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

Wow, I am even more confused, but anyway. Let's now go to article 17 and see if we can get some guidance, on the record, for people who are having to interpret the UN Convention on the Rights of The child, and that's if they have actually managed to google it, find it, work through the 54 clauses then work through which ones are now relevant to them and the case that they're presenting to the courts. This is what article 17 says:

State parties recognize—

Again, I hope people know what 'state parties' are—'

An opposition senator interjecting—

Exactly—I mean, seriously.

the important function performed by the mass media—

I don't know where this is going.

and shall ensure that the child has access to information and material from a diversity of national and international sources, especially those aimed at the promotion of his or her social, spiritual and moral well-being and physical and mental health. To this end, States Parties shall:

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(c) Encourage the production and dissemination of children's books;

Can I please get some guidance as to what that means in the context of family law proceedings and the parenting framework?