Child Welfare

Child Welfare

24 February 2023—

Law Council

Access to offenders’ superannuation for victims and survivors of child sexual abuse

16 November 2021—

Law Council

Consideration of raising minimum age of criminal responsibility doesn’t go far enough

06 September 2021—

Law Council

Operationalising the National Strategic Framework for Information Sharing Between the Family Law and Family Violence and Child Protection Systems

13 August 2021—

Law Council

Developing the next National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children

26 July 2021—

Law Council

Implementing the successor plan to the National Framework for Protecting Australia’s Children

08 July 2021—

Law Council

Australia urged to take measures to improve outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples

22 March 2021—

Law Council

United Nations Human Rights Council 46 Statement - Minimum Age of Criminal Responsibility

18 February 2021—

Law Council

Passage of flawed merger bill tasks family law judges with an impossible task

21 January 2021—

Law Council

Law Council calls on government to Raise the Age

02 December 2020—

Law Council

Information sharing between the family law and criminal justice and child protection systems

20 August 2020—

Law Council

Over two years since NT Royal Commission and there has been limited progress for young Indigenous people

28 July 2020—

Law Council

Law Council President, Pauline Wright, statement on lack of action to raise the age

12 June 2020—

Law Council

Supplementary Submission – Raising the Age

20 May 2020—

Law Council

Law Council President, Pauline Wright, statement on abject failure of domestic violence inquiry

19 May 2020—

Law Council

Statement on drop in the rates of youth in detention by Law Council President, Pauline Wright

15 May 2020—

Law Council

Opinion piece: Australians’ personal freedoms could be under serious threat with the new ASIO bill

02 March 2020—

Law Council

Council of Attorneys-General – Age of Criminal Responsibility Working Group Review

17 December 2019—

Law Council

LCA and AMA call on Australian governments to raise the age of criminal responsibility to 14

10 December 2019—

Law Council

Minimum Age of Criminal Responsibility

28 November 2019—

Law Council

Opinion piece: We lock up kids as young as 10 - let's end this national disgrace

11 November 2019—

Law Council

Politicians should recognise mandatory sentencing will not make children safer

11 November 2019—

Law Council

Put safety first in family law, abandon flawed family court merger

01 November 2019—

Law Council

Supplementary Submission: Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sexual Crimes Against Children and Community Protection Measures) Bill 2019 (Provisions)

14 October 2019—

Law Council

Law Council backs push for increase to minimum age of criminal responsibility

02 October 2019—

Law Council

Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sexual Crimes Against Children and Community Protection Measures) Bill 2019

03 September 2019—

Law Council

Supplementary submission: Combatting Child Sexual Exploitation Legislation Amendment Bill 2019

03 September 2019—

Law Council

Parliament should not interfere with judicial discretion

21 August 2019—

Law Council

Combatting Child Sexual Exploitation Legislation Amendment Bill 2019

15 August 2019—

Law Council

Proposed Don Dale site ‘flouts’ Royal Commission recommendations, affront to process

26 June 2019—

Law Council

Commonwealth, states and territories must lift minimum age of criminal responsibility to 14 years, remove doli incapax

07 June 2019—

Law Council

Commonwealth best to fix broken families, child violence

17 May 2019—

Law Council

Children’s Rights in Relation to the Digital Environment

16 May 2019—

Law Council

Children’s Rights in Relation to the Digital Environment

14 May 2019—

Law Council

‘Adult watch houses no place for children’: Law Council

10 May 2019—

Law Council

Review into Australia’s corporate criminal responsibility regime

22 April 2019—

Law Council

Further incident at Don Dale highlights NT Government’s longstanding failure to replace unsuitable facility

18 March 2019—

Law Council

Combatting Child Sexual Exploitation Legislation Amendment Bill 2019

19 February 2019—

Law Council

Consultation Paper: National Public Register of Child Sex Offenders

11 January 2019—

Law Council

National Public Register of Child Sex Offenders

10 January 2019—

Law Council

Sex offender register consultation period ‘absurd’

09 January 2019—

Law Council

Cautious approach for sex offender register required, says Law Council

01 November 2018—

Law Council

Alternative Report to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child

18 October 2018—

Law Council

Legal profession calls for immediate removal of asylum seeker children from Nauru

18 September 2018—

Law Council

Opening Statement to My Health Records Amendment (Strengthening Privacy) Bill 2018

18 September 2018—

Law Council

Amendments to My Health Record needed so vulnerable children are not exposed to potential harm

23 August 2018—

Law Council

Oversight of redress related recommendations

19 June 2018—

Law Council

Law Council applauds historic day for abuse survivors

15 June 2018—

Law Council

Australia’s progress in implementing the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child

14 June 2018—

Law Council

National Redress Scheme gains momentum

08 May 2018—

Law Council

Budget boost to counter elder abuse welcome, but greater funding required to end justice crisis

20 April 2018—

Law Council

NT youth justice investment applauded, Gov must not lose sight of raising age of criminal responsibility

18 April 2018—

Law Council

Committee recommends redress bills pass

15 March 2018—

Law Council

Remaining states and territories urged to opt-in to national redress scheme as matter of priority

02 March 2018—

Law Council

NT Gov urged to act immediately to raise age of criminal responsibility, other States should follow

03 May 2017—

Law Council

Criminal Code Amendment (Protecting Minors Online) Bill 2017

04 November 2016—

Law Council

Redress Scheme helps to enable access to justice for survivors of child sexual abuse

12 July 2013—

Law Council

Crimes Act Review: Working with Children

19 April 2013—

Law Council

Royal Commission into Institutional Responses Child Sexual Abuse

03 November 2010—

Law Council

Policy Statement - Registration and Reporting Obligations for Child Sex Offenders

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