NSW Police Minister Troy Grant
11: NSW gun law reforms considered after John Edwards murder-suicide | July 10, 2018

FIREARMS checks would be linked to Family Court proceedings and the opinions of ex-wives and even doctors would be sought before a person is granted a licence under major reforms to be discussed this morning to stop tragedies like John Edwards shooting dead his Pennant Hills teenage kids…


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12: Domestic violence offenders no longer allowed to question abuse victims in Family Court | June 28, 2018

The Federal Government will today introduce legislation banning the practice of direct cross-examination of alleged victims of domestic violence, by the alleged perpetrators of that domestic violence…


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13: How to stop elder financial abuse in your family | March 29, 2018

In Australia, it is estimated that at least 10 per cent of older Australians suffer from financial abuse each year. The surprising factor is that their adult children are most likely the perpetrators.

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14: The financial cost of death and dying | February 15, 2018

The death of a loved one can be hard enough to deal with without the extra worry about the cost of carrying out their wishes. Key decisions — including the executor of the will, whether to die at home or whether you are buried among the trees or cremated — all involve a financial burden and much easier made when family members are not bereaved…


Could you be a victim of financial abuse?
15: The shocking rise of financial abuse involving wills | January 18, 2018

A report by the Elder Abuse Prevention Unit, shows a 20 per cent increase in reported cases of financial abuse from 2014-15 to 2015-16. The report also found that more than three-quarters of perpetrators reported between 2015 and 2016 were related to the victims…


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16: Perth couple the first in Australia to file for same-sex divorce | December 11, 2017

With the recent advent of Australia’s same-sex marriage legislation, a new phenomena is now slowing coming to the fore, same-sex divorce…


LNP politician Ros Bates believes those complaining about fake domestic violence orders are just angry, jilted men.
17: Queensland MPs blame men for surge in fake Domestic Violence Orders | November 17, 2017

Recent outbursts by female Queensland MPs about domestic ­violence orders highlights a disturbing idea that men should just shut up…


Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews addresses parliament. Picture: AAP/Tracey Nearmy
18: Voluntary euthanasia in Victoria a step closer | October 18, 2017

Voluntary euthanasia is a step closer to reality in Victoria after bid to derail proposed state laws last night failed…


Christian Democratic Party leader Fred Nile. Photo: Jon Reid
19: 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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20: Backyard Euthanasia: the shocking cases that could change the law | October 11, 2017

With the Victorian Parliament on the cusp of debating the country’s first state government-sponsored assisted dying bill (euthanasia), advocates for reform hope the laws will result in fewer people choosing to die in such harrowing circumstances…