Family Law Amendment Bill 2023.

Labor’s proposal to remove the equal shared parental responsibility provision from family law will lead to more broken families and unjust outcomes for both children and parents. We note that the other parent, without the parental responsibility, still has the responsibility of paying child support!

Labor brought in the Family Law Act in 1975, the child support legislation in 1988 and 1989, domestic violence changes and the removal of penalties for perjury in 2011 and now the removal of equal shared parent responsibility and more in 2023.

This is our submission on the Family Law Amendment Bill 2023 that was made to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee's inquiry.

http://www.equalparenting.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Sub03.pdf

p.s. The Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee has unfortunately recommended approval for the Bill on 24 August 2023. The report has been referred back to the Senate. The Bill was debated on 11 September 2023.