A national men’s lobby group slammed the Federal Government’s latest family law review, claiming fathers would not be consulted or represented during deliberations……. Men’ Rights Agency director Sue Price said men’s rights groups were not invited to voice their views during the consultation period or represented on the government appointed Family Law Pathways Advisory Group
Year: 2000
MRA Submission to the Family Law Pathways Group September 2000
When the Family Law Pathways Group was first announced, many eagerly awaited more detail, especially the names of those, who would participate in the forum. For the first time we thought the Government may be on the right track and would appoint a good cross-section of people from all the interested parties – those representing
Dwelling Choices for the Children of Separated Parents
The trend is, however, undoubtedly that more and more decisions on joint custody are going to be handed down. This can, as the Swedish Vårdnadstvistutredningen (1995) points out, lead to parents, in the future, disputing the children’s dwelling place rather than who has legal custody. This makes it much more important for all the participants, (in the counselling and/or processes of decision making about the dwelling place for children of broken relationships), to base their conclusions and operations on scientific knowledge and proven experience. Lassbo (1994) states that with regards to the family structure’s effect on children’s development, there is too little empirical knowledge and too much guesswork and theorizing.
Disorder in the courts
The Family Court has consistently pursued its critics by instigating contempt charges. But lately these citizens have been beating their powerful foe. Sarah Harris reports. (Pix: View of a back of a man seated on park bench looking at children’s playground equipment.) Caption: No picnic: This man, whose name cannot be revealed, has endured much
Disorder in the courts
The Family Court has consistently pursued its critics by instigating contempt charges. But lately these citizens have been beating their powerful foe. Sarah Harris reports. (Pix: View of a back of a man seated on park bench looking at children’s playground equipment.) Caption: No picnic: This man, whose name cannot be revealed, has endured much
Spurious reasons for appalling injustice
This issue is not confined to Australia. In England, a new book, The Sex-Change Society by Melanie Phillips, published by the Social Market Foundation, claims that fathers are being routinely denied contact with their children on grounds produced by welfare officers that are so spurious as to be virtually incomprehensible. Here are some example: There was
Greg Wilton takes his own life 14-6-2000
Final days http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Wilton Wilton’s marriage broke down in early 2000, and rumours began to surface that he would soon resign. Then Wilton was found by police, distressed in a car with his two young children in the You Yangs, near Geelong as he was driving out of the national park. While the circumstances of the
Distraught MP to face court – 2000
http://www.theage.com.au/news/20000528/A22245-2000May27.htmlFederal Victorian Labor MP Greg Wilton will appear in the GeelongMagistrates Court tomorrow after being found in his car in a distressedstate with his young children on a lonely country road. Mr Wilton, 44, right, who holds the south-eastern suburbs seat of Isaacs,was taken to a psychiatric hospital after the incident in the You YangsNational
Problem Parents doing time “Letters”
For too long people suffering as a result of family separation have been
kept away from the public gaze. Your newspaper deserves praise for bringing
the heartache and tragedy of those who unfortunately find themselves as
clients of the Family Court and Child Support Agency to the fore. (‘Problem’
parents doing time – Focus, 8-9/4/00)
Problem parents doing time
Attorney General Daryl Williams wants to jail more mums and dads who defy family law. But as John Stapleton reports, critics say it is the system that is at fault.