s5G Relationships and family members: Custody (parental responsibility) for minor children and Procedural Instructions relating to international parental child abduction and long-term cross-border…

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The release comprises several Department of Home Affairs procedural instructions and policy manuals rather than operational reports or statistical data. The main document, PAM3 section s5G on relationships and family members, sets out policy on custody and parental responsibility for minor children in visa applications. It explains the Schedule 4 public interest criteria 4015 and 4017 (the "custody criteria"), which took effect on 1 July 2000, and their relationship to Hague Convention obligations on international child abduction. It also covers Australian family law orders, visas not covered by the criteria, and the handling of unaccompanied minors. A further section addresses the Managing CMAL Alert Reason Code 26 procedure, and a procedural instruction covers referrals to the Australian Federal Police, including travellers suspected of carrying drugs internally. Extracts also cover minors' departure clearance at borders. No quantitative data, detention figures, or cyber risk assessments appear in the excerpt.