Children will be innocent victims if pragmatism takes precedence in family law reform
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Perth

Children will be innocent victims if pragmatism takes precedence in family law reform

Federal Attorney-General Christian Porter appears to be as disdainful of law reform commissions as he was when serving as attorney general in the West Australian Parliament.

  • byEric Fisher

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We know what's wrong with the Family Court - here's how to fix it

We know what's wrong with the Family Court - here's how to fix it

The planned inquiry is billed as an attempt to'bring men along',but is really nothing more than pandering to extremists.

  • byJenna Price
Domestic violence training vital for MPs on family law inquiry:Law Council

Domestic violence training vital for MPs on family law inquiry:Law Council

MPs examining the nation's family law system should have domestic violence awareness training,the Law Council has urged after Malcolm Roberts'controversial comments.

  • byDana McCauley
Liberal MP Kevin Andrews attended far-right demography conference with Tony Abbott
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Liberal MP Kevin Andrews attended far-right demography conference with Tony Abbott

The chair of a new inquiry into family law attended a demography conference hosted by a far-right Hungarian leader famous for his"procreation not immigration"stance.

  • byNick O'Malley andMichael Koziol
The odd couple leading yet another inquiry into family law

The odd couple leading yet another inquiry into family law

Andrews and Hanson could not be more different,but their conflicting world views might still push their inquiry in a single direction.

  • byNick O'Malley
Artless and angry:Pauline Hanson demonstrates lack of fitness for crucial role
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Opinion

Artless and angry:Pauline Hanson demonstrates lack of fitness for crucial role

Perhaps we get used to shock. But then along comes the announcement that Pauline Hanson had been appointed to a parliamentary inquiry into the family law system.

  • byDavid Leser
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'Dangerous to polarise this':Steggall puts hand up for family law inquiry

'Dangerous to polarise this':Steggall puts hand up for family law inquiry

Independent MP Zali Steggall,who was a barrister specialising in family law before entering Parliament,wants to sit on the parliamentary inquiry into the family law system to ensure it is balanced.

  • byJudith Ireland
The decision Scott Morrison might live to regret

The decision Scott Morrison might live to regret

The Prime Minister could soon wish he hadn't agreed to the family law reform inquiry and handed Pauline Hanson the deputy chair position.

  • byDavid Crowe
Hanson says women lie about domestic violence to get kids in Family Court disputes

Hanson says women lie about domestic violence to get kids in Family Court disputes

The One Nation leader says women are lying about domestic violence to stop fathers getting custody of their children.

  • byJudith Ireland
'Exasperated and outraged':Government to review Family Court after pressure from Hanson

'Exasperated and outraged':Government to review Family Court after pressure from Hanson

Scott Morrison has angered domestic violence campaigners with a decision to hold an inquiry into the Family Court after years of pressure from Pauline Hanson.

  • byDavid Crowe