Family Law Act (1975), 9–10, 155–156, 183, 195, 196n1, 197–198, 200, 206, 209, 213, 230, 237–238, 244, 252, 265, 272–273

Part III, 157

Part VII, 157, 198, 200–204

Part VII, Division 11, 244–246, 269

Family Law Amendment (Shared Parental Responsibility) Act (2006), 238, 260n1

Family Law Council, 209, 238

Family Law Reform Act (1995), 5, 19, 156–157, 181, 197, 200, 202, 205, 211, 214, 224, 231, 237, 244–246, 255–256

empirical studies, 204–205

Family Reports, 159, 178, 218–223, 227, 235–236, 241n9, 268–269, 271

family violenceSee also domestic violence, 1, 5, 29–31, 46n8, 54, 153n14, 157, 185, 201–203, 224, 238

family violence orders. See intervention orders

fathers, 61, 102n8, 121, 163–165, 196n1, 198–199, 204, 221, 228–230, 238, 244, 251–252, 259, 270

fathers’ rights/men’s groups, 160, 175, 273

fear, 3–4, 15, 21, 36, 39, 41, 43, 54, 63, 71, 76, 80–81, 91, 102n7, 104–105n25, 112–115, 118, 126, 128, 145, 151n3, 168–171, 179, 199, 201, 213, 217, 220–221, 235, 251, 259, 268–269, 271

feminism/feminist, 2, 16, 31–33, 44, 53, 71, 73–75, 200, 263

critical theorists, 7–8, 270

feminism/feminist (continued)

law reforms, 1–2, 5–9, 16, 19, 35, 37, 39, 44, 200, 211, 239, 264, 270

lawyers, 11, 17n1, 71, 74–75, 144, 218

legal scholarship/theory, 1, 9–10, 38, 211

literature, 44, 124

understandings of domestic violence, 19–24, 29–31, 38, 54, 100, 111, 124, 147, 149, 206, 218, 273

Fischer, Karla, 148

Frankston Magistrates’ Court, 92, 106n32

Friedman, Lawrence M., 6, 18n7

Galanter, Marc, 72, 74–75

Gilkerson, Christopher P., 38

Gordon, Linda, 31

Graycar, Regina, 35, 198

Harrison, Margaret, 185

Hensler, Deborah R., 15

High Court of Australia, 36, 157, 175, 197, 204

Horney, Julie, 7

Howe, Adrian, 33–34

Indigenous women. See Aboriginal women

immigrant womenSee also non-English speaking background women, 12, 127

access to services, 26, 31

communication barriers, 31, 80

experiences of violence, 26