Family Court
‘Men just aren’t part of the conversation’: Stars demand an end to family violence
Prominent Australian men including Hugh Jackman, Travis Fimmel and Darcy Moore are asking all men to call out violence against women.
- Grant McArthur
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Couple face police inquiries after baby born to commercial surrogate
Paying for surrogacy is illegal in Queensland, and carries a maximum penalty of three years in jail, although nobody has ever been prosecuted.
- William Davis and Rosanna Ryan
‘Our work is never complete’: A day inside a specialist family violence court
Victoria is reshaping the court system to bring justice to domestic violence victims without re-traumatising them.
- Melissa Cunningham
‘Calculated, violent and hateful’: Family Court bomber Leonard John Warwick dies in prison
Warwick evaded justice for decades before he was convicted in 2020 over his murderous campaign against Family Court judges in Sydney.
- Michaela Whitbourn
- Opinion
- Opinion
Coalition reforms have fixed the family court system. Labor should leave it be
The results of the streamlined new arrangement speak for themselves. But Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has announced a review.
- George Brandis
- Opinion
- Domestic violence
Behind the locked doors of a DV safe room wasn’t my life, until suddenly it was
I spent a morning surrounded by women whose once-normal lives had been turned into nightmares by their partners.
- Julie Lewis
Legal bungle casts doubt on Family Court decisions
The Federal Circuit and Family Court and the federal government are working to fix a legal bungle that could affect hundreds of people with child custody and divorce settlement orders.
- Katina Curtis
- Exclusive
- National
Rise in vaccination disputes hitting the Family Court
The courts have seen a rise in the number of claims related to vaccination and children, but also disputes where one parent has stopped letting their child spend time with the other unvaccinated parent.
- Simone Fox Koob
The Warren Buffett lesson Hamish Douglass is yet to learn
Magellan’s founder Hamish Douglass regularly quotes the 90-year-old investment legend, but there is one aspect of Buffett’s career Douglass hasn’t emulated.
- Charlotte Grieve
- Exclusive
- Divorce
The rise of collaborative divorce: Families with ‘skin in the game’ avoiding court
More separating couples are avoiding the well-worn path to the Family Court by engaging in “collaborative divorce” where the professionals work as a team and all parties commit to not go to court.
- Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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