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‘Don’t want to waste a day’: Dreyfus eyes major legal shake-up

Michael Pelly
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Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has added family law reform and a national judicial commission to his busy agenda for 2023, saying he doesn’t have a “day to waste”.

Mr Dreyfus this week released draft legislation that he said would simplify child custody battles and has circulated a discussion paper on a commission that would handle complaints against federal judges.

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Michael Pelly is the legal editor, based in our Sydney newsroom. He has been a senior adviser to federal and state attorneys-general and written two books, one a biography of former High Court Chief Justice Murray Gleeson. Email Michael at michael.pelly@afr.com

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