Families and Marriage Publications

Document outlining the obligations and consequences of marriage and stating the availability of marriage education and counselling [Thai version]

Document outlining the obligations and consequences of marriage and stating the availability of marriage education and counselling [Arabic version]

Document outlining the obligations and consequences of marriage and stating the availability of marriage education and counselling [Chinese simplified version]

Document outlining the obligations and consequences of marriage and stating the availability of marriage education and counselling [Chinese traditional version]

Document outlining the obligations and consequences of marriage and stating the availability of marriage education and counselling [Greek version]

Document outlining the obligations and consequences of marriage and stating the availability of marriage education and counselling [Hindi version]

Document outlining the obligations and consequences of marriage and stating the availability of marriage education and counselling [Indonesian version]

Document outlining the obligations and consequences of marriage and stating the availability of marriage education and counselling [Italian version]

Document outlining the obligations and consequences of marriage and stating the availability of marriage education and counselling [Korean version]

Document outlining the obligations and consequences of marriage and stating the availability of marriage education and counselling [Nepali version]

Document outlining the obligations and consequences of marriage and stating the availability of marriage education and counselling [Spanish version]

Document outlining the obligations and consequences of marriage and stating the availability of marriage education and counselling [Tagalog version]

Document outlining the obligations and consequences of marriage and stating the availability of marriage education and counselling [Vietnamese version]

How the Attorney-General’s Department will collect, store, use and disclose your personal information when you apply for the return of your child under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (the Hague Convention).

Published in 2014, this guide is to help Supporting Children after Separation Program (SCaSP) service providers provide seamless, appropriately differentiated service system for children and their parents.  

This report provides advice to the Attorney-General on a range of issues in relation to who is considered to be a parent under the Family Law Act 1975. The council considered the changes in family structures and the differing ways families are now being formed, the role and meaning of 'parent', as well as the inconsistent, inappropriate and discriminatory outcomes for children on the basis of the status of the people who are raising them or the way in which the child's family was formed.

The council is an agency subject to the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act) and is required to comply with the requirements of the FOI Act relating to the Information Publication Scheme (IPS). The council has prepared its IPS Agency Plan in accordance with subsection 8(1) of the FOI Act.

Family Relationship Centres and the Family Relationship Advice Line are front doors to services that can assist families at all stages of their relationships. The following guidelines are provided to assist with development of the best possible referral practices. 

Use this form if you are named in a Hague Convention child abduction case, and you decide to oppose the application and do not want the child to return to their home country.

If you believe your child has been wrongfully removed from Australia or wrongfully retained overseas in a Hague Convention country without your consent, you can apply for the return of your child.