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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1995 Week 11 Hansard (14 December) . . Page.. 3159 ..

sufficient information to be able to use both the Commonwealth and Territory laws effectively.

This Government is committed to improving protection to victims of domestic violence. This Bill and the Commonwealth Law Reforms will assist in improving such protection by giving the Magistrates Court more flexibility to deal with Family Law contact orders and to give both the Family Court and State and Territory courts the relevant information and powers so that they can avoid, where possible, making inconsistent orders.

Mr Speaker, I commend the Domestic Violence ( Amendment ) Bill 1995 to the Assembly.

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