Links – useful information

Foolkit.com.au Only just discovered this brilliant site put together by Andrew Rogers LL.B N.P, a solicitor in South Australia. Open access to sections for Lawyers, the general public covering all Australian States and all areas of law. Have a look, explore and be amazed at how much information is now at your fingertips. http://www.foolkit.com.au/tas/lawyers/family-law Child

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Exposure Draft of the Family Law Amendment (Family Violence and Cross-examination of Parties) Bill 2017

The Attorney-General has released an Exposure Draft of the Family Law Amendment (Family Violence and Cross-examination of Parties) Bill 2017 (‘the Bill’). The Bill contains proposed amendments to the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth) to address stakeholder and community concerns regarding direct cross-examination of parties in family law court proceedings involving family violence. The Government

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The unbelievers – They were jailed for monstrous crimes against their daughter.

Unbelievers: coach, some family say ‘sadistic father’ is innocent They were jailed for monstrous crimes against their daughter. Yet this elite coach and his wife say they are innocent. On a muggy February morning five years ago in regional NSW, nine police officers from Strike Force Willbe converged on a bushland property that had been

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Are Traditional Male Role Models Really the Cause of Domestic Violence?

The Sydney Morning Herald recently posted an article by self declared feminist Clementine Ford, claiming that the root cause of violence against women is men’s adherence to traditional male social roles. It’s an emotionally engaging article, Clementine is a powerful writer and she certainly has passion for her beliefs, but it’s also terribly inaccurate. Clementine claimed that  “Masculinity is

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Parliamentary hearing axed over ‘judicial concerns’

A parliamentary committee inquiring into the Family Court and family violence was abruptly cancelled yesterday over fears that members of parliament could be criticised for asking questions of judges. The committee, which is specifically inquiring into the family law system, had months ago invited the Chief Justice of the Family Court, Diana Bryant, and the

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