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

Through the appeal process, you would talk about the decision that judges have brought down. As I said in my remarks, a lot of these people are at their wit's end, and they don't have any more money to throw at solicitors to actually put their case forward. What other process could there possibly be for them if they feel that they've already spent years waiting for the courts to make the decision? A lot of the parents that I've spoken to have said that they feel that there is a bias against them in the courts because of who they are and because of lies that have been told.

My concern is that I've spoken to a lot of parents who go to the courts and give their evidence, and in the court system there is perjury, yet they don't feel that the person who is going against them in their case—their ex-partner, ex-wife or whatever—is being held accountable. Lies are being told—and, I've got to say, by men as well. Lies are told in court. There's no accountability in the court system. There's no accountability for perjury. The judges don't pull them up for perjury. Why are we then giving the judges immunity when the judges themselves will not adhere to the rules of the court, where perjury is not allowed?