The Albanese government has sought to introduce new laws to abolish shared parenting in Australia.

The offence of Coercive Control is being introduced in Queensland and other changes to the DFVPA have also been made

New Land Tax rules were set to effect people who owned property in multiple states, however, backlash and a refusal to cooperate by the other states has meant that the Queensland Government has had to ditch the tax in a win for Everday Queenslanders.

Judges hearing family law matters will be given the powers to grant a Federal Family Violence Order akin to a domestic violence order which are currently only available in the state courts.

Whilst equal time arrangements do work for some separated families, for other children the compromise of sharing time between each parent after separation is not ideal.

Gold Coast family lawyer Michael Kilmartin believes that Mayor Tate’s proposal to build a Federal Court on the Gold Coast is an “excellent idea” and “long overdue”….