Inquiry
21: Divorce fee ‘too high’ for poor | April 26, 2013
THE federal government is facing a revolt over its $102.4 million increase in court fees, with solicitors warning that some of their poorest clients can no longer afford a divorce…
22: Parents of disabled want more flexibility to hysterectomy ban | March 27, 2013
Parents of women with severe disabilities are being forced to take their daughters overseas for hysterectomies after their requests for the procedure were denied in Australia, a leading endocrinologist has told an inquiry into involuntary sterilisation…
23: Sterilisation first option for the disabled | January 2, 2013
PARENTS of women with intellectual disabilities are going straight for sterilisation procedures rather than ”existing and viable options” to help control menstruation and contraception, a national Senate inquiry has heard…