Front and centre in family law matters is the best interests of the child. There's been much discussion about the impact of expanded definitions in recent amendments to the Family Law Act. But the reforms also include a new object: the United Nations C...
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Family Violence
The voices of children in family law cases (The Law Report, ABC Radio National, audio & transcript)
What about the men? White Ribbon, men and violence: a response to Dr Michael Flood by Men’s Health Australia
The White Ribbon Foundation is an organisation that works to prevent male violence towards women – a goal that is extremely worthy and worth supporting. The White Ribbon website states that “all forms of violence are unacceptable,” ho...
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A father’s day gift from Labor and the Greens: increased fatherlessness
Virtually every major social pathology has been linked to fatherlessness: violent crime, drug and alcohol abuse, truancy, teen pregnancy, suicide – all correlate more strongly to fatherlessness than to any other single factor. The majority of pri...
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Domestic violence trends and issues in NSW (Inquiry)
This inquiry is a current Legislative Council inquiry conducted by the Social Issues Committee . The inquiry was established on 25 July 2011 to inquire into and report on domestic violence trends and issues in New South Wales. The terms of reference w...
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Kids to be denied their Fathers, because of ONE Man’s vote – Tony Windsor
Please read the following letter that was sent to Tony Windsor, Federal Member for New England, on the proposed 2011 child custody/family law changes currently before Parliament, designed to prevent most separated fathers from having contact with thei...
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AIC report ‘ignores key research on young people and domestic violence’
Attorney-General Robert McClelland and Minister for Justice Brendan O’Connor today released a new Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) report Children’s exposure to domestic violence in Australia.
In this paper, current knowledge about...
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Government deception won’t reduce family violence
Last week the Federal House of Representatives debated the Family Law Legislation Amendment (Family Violence and Other Measures) Bill 2011. During the debate, the Minister for the Status of Women, Kate Ellis, made a series of false statements to the P...
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Minister misleads Federal Parliament about Family Violence
A leading men's health organisation today claimed that the Federal Minister for the Status of Women, the Hon. Kate Ellis MP misled Parliament during debate of the Family Law Legislation Amendment (Family Violence and Other Measures) Bill 2011 last Thu...
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The Feminist Trojan Horse in Family Law
Federal Member for Dawson, George Christensen, attacks the Gillard Labor government's changes to the Family Law Act which will water down provisions giving non-custodial parents (mostly fathers) equal access to their children. Transcript from Hans...
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Mean spirited ideology or a presumption that every child wants the love of both parents in equal measure
Family violence has, in recent years, been subjected to a very short sighted restricted analysis that is based on stereotypes of victims and abusers. Typically, the "victim" is depicted as a timid, oppressed female and the abuser is portrayed as a brut...
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Family Law Legislation Amendment (Family Violence and Other Measures) Bill 2011 Inquiry
On 25 March 2011 the Senate referred the Family Law Legislation Amendment (Family Violence and Other Measures) Bill 2011 for inquiry and report. The bill makes amendments to the Family Law Act 1975 to prioritise the safety of children in parenting mat...
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Secretary SPCA comments on the Family Law Legislation Amendment Bill 2011
The Secretary of the Shard Parenting Council of Australia, Mr Wayne Butler has published a short assessment of the Family Law Legislation Amendment (Family Violence and Other Measures) Bill 2011. It is very much in haste but he sees 4 key areas that n...
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