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1: Can I See My Grandchildren if their Mother Says “No”? | June 16, 2018

What the law says about grandparents seeing their grandchildren when the parents say no..




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2: Evil ex-wife seeks to inherit deceased ex-husband’s fortune, despite years of false allegations | June 7, 2018

Former spouse, who engaged in a relentless campaign of false allegations of physical and sexual abuse after the divorce, makes claim on late ex-husband’s substantial estate 25 years after separation. Did she get anything?..




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3: Judge slams agency after ‘flimsy’ claims see child removed from carer | April 10, 2018

A judge has slammed the actions of a government-contracted welfare agency as “shoddy” and “shameful” in removing a six-year-old girl from her foster carer on the flimsy claims of her mischievous older brothers…




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4: Dad wrongfully jailed on false child sexual abuse allegations seeks compensation | January 3, 2018

A father who was wrongfully jailed after his estranged partner accused him of sexually abusing his own son has vowed to turn “his worst nightmare” into a greater good and help iron out faults in WA’s justice system…




Christian Democratic Party leader Fred Nile. Photo: Jon Reid
5: Fred Nile gives renewed push to Zoe’s law to criminalise harm to a fetus | October 17, 2017

The bill known as Zoe’s Law would amend the Crimes Act to make it a crime to harm or destroy a child in utero…




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6: Court rules on parents’ dispute about sending their children to private schools | September 28, 2017

A divorced mother, known by her court appointed pseudonym as Ms Stewart, has sought an Order from the Court that her two children, one boy and one girl, upon reaching high school age, should be enrolled in two prestigious same-sex private schools, the son of which to follow in the father’s family tradition, she claimed, and attend the father’s and grandfather’s alma mater…




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7: Family Court Should Be Last Resort: Attorney-General | September 12, 2017

Federal Attorney-General George Brandis called on judges and magistrates yesterday to start ruling on custody and property disputes to take pressure off the overloaded family and federal circuit courts…




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8: Family Court allows Sex Change for Autistic Boy | September 4, 2017

A 16-year-old boy suffering from autism has been granted permission to begin sex change treatments, provided he has his sperm frozen in case he wants children…




Justice Stewart Austin, pictured here in 2009, said the punishment inflicted by a father on his sons was "abuse", not discipline.
9: Family Court examines difference between Discipline & Child Abuse | November 26, 2016

When does physical discipline of a child become unlawful abuse?

The question arose in the case of a father who had beaten his two eldest children with a cricket bat, but who argued he should still be allowed to see his six-year-old son…




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10: Government to investigate child support system | October 21, 2016

The federal government’s independent auditor has flagged an investigation of the $3.5 billion child support system, a move that could provide further ammunition for Pauline Hanson’s claim that the system is unfair to non-custodial parents…