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

Again, I'm going to read article 5 for the record, because I'm personally confused by it. I'm not in an emotional state, I'm not going through divorce and I don't have children that I'm wanting to see. So let's go through it again to give guidance to mum and dad who are potentially going to be looking for that guidance. They're onto the UN Convention and they're looking at article 5. It says:

States Parties shall respect the responsibilities, rights and duties of parents or, where applicable, the members of the extended family or community as provided for by local custom, legal guardians or other persons legally responsible for the child, to provide, in a manner consistent with the evolving capacities of the child, appropriate direction and guidance in the exercise by the child of the rights recognized in the present Convention.

Again I ask: how does a parent interpret that?