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Jan/Feb '05


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*1/05 Family Law Council releases Discussion Paper The Child Paramountcy Principle in the Family Law Act, submissions due by 6/4/04

* 10/1/05 - Global online discussion topics begin on the WomenWatch web site in the lead up to the UN Beijing Plus 10 Review 

* 8/1/05 - Cth AG calls for tenders for 13 new Aboriginal Family Violence Prevention Legal Services - closes 4/2/05

* 12/04 Responses to the 'New Approach' Discussion Paper by the Abuse Free Contact Campaign and the Domestic Violence Incest Resource Centre [on the Australian Domestic and Family Violence Clearinghouse web site]

* 12/04 Deborah Kilroy founder of the women’s prison support service Sisters Inside received the Human Rights Medal

* 11/04 Victorian Law Reform Commission Domestic Violence Consultation Paper - submissions due by 25/2/05

* 11/04 Cth AG releases New Approach to the Family Law System - Discussion Paper  submissions due by 14/1/05   

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* Churchill Fellowship - closes 28 Feb '05

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Close '05

Nat. Community Crime Prevention Programme
7 Feb 
Vic Law Foundation - project grants 25 Feb 
NSW Law Foundation Grants 31 March 
Foundation for Regional and Rural Renewal Small Grants for Small Communities
31 March 
30 Sept 

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New Publications & Reports

* Nov '04 Best Practice Guidelines for Lawyers Doing Family Law Work Family Law Section web site]

* '04 Staying Home / Leaving Violence: Promoting choices for women leaving abusive partners  by Robyn Edwards, on behalf of the Australian Domestic and Family Violence Clearinghouse.

* Dec '03 Every Picture Tells a Story: Inquiry into child custody in the event of family separation [House of Reps. web site]. Government response, July '04 

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Case Watch

Family Court - 

* relocation - including most recent cases

Family Court - unrepresented victim of violence

* T and S - Full Court of the Family Court of Australia - read the decision - 29/10/01