Family Law

Family Law

18 February 2021—

Law Council

Passage of flawed merger bill tasks family law judges with an impossible task

16 February 2021—

Law Council

Family Court merger opposed by 155 stakeholders, including 13 retired judges

02 December 2020—

Law Council

Information sharing between the family law and criminal justice and child protection systems

29 November 2020—

Law Council

Family Court merger ‘undesirable’ for families, former Family Court Chief Justices say

20 November 2020—

Law Council

Put families over politics, abandon flawed family court merger

13 November 2020—

Law Council

Law Council congratulates new Family Law Appointments

04 November 2020—

Law Council

Joint supplementary submission to the inquiry into the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Bill 2019 (Cth)

23 October 2020—

Law Council

Dire Federal Circuit Court backlogs prove family court merger a risk to families, judges

28 September 2020—

Law Council

Supplementary Submission: Inquiry into family, domestic and sexual violence

07 August 2020—

Law Council

Inquiry into family, domestic and sexual violence

24 July 2020—

Law Council

Law Council President, Pauline Wright, statement on Family Court Bomber

07 May 2020—

Law Council

Responses to Questions on Notice: Joint Select Committee on Australia's Family Law System

26 April 2020—

Law Council

Family Court list dedicated to COVID-19 parenting issues important initiative to keep families and children safe

02 April 2020—

Law Council

Federal Circuit Court and Family Court of Australia Bill 2019 and the Federal Circuit Court and Family Court of Australia (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2019

23 March 2020—

Law Council

Supplementary submission: Joint Select Committee on Australia's Family Law System

12 March 2020—

Law Council

Delays and lack of resources lets down families

28 February 2020—

Law Council

Legal funding welcome but underscores crisis

01 February 2020—

Law Council

Family courts need urgent funding injection says Law Council

13 January 2020—

Law Council

Family Law Amendment (Western Australia De Facto Superannuation Splitting and Bankruptcy) Bill 2019

05 December 2019—

Law Council

Parliament should reject flawed family court merger Bill

11 November 2019—

Law Council

Put safety first in family law, abandon flawed family court merger

05 November 2019—

Law Council

Why “radical” is not a dirty word in family law reform

04 October 2019—

Law Council

Joint Select Committee on Australia’s Family Law System

30 September 2019—

Law Council

Options for improving the family violence competency of legal practitioners: Consultation Paper

27 September 2019—

Law Council

Opinion piece: We can only hope that this inquiry is genuine

23 September 2019—

Law Council

Family violence awareness training urged for parliamentarians

19 September 2019—

Law Council

Law Council of Australia President, Arthur Moses SC, statement regarding the family law system inquiry

18 July 2019—

Law Council

Put children first, abandon flawed family court merger

07 June 2019—

Law Council

Commonwealth best to fix broken families, child violence

11 April 2019—

Law Council

Resourcing, consultation key to improve family law

04 April 2019—

Law Council

Rejection of ‘deeply flawed’ Family Court merger plan a win for Australian families

19 February 2019—

Law Council

Report highlights why ‘catastrophic’ Family Court merger must be rejected by Senate

12 February 2019—

Law Council

Law Council applauds Family Court appointments

13 December 2018—

Law Council

Proposed merger of the Family Court of Australia and Federal Circuit Court

29 November 2018—

Law Council

Senate urged to reject courts merger

23 November 2018—

Law Council

Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Bill 2018, Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2018

16 November 2018—

Law Council

Review of the Family Law System: Discussion Paper

18 October 2018—

Law Council

18th biennial National Family Law Conference

20 September 2018—

Law Council

Senate forces committee to extend inquiry time into Court merger bills

19 September 2018—

Law Council

The practice of dowry and the incidence of dowry abuse in Australia

27 August 2018—

Law Council

Don’t short-change Australia’s justice system by rushing through court merger bills

23 August 2018—

Law Council

As it stands, merging courts unlikely to alleviate family law crisis

14 August 2018—

Law Council

Cross-examination of domestic violence survivors: Committee calls for legal aid funding guarantee

01 August 2018—

Law Council

Opening Statement to Family Law Amendment (Family Violence and Cross-examination of Parties Bill 2018

26 July 2018—

Law Council

Supplementary submission: Family Law Amendment (Family Violence and Cross-examination of Parties) Bill 2018

16 July 2018—

Law Council

Family Law Amendment (Family Violence and Cross-examination of Parties) Bill 2018

14 June 2018—

Law Council

Family Law Review underway

01 June 2018—

Law Council

Family Law Court amalgamation announced

30 May 2018—

Law Council

Family and Federal Circuit Court reform details awaited

07 May 2018—

Law Council

Review of the Family Law System – Issues Paper 48

20 March 2018—

Law Council

Law Council applauds Senate's call for an end to court funding crisis

23 February 2018—

Law Council

Law Council calls for proposed Parenting Management Hearings to be abolished

23 February 2018—

Law Council

Opening Statement on Family law Amendments

07 February 2018—

Family Law

Family Law Amendment (Parenting Management Hearings) Bill 2017

07 February 2018—

Family Law

Family Law Amendment (Family Violence and Other Measures) Bill 2017

10 October 2017—

Law Council

Law Council welcomes appointment of Chief Judge Pascoe to head Family Court

06 October 2017—

Law Council

A special sitting of the Family Court of Australia to farewell the Hon. Chief Justice Diana Bryant AO

27 September 2017—

Law Council

Major family law review welcome, but significant funding required for meaningful reform

11 September 2017—

Law Council

Family Law Amendment (Family Violence and Cross-examination of Parties) Bill 2017—Public Consultation on Cross-examination Amendment

22 May 2017—

Law Council

Parliamentary inquiry into a better family law system to support and protect those affected by family violence

20 April 2017—

Law Council

Civil Law and Justice Legislation Amendment Bill 2017

17 February 2017—

Law Council

Family Law Amendment (Family Violence and Other Measures) Bill 2017: Exposure draft provisions - Public Consultation Paper

19 October 2016—

Law Council

Australia’s largest legal conference honours 40 years of the Family Law Act

19 October 2016—

Law Council

Crisis in courts, legal aid a focus of Family Law Conference

18 February 2016—

Law Council

Inquiry into Surrogacy

19 January 2016—

Law Council

Family Law Amendment (Financial Agreements and Other Measures) Bill 2015

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