February 2023
Time’s up for ‘equal rights’ in court custody battles
The government has called time on the “shared responsibility” test for child custody battles.
- Michael Pelly
‘Don’t want to waste a day’: Dreyfus eyes major legal shake-up
The attorney-general has an ambitious legislative and policy agenda for 2023, from family law reform to a new appeals tribunal and the Voice to parliament.
- Michael Pelly
March 2020
Courts impose limit of eight as Singo's son-in-law tests positive
The Family Court and Federal Court have scaled back operations, as John Singleton's daughter and son-in-law test positive to the coronavirus.
- Michael Pelly
Please explain: lawyers fume at One Nation over derogatory comments
The Law Council wants the family law inquiry to be halted after women appearing before the committee were derided in comments posted on One Nation's Facebook pages.
- Michael Pelly
September 2019
- Opinion
- Abortion
The push to return Australia to an era of social conservatism
It may not exactly be a return to the white-picket-fence 1950s, but traditionalists at odds with the Menzian vision are mobilising to shape the agenda.
- Andrew Clark