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1: Family Court issues warning to parents planning on exploiting COVID-19 situation | April 12, 2020

The Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia, Will Alstergren, has a warning for any parent planning on abusing their custody situation during the COVID-19 pandemic…




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2: Notorious Australian Incest Clan to Stand Trial | January 13, 2020

In the decades before they were found living in a squalid bush camp and accused of inbreeding and generations of incestuous sex, the Colt family moved freely from state to state, often earning money as travelling musicians…




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3: Family Court report writer charged with sexually abusing three children | January 1, 2020

An accused paedophile has been used as an expert by the Family Court in custody disputes that involve allegations of child sexual abuse…




Perth-based psychologist Darryl Menaglio accepted a professional misconduct finding over a report he prepared for a custody case at the Western Australia Family Court.
4: Psychologist’s misconduct raises questions about family court expert witnesses | December 14, 2019

It was a Family Court psychologist’s report that came with a heavy cost. Not only in monetary terms — although at $25,000 the psychologist’s fees were high. But also in its human toll, which continues more than seven years after it was handed to the Family Court of Western Australia…




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5: 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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6: 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
7: 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…




Justice Stewart Austin, pictured here in 2009, said the punishment inflicted by a father on his sons was "abuse", not discipline.
8: 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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9: How harmful is fighting in front of kids? | October 8, 2016

It’s a parenting tip echoed from one generation to the next: “Don’t fight in front of the kids.” But many parenting experts believe it’s not the actual fighting that upsets kids: it’s the way in which parents argue. 

So how does inter-parental conflict affect children? Is it ever okay for parents to argue in front of the kids?..




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10: Sisters abused by Stepfather awarded $1.5m | August 15, 2016

Two sisters who sued the state of New South Wales for failing to protect them from their abusive stepfather have been awarded almost $1.5 million in damages after an eight-year battle for compensation…