News & Views National Summit must commit to achieving a safe, accessible family law system The government must seize the opportunity of the Women’s Safety Summit to show its commitment to achieving an accessible family law system.
News & Views Government fails to deliver promised family law superannuation scheme on time The federal government has failed to deliver a promised $3.3 million scheme that would have stopped domestic abuse perpetrators hiding their superannuation during Family Court disputes.
News & Views Family Court to triage family violence matters within 72 hours The Family Court will be able to triage urgent parenting disputes relating to children within 72 hours in a newly-designated COVID-19 list.
News & Views He threatened her with a knife & told her how she’d die. Twice a week he gets their son Twice a week Amelia has to face a man who threatened her with a knife, and give him their small son unsupervised. “It is very scary,” she says.
News & Views Why are family violence services losing government support? Why are legal and community centres experiencing funding cuts when women, more than ever, need to seek refuge from abusive partners and need support?
News & Views ‘Parental alienation’: the debunked theory that women lie about violence is still used in court The debunked theory that women lie about violence is still used in court & can lead to children having to visit or live with an abusive parent.
News & Views ‘Parental alienation’: the debunked theory that women lie about violence is still used in court Parental alienation is wielded by fathers’ rights groups and continues to have credibility in the family law system, writes Zoe Rathus.
News & Views An attempt to stop the ‘unnecessary & dangerous’ family law inquiry failed A motion filed by Senator Larissa Waters to stop the government’s controversial family law inquiry failed 33 to 27 on Tuesday.
News & Views Law Council: Family law inquiry will fail if ‘misguided by myths’ Law Council of Australia President Arthur Moses SC says family law reform has to be based on facts not slogans and myths.
Politics We don’t need another family law inquiry. We need action. Scott Morrison’s announced a Parliamentary Inquiry into family law system. Hayley Foster from Women’s Safety NSW says action is needed.