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1: Equal parental responsibility is failing children, inquiry hears | December 29, 2019

Australia’s family law system is failing to protect children by misleading separated parents into believing their children have to spend time with their ex-partner, even if they are dangerous, one of the nation’s largest children’s charities has warned…

2: ‘Safety must come first in family law’: Legal groups reject merger plan | November 11, 2019

A coalition of more than 60 legal organisations has urged the federal government to abandon a plan to scrap the Family Court as a stand-alone entity, warning that a proposed courts merger risks the safety of child and adult victims of family violence…

3: Everything you need to know about Paternity tests | October 8, 2019

MORE families are taking steps to confirm their children’s parentage but it doesn’t have to be a harrowing experience…

4: Women lie about DV to get kids in Family Court, Hanson claims | September 18, 2019

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has accused women of making up domestic violence claims in order to get custody of their children, as she defended a new parliamentary inquiry into the family law system…

5: Gender diverse people exposed to high rates of sexual violence | September 18, 2019

More than half of transgender and gender diverse Australians have been victims of sexual violence or coercion – almost four times the rate of the general population…

6: Family Court Judge’s ruling overturned by Appeal Court as a ‘gross miscarriage of justice’ | July 21, 2019

A Brisbane judge who sentenced a father of two to jail for contempt of court in a family law case has been sharply criticised by Family Court appeal judges, who described his decision as an “affront to justice”…

7: Euthanasia becomes legal in Victoria | June 22, 2019

As of today, terminally-ill Victorians can now legally ask their doctor for lethal drugs to take their own lives under the nation’s only euthanasia laws…

8: IVF win for Vic women split from spouse | June 5, 2019

Women will no longer need the approval of their former partner to access IVF in Victoria using their own eggs and donor sperm…

9: Domestic violence perpetrators to be given crisis housing in SA trial | May 29, 2019

Some domestic violence perpetrators will be removed from their family homes under a new scheme by a state government, but experts warn it could leave the victims struggling financially…

10: NSW gun law reforms considered after John Edwards murder-suicide | July 10, 2018

FIREARMS checks would be linked to Family Court proceedings and the opinions of ex-wives and even doctors would be sought before a person is granted a licence under major reforms to be discussed this morning to stop tragedies like John Edwards shooting dead his Pennant Hills teenage kids…

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