Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01281:clause:1ab_40:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01281
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1AB cl 40 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 335489–342365

40        Families and Children                                                                                                                                To do the following:
                                                                                                                                                               (a) support families to improve the wellbeing of children and young people;
                                                                                                                                                               (b) enhance family and community functioning;
                                                                                                                                                               (c) increase the participation of vulnerable people in community life;
                                                                                                                                                               including by providing funding as follows:
                                                                                                                                                               (d) to family law services that provide alternatives to formal legal processes for families who are separated, separating or in dispute to improve their relationships and make arrangements in the best interests of their children;
                                                                                                                                                               (e) to family and relationship services to strengthen family relationships, prevent family breakdown and ensure the wellbeing and safety of children through the provision of broad‑based counselling and education to families of different forms and sizes;
                                                                                                                                                               (f) to develop and facilitate whole‑of‑community approaches to support and enhance early childhood development and wellbeing for children from birth to 12 years;
                                                                                                                                                               (g) to provide early intervention and prevention services and resources that are aimed at improving the development and wellbeing of children aged from birth to 12 years and to support the capacity of those in parenting roles;
                                                                                                                                                               (h) for community‑based interventions for vulnerable young people who are at risk of disengaging with family and community, including those at risk of homelessness;
                                                                                                                                                               (i) for specialist adult support services to improve outcomes and enhance wellbeing for people adversely affected by past institutional and child‑welfare practices and policies.
                                                                                                                                                               This objective also has the effect it would have if it were limited to providing funding or support:
                                                                                                                                                               (a) by providing medical services, family and maternity allowances, child endowment, unemployment and sickness benefits and benefits to students; or
                                                                                                                                                               (b) by engaging in measures to meet Australia's international obligations in relation to children, in particular those under the Convention on the Rights of the Child; or
                                                                                                                                                               (c) by engaging in measures to meet Australia's international obligations in relation to persons with disabilities, in particular obligations under the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; or
                                                                                                                                                               (d) in a Territory; or
                                                                                                                                                               (e) by providing assistance to trading, financial and foreign corporations to which paragraph 51(xx) of the Constitution applies where the assistance relates to the existing activities of the corporations; or
                                                                                                                                                               (f) in relation to aliens or immigrants; or
                                                                                                                                                               (g) in relation to marriage; or
                                                                                                                                                               (h) in relation to divorce; or
                                                                                                                                                               (i) in connection with divorce—in relation to parental rights or the custody or guardianship of infants; or
                                                                                                                                                               (j) to assist persons who are insolvent or bankrupt to manage their insolvency or bankruptcy; or
                                                                                                                                                               (k) by providing grants of financial assistance to a State or Territory; or
                                                                                                                                                               (l) by engaging in measures that are peculiarly adapted to the government of a nation and cannot otherwise be carried on for the benefit of the nation; or
                                                                                                                                                               (m) in the exercise of