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…

Legislation to allow voluntary euthanasia in New South Wales has been defeated in the state upper house. The Rights of the Terminally Ill bill, which was introduced by Greens MLC Cate Faehrmann, would have let terminally ill people who still retain their decision making capacity request assistance to die…

THE federal government is about to face moves in the Senate for an inquiry into whether its fee increases for the federal courts will reduce access to justice…