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71: Family Court refuses to send quake-affected boys back to New Zealand | January 27, 2014

The Family Court of Australia has rejected an attempt by New Zealand authorities to secure the return of two boys who were unlawfully taken to Sydney by their mother after the 2011 Christchurch earthquakes, finding that the children would be further traumatised if they were ordered home…



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72: Counselling vouchers – can they reduce Australia’s sky high divorce rate? | January 27, 2014

Social Services Minister Kevin Andrews’ plan to equip couples with $200 vouchers for counselling could drive the national divorce rate down, Relationships Australia says.
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73: Same-sex parents ‘more caring’, research shows | January 23, 2014

CHILDREN in same-sex families experience higher quality parenting and do as well emotionally, socially and educationally as those from heterosexual couple families, research shows…



special contribution doctrine knocked down- benefits women
74: Divorce ruling leaves wealthy husbands with less | January 9, 2014

WEALTHY husbands who split from their wives after a long marriage are less likely to walk away with the lion’s share of the assets following a landmark full Family Court decision…



child immunisation, family court dispute
75: Anti-vaccination mother tells Family Court Immunisation akin to Sterilising | January 8, 2014

A MUM who has gone to court to fight her ex-husband’s bid to have their children vaccinated says the procedure is akin to sterilisation or gender reassignment…



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76: Gay man fights to be recognised as father of child to lesbian couple | January 8, 2014

A MELBOURNE sperm donor dad has been granted access to his daughter despite the objections of her lesbian parents to his youthful partying ways. The man had been seeking shared custody of his two-year-old biological daughter that would have seen her living with him five nights a fortnight…



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77: Child Abducted from the United States Found Safe in Australia | November 23, 2013

For the past six years, an unassuming home in a quiet pocket of Sunshine Coast suburbia has housed the answer to a two-decade mystery…



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78: Tasmanian Abortion rules are fiction: lawyers | November 22, 2013

DOCTORS can ignore restrictions on late-term abortions in Tasmania without fear of prosecution and potentially without any professional sanction, according to senior legal figures…



Silent Domestic Violence Memorial March
79: Domestic violence cases soar in Western Australia | November 22, 2013

The number of domestic violence incidents in WA has risen almost 60 per cent over the past four years, with police attending more than 44,000 calls for help in the past year…



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80: Is a self represented litigant entitled to recover costs? | November 22, 2013

If you successfully represent yourself, the costs you can recover from the other party are strictly limited…