As the national peak body for family and relationship services in Australia, FRSA is committed to strong policy engagement, representing the needs and interests of member organisations and the communities they serve.
2019 FRSA Submissions
- FRSA Submission to the Joint Select Committee on Australia’s Family Law System (December 2019)
- FRSA Pre-Budget submission (February 2019)
Past FRSA Submissions
2018
- FRSA Submission to the Australian Law Reform Commission Inquiry –Review of the Family Law System – Discussion Paper (November 2018)
- FRSA Submission to the National Children’s Commissioner for the November report to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child (June 2018)
- FRSA Submission to the Australian Law Reform Commission Inquiry – Review of the Family Law System (May 2018)
2016
- FRSA submission to the Productivity Commission’s Preliminary Findings Report into Introducing Competition, Contestability and Informed User Choice into Human Services: Identifying Sectors for Reform (October 2016)
- FRSA Submission to the Finance and Public Administration References Committee Inquiry into the Commonwealth’s Indigenous Advancement Strategy tendering process (January, 2016)
2015
- FRSA Submission to the Family Law Council regarding information sharing, drawing on information obtained through a member survey (September, 2015)
- FRSA Submission to the Senate Community Affairs References Committee Inquiry into the service quality, efficiency and sustainability of recent Commonwealth community service tendering processes by the Department of Social Services (March, 2015)
- FRSA response to the Royal Commission into Institutional Reponses to Child Sexual Abuse (March, 2015)
- FRSA Pre-Budget submission (February, 2015)
2014
- FRSA response to family violence committee questions (December 2014)
- FRSA response to child support committee questions (December 2014)
- FRSA Submission to the Review of Australia’s Welfare System (McClure Review) (August 2014)
- FRSA Submission to the Senate Standing Committee on Finance and Public Administration, Domestic violence in Australia Committee (July 2014)
- FRSA Submission to the Parliamentary Inquiry into the Child Support Program (July 2014)
- FRSA Submission to National Review of Mental Health Programmes and Services 2014 (April 2014)
- FRSA Submission to the Senate Inquiry into Grandparents who take primary responsibility for raising their grandchildren (March 2014)
- FRSA Pre-Budget Submission (January 2014)
2013
- FRSA Submission to the National Commission of Audit (November 2013)
- FRSA Submission to the Productivity Commission Access to Justice Inquiry (November 2013)
- FRSA Submission to the Family Law Council’s review of parentage laws (July 2013)
- FRSA Submission to the draft Code of Best Practice for Engagement with the not-for-profit sector (April 2013)
- FRSA Submission to the Senate Inquiry on the Impact of federal court fee increases since 2010 on access to justice in Australia (April 2013)
- FRSA Submission to the Review of the National Partnership Agreement (March 2013)
- FRSA Submission to the Regulatory Impact Assessment of potential duplication of governance and reporting standards for charities (February 2013)
- FRSA Submission to the ‘Sharpening the Focus’ position paper (February 2013)
- FRSA Pre-Budget submission (February 2013)
- FRSA Submission to the Fair Work Amendment Bill 2012 (February 2013)
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