Retired Family Court judge Richard Chisholm has written a blueprint for overhauling Australia’s Family Law Act recommending the removal of Shared Parenting as a potential outcome in Family Law Court proceedings…

Perhaps the most significant amendments to the parenting provisions were introduced by the Howard Government in 2006. While these also gave some new priority to issues of family violence, they are generally seen as at least having had the effect of prioritising relationships with both parents after separation over the significance of family violence to decision making about parenting…

Amendments to the Family Law Act that changed the way the law addresses family violence in family law matters came into force from 7 June 2012…