Pauline Hanson (Queensland, Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party) Share this | Hansard source

Minister, you didn't answer that question at all. It was a specific question. You haven't told me. I asked you: have you had specific discussions? In this matter here, your Prime Minister has said: 'We are going to be open and honest. We are going to have communication. We are going to be out there and let you know.' You've taken out one of the most important pieces of this legislation—giving people fifty-fifty parental responsibility. The people that I believe I probably listen to more than the Law Council of Australia. Groups for women's rights and all the rest of it, like domestic violence organisations, also have self-interest. I want to hear from the judges themselves. They're dealing with this in the courts day in, day out. They are the ones I would take advice from and listen to. But you clearly haven't asked them the question or had consultation with them to hear their advice. Minister, again I'll ask you the same question. What discussions have you had with the Chief Justice of the family law court with regard to taking this fifty-fifty shared parental responsibility out of the legislation?