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Attorney-General Christian Porter.

Porter poised to banish 'outrageous' disappointment fees in family law

The fees are especially prevalent in Sydney, even though the NSW Bar Association claims it opposes them in principle.

  • Michael Koziol

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Women lie about DV attacks: inquiry told

Men's Rights Agency founder tells a federal inquiry on family law fathers are suffering in and outside court because of the lies some women tell.

  • Michael Doyle
Marcia Neave, the new Commissioner of the Royal Commission into Family Violence. 25 February 2015. The Age NEWS. Photo: Eddie Jim.

'Outrageous': Funding cuts to leave domestic violence victims vulnerable in court

The volunteers, who wear pink lanyards, have worked across all courts in Victoria for 30 years supporting people in family violence cases.

  • Tammy Mills
Daniel Wass looks at a photo of his son Sean.

The 'heartbreaking' international child abductions tearing families apart

A partner flees back to Japan without warning taking your child. For them, it’s a strategic move. For the Australian parent left behind, it’s a never-ending nightmare.

  • Tim Elliott
Australia's family courts are overburdened with cases involving allegations of abuse.

Equal parental responsibility is failing children, inquiry hears

A leading children's charity has warned that one provision in Australia's family law regime is misleading parents.

  • Nick Bonyhady
Red Symons in his new digs of this year, a property he bought 30 years ago as an investment.

Good Weekend: top features of 2019

Every year, Good Weekend publishes the definitive stories on the people, places and issues that matter to Australians. Here, we revisit some of our reader favourites from 2019.

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Waiting times have been slashed in the Family Court in the past year, but dozens of families are still waiting more than six months for judges to resolve their cases.

Family Court delays slashed but parents still waiting months for rulings

Before reforms were introduced to cut waiting times, one judge took a staggering 35 months to deliberate on a family law dispute.

  • Bianca Hall
Two hats...Will Alstergren, the Chief Justice of the Family Court and Chief Judge of the Federal Circuit

'It keeps me up at night': Chief Justice on chronic family law delays

Family Court Chief Justice Will Alstergren says the "unacceptable" delays in Australia's family law system have reached chronic levels and are piling hardships on already vulnerable people.

  • Bianca Hall
Kate Lorden with her teenage children Oliver and Liza Smith at home in Balmain.

Courts more likely than parents to give fathers custody

Most separated parents work out care and custody for themselves but new research contradicts the idea the family court system is biased against men.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Rosie Batty is calling for family law reform

Rosie Batty, lawyers push for family law reform as fresh inquiry looms

Family violence campaigner Rosie Batty and women’s legal services from across Australia have joined forces to call for reform of the family law system.

  • Miki Perkins and Judith Ireland

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