Three reports evaluating aspects of Australia’s family law system have been released by the Attorney-General, Robert McClelland. ..

The most comprehensive evaluation of Australia’s family law system – drawing on the experience of 28,000 Australians – has found that overall the recent reforms are working well for the majority of children and their parents. ..

Mr B said he was accused in court of being “a bad husband, a bad father” and he believes that were it not for the Howard government’s shared parenting laws, which require the Family Court to presume that a child’s best interests are served by having a “meaningful” relationship with both parents after separation, he would not have been given any responsibility for his son, let alone equal time…