Family law system may need royal commission scrutiny, Chief Justice John Pascoe says

Updated yesterday at 1:20pmWed 3 Oct 2018, 1:20pm Photo: Protesters this morning gathered outside the family law conference in Brisbane. (ABC News: Liz Pickering) Related Story: Sweeping changes to family court announced as broader review of strained system continues Related Story: Retiring judge launches scathing critique of Family Court overhaul Related Story: New Family Court

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Review of the Family Law System: Discussion Paper

This Discussion Paper was released on 2 October 2018. The Discussion Paper asks 33 questions and makes 124 proposals for change to the family law system, which focus on support for children in the family law system, improving public understanding of the family law system, accessible and coordinated service delivery, and enhanced oversight of the

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Attorney-General under pressure over Family Court appointments

Attorney-General Christian Porter is facing a backlash over recent appointments to the Family Court after a “very new” judge with limited experience in family law was appointed chief justice of the court ahead of its planned merger with the Federal Circuit Court. Mr Porter announced last week that former Victorian silk Will Alstergren, who was

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USA – After Brett Kavanaugh hearings, justice turns political avenger

Brett Kavanaugh was the Democrats’ last chance of an even-handed justice. Picture: AFP By Peter Faris 12:00AM September 28, 2018 36 Comment The US Supreme Court generally is regarded by lawyers around the world as the “top court”. Its decisions frequently deal with extremely important issues. Every young lawyer in the US would have dreamt

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Bonner house fire tragedy: Coroner reveals children died before blaze took hold

Glynis Quinlan 27 September 2018 AddThis Sharing Buttons Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to LinkedInShare to EmailShare to Print A photo of Anne Muhoro with Ezvin and Furaha taken on Mother’s Day last year. Photo: Supplied. Two children tragically found dead along with their mother after a deliberately lit house fire in Bonner in February

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Making Waves on Campus

From: Bettina Arndt [mailto:bettina@bettinaarndt.com.au] Sent: Sunday, 23 September 2018 6:03 PM Subject: Making Waves     Hi Everyone, Oh Boy, we are really on a roll here.  My little campus tour is causing a bit of a stir.   I spent the whole week, with the help of various clever people, putting together a series

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Riot Squad needed to protect Bettina Arndt at Sydney Uni

From: Bettina Arndt [mailto:bettina@bettinaarndt.com.au] Sent: Monday, 17 September 2018 7:33 PM Subject: Riot squad called in to protect me and my audience at Sydney University.   Hi Everyone,  What a thrilling, exhausting time we have had in the past few weeks. My Fake Rape Crisis Campus Tour went off with a huge bang.   We’ve

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Petition – Sydney Uni must take action against Bettina Arndt’s violent protesters

From: Bettina Arndt [mailto:bettina@bettinaarndt.com.au] Sent: Monday, 24 September 2018 10:22 AM Subject: Please sign petition and circulate   A little post-script to yesterday’s email. I have been receiving a lot of messages suggesting we do a petition to push Sydney University into action.   So I have done this: https://www.change.org/p/bettina-arndt-sydney-university-must-take-action-against-bettina-arndt-s-violent-protesters   Now it is up

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It’s High Time Columbia’s Mattress Girl Was Discredited

by Mona Charen August 4, 2017 4:00 AM Sulkowicz at Columbia in 2014 (image via YouTube) Settling a lawsuit filed by the male student she accused of raping her, the university says he was ‘found not responsible.’If you haven’t heard of the “mattress girl,” it’s not for lack of trying among liberal opinion-shapers. Emma Sulkowicz,

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