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The father leaves the court on Monday (blurred for legal reasons).

Court steps in to enforce chemotherapy for WA teen as father resists

His father says his son is his “property”, is being kidnapped by the state and forced to undergo treatment without his consent.

  • Jamie Freestone

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Chief Justice of the Federal Circuit and Family Court, Will Alstergren has brought together prominent men in a call to action on ending family violence.

‘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
In the past year, 21,757 Russian citizens have entered Argentina, including about 10,500 pregnant women.

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
A litany of cases in the state’s new family violence court shows that domestic violence is complex and comes in many forms.

‘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
Leonard John Warwick murdered three people in a shooting and series of bombings.

‘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

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
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Women spend years in the courts trying to protect themselves and their families from violent partners.

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
Federal Circuit and Family Court boss Will Alstergren.

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
Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Chief Justice Will Alstergren said the COVID-19 list allowed the court to embrace digital transformation to improve access to justice.

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
There is one professional lesson Hamish Douglass is yet to learn from Warren Buffett.

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

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