fraud 37 freedom of association 999, 1046, 1071 freedom of information 1126–37 AAT review 23, 1127, 1128, 1131 access to information 1127–30 business or professional 1131–2, 1135 deferral of 1128, 1130 personal information 1131, 1135 prisoners 222 refusal of 1131 amendment of personal information 1132, 1135–6 appeal 1127, 1131 application for access 1128, 1133 assistance with 1128 complaint about handling of 1132 notification of decision 1128, 1130 processing charge 1128, 1129, 1130 standing not required 1127 time limit for decision 1128, 1133–4 Australian Information Commissioner 1127–32 appeal from decision of 1131 complaints to 1132 contact details 1137 review of decisions 1127, 1131, 1132 Australian Privacy Principles and 1103, 1104, 1108 business information, access to 1131–2, 1135 Centrelink records 340, 1127 Commonwealth Act 1126–32 application under 1128 exemptions 1128–9 purpose 1126 Commonwealth agencies’ obligations 1126, 1128 complaints 1132, 1136 conditionally exempt documents 1129 consultation 1131, 1132, 1134 contacts 1137 contracted service providers 1127 deferring access 1128 denial of access 1131, 1134 appeal 1127, 1131, 1137 internal review 1131 reasons 1131, 1134 review of decision 1131, 1137 documents that can be accessed 1127–8 EPA information 1042 exempt agencies 1126 exempt documents 1126, 1129 conditionally exempt 1129 exemption provisions 1128–9 fees and charges 1129–30, 1136–7 AAT review 1131 estimate of 1130 processing charge 1128, 1129, 1130 reduction or waiver, request for 1130 VCAT review 1137 Vic Act, under 1136 general enquiries 1137 health information statement 846 immigration records 1126 information privacy and 1108–9 APPs 1103, 1104, 1108 HPPs 1121 IPPs 1115, 1116, 1117 Information Publication Scheme 1127, 1128, 1132 locating information 1127 medical records, access to 871 migration information 1126 notification of decision 1128, 1130 Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) 1127 AI Commissioner 1127, 1128, 1131–2 information and resources 1137 official document of a minister 1126 Ombudsman complaints to 1087, 1132 Victorian, not applicable to 1092 online complaint forms 1132 overview 1126 personal documents 1126, 1135 access to 1127, 1131, 1135 amendment 1132, 1135–6 consultation before release 1131 opposition to release 1132 police, complaints about 1145, 1148 prisoners 222 privacy and 1103, 1104, 1108–9, 1115–17, 1123 pro-disclosure culture 1127 professional affairs 1131–2 public interest test 1129 qualified person, nomination of 1131