Anthony Chisholm (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Assistant Minister for Education) Share this | Hansard source

As I said, the government's approach of a full repeal is the most direct approach to address the misunderstandings about this issue amongst the general public. That is the government's approach. What I've been talking about is the Australian Institute of Family Studies, which has done reports and made submissions. From the very first evaluation of 2006 family law reforms after the introduction of the concept of equal shared parental responsibility, it was found that there was a common misunderstanding that the presumption related to shared care time. Further, that this study noted that this confusion has resulted in disillusionment amongst some fathers who find out the law does not provide for fifty-fifty custody. So that is part of the government decision-making.