Proceedings of the International Forum on Family Relationships in Transition

Legislative, practical and policy responses

1-2 December 2005

Edited by Bruce Smyth, Nicholas Richardson and Grace Soriano

Australian Institute of Family Studies, 2006.
ISBN 0 642 395 40 3.

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Introductory pages - PDF (339KB) | Word (160KB): Director's foreword; About the editors; Acknowledgements; Message from the Prime Minister; Program
Opening ministerial addresses - PDF (135KB) | Word (67KB): A new family law system - The Honourable Philip Ruddock; Family support services and program responses - Senator the Honourable Kay Patterson
Keynote address: The proposed reforms and the Family Court - The Honourable Chief Justice Diana Bryant - PDF (115KB) | Word (60KB)
Keynote address: The proposed reforms and the Federal Magistrates Court - Chief Federal Magistrate John Pascoe, AO - PDF (119KB) | Word (53KB)
Panel: The Australian family law reform package - PDF (328KB) | Word (394KB): Opening remarks - Professor Patrick Parkinson; Session A: Legislative change - Mr Kym Duggan and Professor John Dewar; Session B: Family services and the Family Relationship Centres - Ms Sue Pidgeon and Ms Deborah Winkler; Session C: Child support - Dr Matthew Gray, Mr Wayne Jackson and Federal Magistrate Grant Riethmuller
Introductory address by the Governor-General - PDF (99KB) | Word (45KB)
Keynote address: The United States experience - Dr Joan Kelly - PDF (202KB) | Word (189KB)
Panel: Innovative practices 1 - PDF (138KB) | Word (76KB): Opening remarks - Dr Andrew Bickerdike; A 'child responsive' program in the Family Court of Australia - Ms Dianne Gibson; Therapeutic program for litigating clients after separation - Mr Clive Price; 'Bringing fathers in': International perspectives on father-inclusive practice - Dr Adrienne Burgess; Beyond 'innovative projects' to 'innovative strategies' - Mr Matt Miller
Panel and demonstration: Innovative practices 2 - Hearing children - PDF (228KB) | Word (273KB): Opening remarks - Professor Alan Hayes and Associate Professor Lawrie Moloney; A case study from Vietnam - Mr Le Do Ngoc; Hearing children's wishes: Practice of the Singapore Family Court in divorce proceedings - Ms Hoo Sheau Peng; Child sensitive practices in family law disputes: Are we finally beginning to get it right? - Associate Professor Lawrie Moloney
Keynote address: The Canadian experience - Professor Nicholas Bala - PDF (188KB) | Word (147KB)
Panel: Practical resources for separating families - PDF (168KB) | Word (130KB): Opening remarks - Dr Bruce Smyth; Parenting plan models: Ideas and examples - Dr Joan Kelly; Resources for separating parents - Dr Paul Murphy; Connecting clients: CSA products and services to support separated parents - Mr Trevor Sutton
Keynote address: The New Zealand experience - Principal Family Court Judge Peter Boshier - PDF (234KB) | Word (509KB)
Panel: Perspectives from East Asia - PDF (292KB) | Word (311KB): Opening remarks - Ms Annabelle Cassells and Ms Ruth Weston; Brief introduction to the legislation on marriage and family in China - Ms Ni Chunxia; Family empowerment in Indonesia - Dr Sulistiati; The Malaysian experience - Mme Aminah Abdul Rahman; The management of family violence in Singapore - Ms Corinne Koh; The Vietnamese experience - Mr Le Do Ngoc
Panel: Safety issues, mental health issues and the family law system - PDF (204KB) | Word (126KB): Opening remarks - Associate Professor Judy Cashmore; Barriers to meeting the needs of victims of domestic violence in the family law system - Dr Juliet Behrens; The Columbus program in Western Australia - Principal Registrar David Monaghan; Mental health and the family law system - Professor Bryan Rodgers; Family violence: Policy and legislative framework - Dr Rajen Prasad
Panel: Accessing the family law system - PDF (124KB) | Word (63KB): Opening remarks - Associate Professor Tom Altobelli; Challenges to accessing the family law system - Ms Nicola Atwool; Indigenous Family Consultants at the Family Court of Australia - Ms Josephine Akee
Summary and key learnings - Professor Richard Chisholm - PDF (103KB) | Word (36KB)

Proceedings of the International Forum on Family Relationships in Transition

Legislative, practical and policy responses

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