Legal professionals have offered up their perspective on the news of Scott Morrison taking over the role of Australia’s next Prime Minister. On Friday, 24 August, it was confirmed that federal Treasurer Scott Morrison will be Australia’s next Prime Minister,…
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Sydney mum’s protracted fight in family law system
For one Sydney mother, battling her violent ex partner in court has been a protracted nightmare. Christine, not her real name, “first stood up to the violence” about three years ago. She has two small children with her former partner…
Family law advice to aid indigenous families
In an Australian first, Aboriginal families in the East Pilbara will soon be able to seek family law advice and get a family court hearing without leaving Newman. From Monday, July 30, to Friday, August 3, the Family Court of…
Children taken from mothers unable to escape violent relationships – Advocates to meet in Adelaide to discuss support
INCREASING numbers of children are being taken away from their mothers because they are unable to escape violent relationships, prompting calls for more family support. The problem will be among concerns raised by more than 40 advocates at a Government-organised…
Australia ends requirement to file exhibits at the family court: should England and Wales follow suit?
A recent change in the rules of the family court in Australia ends the requirement for exhibits both generally and specifically to be filed at the court. Should England and Wales be following suit? The exhibits take up a huge…
Australia’s family law crisis reaches tipping point
OPINION Australia’s Family Court system is in crisis but a new review offers some hope that we can at least take a step towards a better approach, argues family law specialist Jane Miller. “I feel that the (Family Courts) system…
Rally for family court reform to boost fathers’ rights
Children with divorced or separated parents are suffering in a “broken” family court system which has a bias towards women, according to local father Grant Bowen. The Moonyoonooka man has recently started the WA chapter of the Australian Fathers’ Rights…
Ex-partners use finances and court systems to continue abuse: report
So far today police in Australia would have dealt with on average 502 domestic violence matters. When Jessica’s husband abandoned her and their three children, he moved interstate and became uncontactable — but kept spending on the family credit card….
Law Council of Australia calls for proposed Parenting Management Hearings to be abolished
The Law Council of Australia today told a Parliamentary hearing that the proposed Parenting Management Hearings should be scrapped and the funds re-invested to reduce the unacceptable waiting times in the Family and Federal Courts. The$12.7 million family law measure was announced…
Chained Women: The Jewish wives being held hostage in abusive marriages
An upsurge in cases of men refusing to grant their wives a religious divorce is causing mounting alarm in Australian Jewish communities, but the Government is refusing to intervene in what it considers to be a religious matter. Now, survivors…