Web resource:	http://www.fahcsia.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/govt_response_every_picture.pdf
Type:	Report
Title:	A new family law system government response to "Every picture tells a story" : responses to the report of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Family and Community Affairs inquiry into child custody arrangements in the event of family separation
Authors:	Australian Government
Keywords:	Parenting;Counselling;Family law
Year:	2005
Publisher:	Attorney-General's Department
Notes:	This is the Commonwealth Government response to the recommendations arising from the report Every Picture Tells A Story:of the inquiry by the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Family and Community Affairs into child custody. * The Government is allocating $397.2 million over 4 years in the 2005-06 Budget to support family law reforms. * A new network of 65 Family Relationship Centres is at the heart of the reforms, to address the need for a single entry point into the family law system. * Other new services will include: 15 new services under the Contact Orders Program to help high conflict families restore contact between non-resident parents and their children; 30 new children’s contact services; early intervention and prevention services (such as new pre-marriage and family relationship education services, new men and family relationship services, new family relationship counselling and skills services, increased funding for the delivery of specialised family violence services at $7 million over 4 years); increased funding to Men’s Line Australia at a cost of $12.4 million over 4 years to help fathers have greater involvement in parenting; and increased resources for mediation provided by agencies supporting the new Family Relationship Centres. * Changes are proposed to the Family Law Act 1975, to recognise the importance of children having the involvement of both parents and to introduce the new presumption of joint shared parental responsibility. The Committee’s recommendation was to amend the Act to create a presumption against shared parental responsibility with respect to cases where there is entrenched conflict, family violence, substance abuse or established child abuse, including sexual abuse. However, the Government’s response is not to introduce a separate presumption against joint parental responsibility in these cases, as the courts will not have to apply the presumption in favour of joint parental responsibility where there is evidence of violence or child abuse (but not in relation to substance abuse or entrenched conflict). * Screening for family violence and child abuse will also form an important role of the Family Relationship Centres. The Government is releasing an exposure draft of the Bill making changes to the law.
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/19278
ISBN:	9780642211422
Physical description:	20 p.
Appears in Collections:	Reports

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