John Madigan (Victoria, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a further supplementary question. One of my constituents, a family lawyer, recently said to me that he thinks that the Family Court is now among the most hated institutions in Australia. Others have shared harrowing tales of bitter disputes that run over many years, cost hundreds of thousands of dollars and leave all participants—that is, mothers, fathers and the children—seriously traumatised. Tragically, an all too common scenario involves these broken people going on to take their own lives. Attorney, can we stand by and allow this to continue? Is it not time we acted to reform the Family Court? (Time expired)