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1: 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…
2: Father jailed for bashing partner granted access to daughter | March 24, 2014
A father who was alleged to have bashed his partner and held a samurai sword to their daughter’s throat was still allowed weekly access to the child because the mother had a significant history of false allegations and exhibited unreasonable behaviour, including false allegations of child sexual abuse…
3: Man ordered to repay Centrelink $11,500 over child support payments | June 5, 2013
The grandmother has won the right to raise the eight-year-old Queensland girl interstate after she complained of being verbally “menaced” by her son over caring for the child…