Urgent passage of the family law super changes has been encouraged by The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST), Women in Super (WIS), Women’s Legal Service of Victoria (WLSV), HESTA, the Economic Abuse Reference Group, and Financial Counselling Australia in…
Expat divorce has radically changed since recent UAE legal overhaul, lawyers say
Changes made to UAE family law in November have had a considerable impact on the way married people divorce in the UAE. All expats can now ask for the laws of the country where the marriage took place to apply…
Sisters in Law Project’ fighting for change
On Monday we witnessed a great gathering of women across Australia that delivered an inspiring sense of unity, as we marched 4 justice saying “enough is enough”. In Canberra, in cities and towns and online there was a collective calling…
Government rejects call to hand control of family law system to states and territories
The federal government has formally rejected a proposal to hand control of the family law system to the states and territories, arguing it would take decades to implement and would expose families to duplication. Key points: A review of Australia’s…
Has the practice of family law changed?
In 2019, Australia’s Family Law Act received an overhaul forty years in the making. How has the consolidation of Australia’s courts impacted the sector? Before 1 January 2019, the Family Law Act had never received an overhaul since its inception…
Family law inquiry sees ways to end harm
Delays in the family law system are wreaking havoc on young children, mothers and fathers, a federal parliamentary inquiry has warned as it calls for more funding and more specialist registrars. “We need the Morrison government to stop the words…
Mallee Family Care slams Family Court-Federal Court merger
MALLEE Family Care (MFC) says a decision by the Federal Parliament to merge the Family Court with the Federal Circuit Court will have a devastating impact on families and does nothing to address the underlying reasons for the failings of…
Divorce ‘detox’ retreats – the new trend in healing from a marriage breakdown
Australia’s first divorce retreat was held last weekend. What was it about and why do we need it? People prepare for marriage with counselling, in order to learn how to be a better partner, but there’s nothing out there to teach us how…
Christian Porter should not have abolished the Family Court
Federal parliament decided on February 18 to abolish the stand-alone Family Court of Australia and merge it into the Federal Circuit Court. The move was pushed by Attorney General Christian Porter and the Coalition and One Nation. It was opposed…
Fighting the court of public opinion
At his press conference on Wednesday, Christian Porter looked a broken man. It was as if he knew his long-held ambition to be prime minister of Australia was over. Porter’s first thoughts were with the woman who accused him of…