October 2021 Bulletin

• VFLPN Greater Melbourne Update

• The new Federal Circuit & Family Court of Australia

• New case management pathway

• 10 core principles & terminology changes

• Child dispute services, family consultants and how they report under the new structure

• New Court lists (contravention and major complex financial proceedings)

• New VFLPN educational video: Family Dispute Resolution under the Family Law Act

• What's going on in the sector

August 2021 Bulletin

• VFLPN Greater Melbourne Update

• Courts to merge on 1 September 2021

• Federal Family Violence Orders Scheme report published

• Consultation Paper: Information sharing between child protection, family violence & family law systems

• Development of national principles on addressing coercive control

• Our educational videos: Family Law Counsellors under the Family Law Act

• iRefer VIC family law referral database

• What's going on in the sector

June 2021 Bulletin

• VFLPN membership survey winner announced!

• Reporting date extended for the Joint Select Committee on Australia's Family Law System

• A new decision-making framework for property matters in family law

• Updates from the family law courts

• Budget Overview: announcements relevent to the family law sector

• Extraordinary meeting of the Attorney-General's

• Program Spotlight: Family Advocacy and Support Services (FASS)

• What's going on in the sector - resources & updates

April 2021 Bulletin

• FLPN funding has been extended until 2024!

• FLPN Webinar: Dispute Resolution Events in the FCA and FCC

• Government responds to the ALRC Family Law Inquiry

• The establishment of a national accreditation scheme for children's contact services

• The 5-year anniverary of the Royal Commission into Family Violence

• The Inquiry into family, domestic & sexual violence has released its final report

• What's going on in the sector - The Age series on family violence - are families safer?

March 2021 Bulletin

• iRefer VIC (version 3) is out now!

• FLPN Webinar: Parental Alienation in the Australian Family Law System (contradictions, collisions & consequences)

• Family law inquiry due date extended again

• AIFS Survey: compliance & enforcement in family law proceedings

• Program Spotlight: what is a children's contact service? (video resource)

• What's going on in the sector - resources & updates

January 2021 Bulletin

• Welcome to the new year!

• FLPN Webinar: Understanding Coercive Control with Jess Hill

• COVID-19 List expanded to help families affected by pandemic

• DHHS to be separated into two new departments

• Now Hiring: Family Consultants

• iRefer Vic Referral Database

• What's going on in the sector - resources & updates

November 2020 Bulletin

• Untested allegations of sexual abuse in family law proceedings webinar

• 'Kinchela Boys - Restoring our Family Structures' event premiere

• Interim report of family law inquiry released

• Senate Committee recommends controversial Court merger bill

• Resisting collusion with male perpetrators online training

• Funding announcement for family and relationship support services sector

• New Emergency Relief category added to iRefer VIC app & COVID-19 service delivery 

• Sector updates & resources

September 2020 Bulletin

• Upcoming & past FLPN webinars

• 'The Lighthouse Project'

• Commencement of 
  public hearings for the new family violence inquiry

• Delay in findings of the new family law inquiry

• Tips for clients attending family court online

• Sector updates & resources

July 2020 Bulletin

• General Updates including new national FLPN webinar series 

• Anxiety and Depression in Children and Adolescents event presented by Nathan Wallis

• Annual Activity Report 

• Bill introduced to abolished presumption of shared parental responsibility

• New family violence inquiry announced 

• amica - a new online tool for separating couples

• Sector updates and resources

May 2020 Bulletin

• Funding extension

• National FLPN webinar series 

• Western suburbs collaborative meetings

• COVID-19 service updates 

• Sunshine FRC property mediation event

March 2020 Bulletin

• COVID-19 Service Delivery Updates and Resources  

January 2020 Bulletin

• Welcome to the new year!

• Updates to Victoria Legal Aid's service delivery

• Family violence workforce census

• Community trauma toolkit  

November 2019 Bulletin

• Call for submissions for the Joint Select Committee's Inquiry into theFamily Law System

• Child Support in Parenting Disputes event

• iRefer VIC application improvement project

• Emerging Minds - Practitioner Resources call for feedback 

August 2019 Bulletin

• Family Violence Information Sharing Scheme & MARAM framework event

• FRSA National Conference 2019

• Independent review of the Family Violence Information Sharing Scheme released

• Opportunity to attend an event by the Victorian Association of Dispute Resolution 

May 2019 Bulletin

• Welcome to our new cohort of volunteers!

• Australian Law Reform Commission's review of the Family Law System

• LGBTIQ Families in Family Law forum

• The Intersections of Child Protection and Family Law event 

February 2019 Bulletin

• VFLPN funding announcement!

• Outcome measurement tool for family dispute resolution

• VFLPN membership update project

• Upcoming Dandenong Collaborative meetings