Social Services Legislation Amendment (Omnibus Savings and Child Care Reform) Bill 2017
Our view on cuts to social spending across areas from income support to legal and homeless services. Read our recent submission.
Social Services Legislation Amendment (Omnibus Savings and Child Care Reform) Bill 2017
As reference read earlier joint submission here.
Submission in response to the exposure draft of the Family Law Amendment (Family Violence and other Measures) Bill 2017 (Cth) and corresponding Public Consultation Paper. 3 Feb 2017
AWAVA supports the intention of the draft Bill to strengthen the Family Law Act, and particularly the intention of enabling family law systems to better respond to and offer protection to victims/survivors of domestic, family and sexual violence.
We agree there is value in the expansion of state and territory family law jurisdictions to enable family law matters to be resolved by state and territory courts as appropriate; however, we have reservations about the practical application of these amendments without state and territory courts receiving sufficient additional resourcing and training to be able to meet the increased caseload and exercise the requisite expertise to deal with complex family law matters, particularly those that involve domestic family and sexual violence.
Submission to the Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, its Causes and Consequences 27 January 2017
In our submission to the Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, its Causes and Consequences last 27th of January 2017, we highlighted the Australian Government’s legislative, policy and program responses to violence against women as well as the funding situation that puts women’s services in a state of uncertainty. We recognize that this is a critical gap in the Government’s otherwise positive approach to preventing and responding to violence against women that needs to be prioritized.