Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations) Share this | Hansard source

And therein lies the issue. These unrepresented litigants are going through what one might describe—it certainly has been described to me and, I'm sure, to others—as a very trying and very distressing time in their lives. They will then make their decisions and be unable to look at material that's buried in explanatory notes, unless, of course, we're now handing out post-it notes here and sticking them there. 'These are the factors that need to be taken into consideration.' I genuinely do not believe they are going to be looking up a United Nations convention.

You have removed something fundamental from the parenting framework. I have to ask again: does the government accept that it's removed something fundamental from the framework? In your own words, most people in litigation are unrepresented litigants. They won't have access to the guidance in the objects and principles. How are they meant to work out what is going to guide them through a very distressing time in their lives and, in particular, through a court system?