Changes to Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989 might terminate Binding Child Support Agreements

Thanks to Legalwise News Thursday, 23 August 2018 Cooper Grace Ward Senior Associate Craig Turvey discusses recent key amendments to the Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989 which are retrospective and affect all Binding Child Support Agreements.  These changes suspend agreements that do not address what occurs if a child’s living arrangement changes, and if a parent

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McIntosh’s Machiavellian Mistake

Father Knowledge Center Europe – FKCE Posted on January 5, 2015 by rwhiston McIntosh address to the APA conference  in Melbourne, Aug 2014  “Young Child & Infant Development – Piloting a New FDR Intervention “ [FDR – family dispute resolution]   “Keep your friends close but your enemies closer” is probably the best known of

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The ‘Dad’ Documentary – Australia

Published on Jun 7, 2016 In Australia, 1 in 6 children don’t live with their biological Dad and in the UK and USA it’s 1 in 3… Everyday, 261 Divorce cases are lodged in our Australian Federal Circuit Court and it’s estimated that at least 3 dads take their lives due to family related issues.

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Former PM John Howard slams politically correct ‘language madness’

August 8, 2018 8:58am FORMER prime minister John Howard has condemned a politically correct push to ban words like “him” and “her” as “language madness” that threatens centuries of Western culture. The nation’s second longest serving leader weighed in to the debate on gender-specific language after The Daily Telegraph revealed Australian ­Defence Force personnel are

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Structural reform rather than more judges makes a better family

By Christian Porter 12:00AM August 3, 2018 5 Comments For almost 20 years, family law in Australia has been split between two courts, the Family Court and the Federal Circuit Court, and since this split there have been several very significant changes and one relative constant. A central change has been that the FCC originally

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Shortage of Male School Teachers

Finally, a call has gone out to encourage more men to join the teaching profession. Calling it a “man drought” Courier Mail Journalist  Lauren Martyn-Jones wrote that under a new proposal “Full university scholarships would be offered to male students to lure them into careers in the classroom”. (Brisbane Courier Mail 15 June 2018) Matthew

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‘They are calculating’: What makes women kill their partners

A SHOCKING study has uncovered a group of Aussie killers that has been hidden under the radar — and what the warning signs they’re about to snap could be. Andrew Koubaridis@akoubaridis news.com.auJanuary 31, 20187:12am WOMEN are at their most deadly when they are under financial strain — and even females who have no criminal history

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Dividing the Sexes: Critique of the Coroner’s Report on Domestic Violence Homicide

Les Diaboliques (Henri Georges Clouzot 1955) The new Coroner’s Report on domestic violence homicide (Australian Domestic and Family Violence Death Review 2018) ‘proves’ that domestic violence is a gendered crime. The majority of reported homicides involved a male killing their female intimate partner (79.6%). The press is ablaze with this new indictment of masculinity: “Men

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