George Brandis (Queensland, Liberal Party, Attorney-General) Share this | Hansard source

I hear interjections coming from the other side. I would have thought that the way in which we deal with family breakdown, families and relationships in distress, and women and children facing family violence is not something that ought to be the subject of partisan interjection and political point-scoring.

Senator Roberts, it is a deeply serious question you raise, and I thank you for raising it. There is pressure on the family law system; there is no doubt about that. And there is pressure on the legal assistance budget. But I can tell you where that pressure comes from primarily.