The ‘profound shift’ under way in Australia’s family law courts

Sydney Morning Herald By Michaela Whitbourn August 19, 2020 — 12.00am Share Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size It is not often a court strongly discourages litigation, but the family courts in Australia are far from typical courts. The disputes are emotionally complex, protracted, and parents or children may be at grave risk. There

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Mother kills her daughter, then herself in Silverwater Jail

She escaped justice for killing my girl Brisbane Courier Mail Sunday 16 August 2020 LINDA SILMALIS A LITTLE over a year since Tamara Gurney was accused of murdering her three-year old daughter, the 41-year-old has been found dead in her cell after apparently taking her own life. Gurney, who was on remand in Silverwater Women’s

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Queensland woman charged with murder after allegedly drugging, cutting husband

7NEWS Published: Tuesday, 18 August 2020 4:57 pm Warren Barnsley and Elliott Chipper A Queensland woman has been accused of drugging then murdering her husband of 45 years. Judith Ann Venn, 66, appeared in Cleveland Magistrates Court on Tuesday. She has been charged with the murder of her 64-year-old husband Lance Hilton Venn in an

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Can a Judge be sued for sending someone to jail?

This proposed lawsuit could test whether a judge can be sued for sending someone to jail BACKGROUND BRIEFING BY HAGAR COHEN Email Facebook Twitter WhatsApp PHOTO Federal Circuit Court Judge Salvatore Vasta has had a string of cases overturned over issues of procedural fairness. WWW.QLDCRICKET.COM.AU In what would later be described by the full bench of the Family Court as

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Fixing Australia’s Broken Family Law and Child Support Systems

By Professor Augusto Zimmerman. Augusto Zimmerman has been one of the few Australian academics to speak out boldly about the dysfunction in the nation’s family law and child support systems. He does so from a position of strength, being a former Law Reform Commissioner and now President of the Western Australia’s Legal Theory Association. Child-support

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Female Sexual Abusers

Female Teacher, 28, Who Raped Male Student, 15, Ordered To Pay $1 Million To Family https://allthatsinteresting.com/jennifer-caswell-raped-student-must-pay-1-million?fbclid=IwAR0RE910RN6iSVOa6CBqWubPC9FH3N7sz3wNRyVH4HXGMK6DnDD4QYJ_0eY   38-Year-Old Married Mom Sentenced To Prison For Having Sex With Teenage Boys In Her Car https://allthatsinteresting.com/brooke-lajiness   The 24-Year-Old Schoolteacher Who Had Sex With Her 13-Year-Old Student: A Complete Timeline https://allthatsinteresting.com/alexandria-vera-teacher-student-affair

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Salvatore Vasta: judge in the Peter Ridd case has had more than 20 verdicts overturned

Salvatore Vasta: judge in the Peter Ridd case has had more than 20 verdicts overturned https://www.theguardian.com/law/2020/jul/24/salvatore-vasta-judge-in-the-peter-ridd-case-has-had-more-than-20-verdicts-overturned?fbclid=IwAR2fL1d0_2XSMlFH_2W8j3aESDm6g69XRAMDEp4OH8BUJmYrbfFqGoq3DPI The federal circuit court judge has been found to have wrongly threatened family court parties with jail, and to have shown ‘open hostility’ to a witness Ben Smee  @BenSmee Fri 24 Jul 2020 03.30 AESTLast modified on Fri 24 Jul

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Sexual abuse allegations against men and women must be taken seriously

We Have To Take The Allegations Against Katy Perry Seriously Metiza Follow Aug 26, 2019 · 3 min read #MeToo’s integration into mainstream culture helped women all over stand up to their attackers and try to create an environment of safety that was long overdue. But what hasn’t been fully answered is what happens when the perpetrators are female?

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Making kids choose not wise in custody battles

By RICHARD A. WARSHAK APRIL 8, 2016 A scene in the movie “Catch Me If You Can” resonates with people who grew up in divorced homes. Sixteen-year-old Frank Abagnale Jr., played by Leonardo DiCaprio, learns that his parents’ marriage has hit the skids and they ask him to write down where he wants to live. “Just

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Meet the Man Leading the Charge on America’s Boy Crisis | Warren Farrell

OPINION Meet the Man Leading the Charge on America’s Boy Crisis | Opinion LEE HABEEB , NEWSWEEK COLUMNIST, VICE PRESIDENT OF CONTENT AT SALEM MEDIA GROUP AND HOST OF “OUR AMERICAN STORIES” ON 7/14/20 AT 4:55 PM EDT OPINIONBOYSPARENTINGEDUCATIONMENTAL HEALTH He has been described as the intellectual father of the men’s rights movement. He’s the author

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