http://www.couriermail.com.au/spike/columnists/lets-hear-it-for-dad-hes-the-man/story-fn8fquew-1226463025067 Fathers will be able to embrace quality time with their children.Source: National Features DEADBEAT dads has a certain ring to it, probably because we’ve heard it so often. But for every father who is at best useless and at worst destructive in the lives of their children, there are others who are
Year: 2012
Paternally grateful
IS there a word for it? I can’t think of one. The label “maternal” is fenced off by women, exclusively, proudly; “paternal” – well, feminism has stained its meaning, it’s veered into something hegemonic, domineering, controlling, hardened, a word a lot of females flinch from by instinct. But how to describe what I see all
NSW Domestic Violence report recognises male victims
Male victims of family violence face gap in services and need special consideration: NSW Government report The NSW Government Legislative Council’s Standing Committee on Social Issues this week released their report on domestic violence trends and issues in NSW: the first ever to acknowledge the existence, needs, barriers to reporting and barriers to accessing support faced
Fathers want more time with children
FORGET the socks, ties, DVDs and other trinkets you might be thinking of picking up for Father’s Day. This year, give dad what he really wants – time with the family. A study called The New Dad from Converge International and Boston College Centre for Work and Family says Australian dads are looking to shift
Violent separations put kids in state care
The majority of Australian children in state care are there because of violent family separations, Queensland’s child safety inquiry has heard. One in four children in Australia witness violence against their mother or stepmother, the inquiry’s Commissioner Tim Carmody said on Monday. He also said 90 per cent of Family Court matters involve violent separations.
Women attack Tony Abbott
This cartoon says it all. It didn’t take Julia Gillard long to play the victim card ….first she was “young and naive” and now all these “misogynists and and nut jobs on the internet” are attacking her. Poor Julia! Just look how the sisterhood has rallied round to protect her. Does she deserve your sympathy? Not in my opinion.
Anti shared parenting lobbyists
Recently, we have seen the effects of many years lobbying by women’s groups and academics/researchers in the passage of the Family Law (Family Violence) Act 2010. This Act has effectively ‘rolled-back’ the shared-parenting gains of 2006 by broadening the definition of domestic violence so it now means anything one wants it to mean; removing penalties for false allegations
The barristers’ way of “dealing” with self-represented litigants
If you are thinking about representing yourself in the Australian Family Court or Federal Magistrates’ Court then this report should be part of your required reading. It is important to understand how the other party’s representatives, barrister and/or solicitor will view you as a self represented litigant. In 2001, the New South Wales Bar Association became
Italian Father gives up custody battle
Despair … the father caught up in an international custody battle has “had enough” and returned to Italy. Photo: Michelle Smith The Italian father embroiled in an international custody battle has left Australia after giving up hope he will win his legal fight to get his daughters back to Italy. The father – who cannot
‘Custody case mars global standing’
AUSTRALIA’S international reputation is being damaged by a bitter and prolonged tug-of-love over four Italian-born sisters, a Family Court judge has been warned. Lawyers for the Queensland Department of Communities yesterday urged Justice Colin Forrest to swiftly return the girls — aged between nine and 15 — to their father in Italy and end the