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.
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2023
- A stronger, more diverse and independent community sector – Department of Social Services Consultation (November 2023)
- Family Law Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2023: Exposure draft – Attorney-General’s Department Consultation (November 2023)
- National Legal Assistance Partnership Review (October 2023)
- Family Law Amendment Bill 2023 – Senate Inquiry (June 2023)
- Measuring What Matters – The Treasury Consultation Phase 2 (May 2023)
- Inquiry into the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice Referendum (April 2023)
- The Early Years Strategy – Department of Social Services Consultation (April 2023)
- Family Law Amendment Bill 2023 – Attorney-General’s Department Consultation (February 2023)
- FRSA’s Pre-Budget Submission – 2023-2024 (January 2023)
2022
- ParentsNext Inquiry into Workforce Australia Employment Services (November 2022)
- Remake of ACNC Regulations (August 2022)
- New family dispute resolution services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families (April 2022)
- FRSA’s Pre-Budget Submission – 2022-2023 (January 2022)
2021
- Improving the competency and accountability of family report writers ( December 2021)
- Treasury – Reform of the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission secrecy provisions (August 2021)
- Implementing the successor plan to the National Framework for Protecting Australia’s Children (July 2021)
- Consultation on a new decision-making framework for property matters in family law (July 2021)
- Treasury Consultation – Improving the visibility of superannuation assets (June 2021)
- Review of direct cross-examination ban – Family Law Act 1975 (May 2021)
- Attorney-General’s Department – consultation on Establishment of an Accreditation Scheme for CCS (May 2021)
- FRSA Submission to the House Select Committee on Mental Health and Suicide Prevention (March 2021)
- FRSA Submission to Inquiry into the Social Services Legislation Amendment (Strengthening Income Support) Bill 2021 (March 2021)
- FRSA Response to Department of Social Services Discussion Paper 2020: Families and Children Services (February 2021)
- FRSA’s Pre-Budget Submission – 2021-2022 (January 2021)
2019
- FRSA Submission to the Joint Select Committee on Australia’s Family Law System (December 2019)
- FRSA Pre-Budget submission (February 2019)
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)