The Family Law Pathways Networks across Australia invite you to join a free webinar by Women’s Legal Service QLD (WLSQ) CEO Angela Lynch.
Registered participants will be emailed a link for the webinar within 24 hours of the scheduled start time and will also have access to a recording of the webinar for a period of time following the live stream. If you are unable to join the live stream but wish to view the recording at a later time, please register in order to receive the link.
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Women’s Legal Service QLD (WLSQ) and more broadly Women’s Legal Services across Australia have consistently advocated for the family law system to be more responsive to victims of domestic violence, over a number of decades. Since 2019, WLSQ has called for the family courts in Australia to become “Domestic violence and Family courts”.
In light of the tragic murders of Hannah Clarke and her children earlier this year, WLSQ called for a number of legal reforms, including the removal of the presumption of equal shared parental responsibility from the Family Law Act because of its danger to victims of violence and their children. Just recently, in response to these calls, the Honourable Graham Perrett MP Member for Moreton introduced a bill into federal parliament, on these terms.
Angela will speak to these issues and explore more fully the reasons behind the need for the change with specific reference to her learning’s and experience as a member of the QLD Domestic and Family Violence Death Review and Advisory Board.
If there was a true shift in focus in the family law courts and a re-imagining of justice for child and adult victims of domestic violence – what would this look like?
