It is the biggest shakeup of the family courts system in decades. The government has given the legal profession and others just weeks to make a submission.
Law and order policies straining court resources,and other initiatives affecting the justice system,would be subjected to a new test to measure their impact.
For one Sydney mother,battling her violent ex partner in court has been a protracted nightmare.
Feuding families are spending years locked in bitter legal disputes. Does Attorney-General Christian Porter have the answer to reducing crippling court delays?
The case could have implications for employees'free speech around Australia,especially in the public service.
State and federal governments are under pressure to ensure red flags raised in court do not go unnoticed by police.
MP Andrew Hastie says defamation laws might be “weaponised” in the service of authoritarian states that sought to dampen free speech in Australia.
The leader of the government in the Senate is viewed as a supreme negotiator,but can he pull off the impossible?
The Turnbull government’s foreign influence registry will be further tightened so that organisations that work with other governments but aren’t doing their bidding in Australia will be exempted from listing.
A national regime to punish child sexual abuse is being delayed by differences over new criminal laws.
The Prime Minister wants child safety to take priority over the seal of confession,but needs more time for talks with the states.