Australia: "Domestic Violence Protections for the [SA] Tenancy Sector"

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Excerpt from the Information Paper:

'Australian women are most likely to experience physical and sexual violence in their home, at the hand of a male current or ex-partner. For 62% of women who had experienced physical assault by a male perpetrator, the most recent incident was in their home.

The Weatherill Government has made a strong commitment to addressing domestic violence in our community. Last year, the Premier reaffirmed domestic violence prevention as a priority for this Government with the release of the ‘Taking A Stand – Responding to Domestic Violence’ paper. Since then, the Government has embarked on a series of initiatives to address domestic violence in our community. To build on these initiatives, the Government is pursuing changes to strengthen the level of protection afforded to victims of domestic violence in the tenancy sector.

The proposed changes will recognise domestic violence in our tenancy legislation, and provide further protections for victims in the tenancy sector, including rooming house residents, to either continue in the tenancy without the perpetrator, leave the tenancy and no longer be liable for the premises, or terminate the tenancy altogether. The South Australian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (SACAT) will be empowered to determine that one or more, but not all co-tenants, are liable for compensation to the landlord and order that the bond be paid to the landlord and any co-tenants not liable for compensation as it thinks fit, but not so as to unduly disadvantage the landlord.
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The Intervention Order (Protection of Abuse) Act 2009 (the IO Act) contains measures to help victims of abuse safely stay in their home. It allows an intervention order to prohibit the perpetrator from being anywhere near the family home, even though the perpetrator may own or rent it. The aim is to encourage victims of abuse and their children to stay in the family home if they want to and prevent their lives being unnecessarily disrupted. It also offers a means of longer-term security to protected persons who wish to stay in the home.'