1800 385 578Submission to the Attorney-General's Department regarding a Commonwealth Witness Intermediary Scheme, November 2023Full Stop Australia's submission focuses on the accessibility and operation of witness intermediary schemes, advising on general principles which should guide their development. |
Submission to the COVID-19 Response Inquiry Taskforce, Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, October 2023Full Stop Australia appreciates the opportunity to make a submission to this important inquiry. By drawing on Full Stop Australia's previous research undertaken with the National Mental Health Commission, Full Stop Australia speaks to the impacts of COVID-19 on people experiencing SDFV. |
Submission to the Queensland Parliament regarding Coercive Control and Affirmative Consent, October 2023Full Stop Australia makes several recommendations to the Committee, speaking to mistake of fact, improper questions and jury directions. |
Question on Notice: Inquiry into Australia’s Human Rights Framework, October 2023This is a response to the question we took on notice from Senator Thorpe, which asked what specific protections we would like to see included in a federal Human Rights Act for victims of gender-based crimes, and how we see these intersecting with cultural safety needs. |
Submission to WA Government’s Review of Criminal Justice Responses to Sexual Offending, October 2023The recommendations in this submission are underpinned by the following principles: |
Preliminary submission on the review of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 (NSW), September 2023Noting that there will be further opportunities to provide feedback on the review, we have limited our preliminary submission to one key issue – the inclusion of “status as a victim-survivor of domestic, family or sexual violence” as a new protected attribute in the Act. We propose that this will do the important work of raising awareness and shaping values in relation to gender-based violence. |
Submission into the worsening rental crisis in Australia, September 2023This submission focuses on the impacts of the rental crisis on victim-survivors of domestic and family violence, drawing on Full Stop Australia’s expertise supporting and working with these victim-survivors. This submission talks broadly about housing insecurity, rather than narrowly or exclusively focusing on the rental crisis. This approach acknowledges that, particularly for victim-survivors of domestic and family violence, it is not possible to view rental accessibility in a vacuum. |
Question on Notice: Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee Inquiry into current and proposed sexual consent laws in Australia, July 2023This is a response to a question we took on notice about the eight guiding principles set out in the Law Council of Australia’s submission to the Inquiry. We apologise that we are providing our comments after the Law Council’s appearance before the Inquiry, but hope the Committee will still find them useful in its deliberations. |
Submission to the Queensland Sentencing Advisory Council, July 2023We recommend that the Council should consider an overall uplift of sentences for sexual violence and child sexual abuse and urge the Council to consider how negative attitudes toward victim-survivors and "rape myths" impact sentencing decisions. We suggest limiting the use of ‘character’ evidence as a sentencing consideration for sexual violence. |
Submission to the Australian Institute of Criminology, June 2023The Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) has been engaged to undertake a review of sexual assault and child sexual abuse laws in Australia to support efforts to strengthen criminal justice responses. This submission responds to the AIC’s questions on: |
Submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, June 2023Full Stop Australia provides in principle support for the introduction of a Human Rights Act in Australia, but raises concerns about the proposed model in the draft Human Rights Act, which was published by the Australian Human Rights Commission on 7 March 2023. |
Submission to the Committee Secretary on the Family Law Amendment Bill 2023, June 2023Our submission advocates for the removal of the presumption of shared parental responsibility, along with other key amendments. |
Submission to the Department of Justice and Attorney General, June 2023(PDF 333kb) The Queensland Government is seeking feedback on ways to achieve the right balance in the use of surveillance technologies to benefit community safety, while limiting their potential use in harmful situations. Full Stop Australia thanks the Queensland Government for the opportunity to provide input on the use of surveillance technologies to ensure reforms consider and protect victim-survivors of domestic, family and sexual violence. |
Submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee, May 2023 |
Submission to the Attorney General's Department, May 2023The Attorney-General’s Department is undertaking a national consultation process to inform the development of legal services models to improve the experiences of victims and survivors in the criminal justice system. |
Submission to the Law Reform of Western Australia, May 2023The Attorney General of Western Australia has asked the Law Reform Commission of Western Australia to review Western Australia’s sexual offence laws. Volume 2 considers the sexual offences that should be included in the Criminal Code Act Compilation Act 1913 (WA) and the penalties that should be set for those offences. |
Supplementary Submission to the Law Reform of Western Australia, May 2023The Attorney General of Western Australia has asked the Law Reform Commission of Western Australia to review Western Australia’s sexual offence laws. Volume 1 provides advice to the Government about the ways in which these laws should be changed, having regard to the way that sexual offences are currently understood in the community. |
Submission to the Respect@Work Taskforce, April 2023The Attorney-General’s Department has commenced a public consultation regarding the appropriate cost model for Commonwealth anti-discrimination proceedings owing to concerns raised during the debate on the Respect at Work Bill. |
Submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee, March 2023The Senate referred an inquiry into current and proposed sexual consent laws in Australia to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee for inquiry. |
Submission to the Law Reform Commission of Western Australia, March 2023The Attorney-General of Western Australia has asked the Law Reform Commission of Western Australia to review Western Australia’s sexual offence laws, addressing the law of consent, mistake of fact defence and issues relating to objectives and guiding principles of reform. |
Submission to the Attorney-General's Department, February 2023The Attorney-General of Australia is seeking feedback on the draft Family Law Amendment Bill 2023 which will primarily amend the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth), with some consequential amendments to the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Act 2021 (Cth). |