Chris Ellison (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Justice and Customs) Share this | Hansard source

The government does not support these two amendments. I think we have covered the arguments extensively previously. I will not go over those again but I would point out that the Family Law Council has recently released a discussion paper on relocation decisions. Submissions are due in mid-April and the council will provide advice to the Attorney-General by early May this year. The government will consider whether changes to legislation are required in light of the council’s advice. In the circumstances, it would not be appropriate to pre-empt that advice. Having regard to the amendment put by the Family First Party, the government would invite the Family First Party and indeed all interested stakeholders to contribute to the Family Law Council’s review of this difficult issue.

Question negatived.