Murray Watt (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Northern Australia) Share this | Hansard source

On behalf of Senator Pratt, I move:

At the end of the motion, add:

", but the Senate is of the opinion that:

(a) the Government proposal to merge the Family Court and the Federal Circuit Court is deeply flawed and will do nothing to alleviate any of the fundamental problems plaguing the family law system – a system the Government has neglected for the last seven years; and

(b) further consideration of the bill should be deferred until the government responds to the Australian Law Reform Commission's report Family Law for the Future – An Inquiry into the Family Law System, which made 60 recommendations for reform."