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Labor's proposed family law overhaul makes some important changes, but omits others

  • Written by: Camilla Nelson, EG Whitlam Research Fellow at the Whitlam Institute, and Associate Professor, University of Notre Dame Australia
Labor's proposed family law overhaul makes some important changes, but omits othersApril Fonti/AAP

There is much to be excited about in Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus’s draft Family Law Amendment Bill 2023, the first in a projected series of reforms that promise to put children’s needs and interests back at the centre of family law.

But the proposed reforms stop short of the radical change that is required.

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