Families and Marriage Publications

Please read this Guide carefully before completing the Application Form for the Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the Arab Republic of Egypt regarding Cooperation on Protecting the Welfare of Children.

Please read this Guide carefully before completing the Application Form for the Agreement between Australia and the Republic of Lebanon regarding Cooperation on Protecting the Welfare of Children.

Information to help you complete each section of the application form for access to a child under the Hague Convention.

The Interim Report to the Attorney-General focused on the first two terms of reference that address the prospect of having a streamlined, coherent and integrated approach to improve the overall safety of families and in particular children, while involved in the family law, child protection and family violence jurisdictions. The Interim Report was delivered to the Attorney-General on 30 June 2015.

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.