Empty days, lonely nights

A belief that children under three should not stay overnight with their separated or divorced father has underpinned our family law system for years. Has it all been a mistake? Bettina Arndt reports. The Age, Melbourne April 28, 2014 — 7.22pm Across Australia, fathers are being told in mediation sessions or by lawyers that there’s

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What Divorced Dads Want for Father’s Day: More Time With Their Babies

  THE BLOG Huffington Post There is no scientific evidence that justifies limiting or postponing overnighting until the age of four. Unfortunately, the alarming reports about overnighting still abound, depriving many babies and toddlers of overnight care from their fathers. By  Linda Nielsen, Contributor Professor Adolescent & Educational Psychology Wake Forest University specializing in father-daughter

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Woman charged with murder over man’s alleged stabbing death

By Matt Dennien Updated September 6, 2020 — 3.57pmfirst published at 8.54am A woman has been charged with domestic violence-related murder after homicide detectives were called in to investigate the alleged stabbing death of a man in Brisbane’s north overnight. Kevin Crumblin, 50, appeared to have left a trail of blood as he fled the Bray Park home to

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Plea to High Court: sex case accuser cried wolf 12 times

The woman who made false sexual complaints sought medical treatment for ­apparent internal injuries. EXCLUSIVE LEGAL AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT 1:31PM SEPTEMBER 4, 2020 A woman made false sexual complaints 12 times over nine years — about real people, fake people, former partners and her ­employer. She even went so far as to seek medical treatment for

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Family law judges at breaking point, going from one ‘horrific’ case to the next

Posted Yesterday at 2:31pm, updated Yesterday at 5:38pm Families are waiting up to three years for their cases to be heard, under Australia’s broken family court system.(ABC News) Family law judges are buckling under crippling workloads, and ever-increasing wait times are putting the nation’s most vulnerable women and children at risk, a Senate inquiry into Australia’s family law

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Impermissible editing’: federal judge changed reasons for decision

July 17, 2020 — 12.04am A Federal Circuit Court judge removed a threat to imprison parents who did not follow his family law orders when he released a written version of his oral decision, an appeal court has found. The decision has renewed calls for a federal judicial watchdog to investigate complaints against judges at

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Judge rebuked for ‘cruel, insulting, humiliating’ conduct in family law trial

September 2, 2020 — 5.20pm A judge presiding over a family law case denied a father a fair trial by bullying and demeaning his lawyers in court, an appeal court has ruled. In an extraordinary case, the Full Court of the Family Court of Australia listened to audio recordings and read transcripts of Federal Circuit

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Senator Larissa Water’s gender politics versus fair Family Court outcomes

  Corrine Barraclough 27 August 2020 5:18 PM “The important thing is not to stop questioning,” said Albert Einstein. Can we please apply this simple logic to the religion of feminism, which has re-wired human beings to question precisely nothing? You may not expect much sense from Larissa Waters, deputy leader of the Greens. But,

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Caught red handed –

Men’s Aid Just another WordPress.com weblog Skip to content HOME ABOUT ← Robert Emery and Marsha Kline Pruett Posted on April 30, 2016 by rwhiston | Leave a comment Robert Emery and Marsha Kline Pruett might as well run up the white flag now for all the good they are doing for the social sciences and children. Not content with labelling others who oppose

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