Many feel the inquiry has already taken a side, given One Nation leader’s ‘lying women’ comments, advocates sayWomen’s advocacy groups are pressuring the crossbench to reverse support for the latest family court inquiry, with concerns mounting the probe lacks legitimacy. Australian Women Against Violence Alliance and Fair Agenda have partnered for a campaign aimed at government leaders, their shadow counterparts and the crossbench, calling for the Hanson-led family court inquiry to be dropped. “The government already has substantive evidence and recommendations before it on how to reform the family law system,” Foster said. “Not one agency concerned with the welfare of women and children experiencing family violence and abuse have come out to support this inquiry. There was a 2014 Senate inquiry into domestic violence in Australia that covered off on issues of family law and domestic violence.

Source: The Guardian October 01, 2019 07:52 UTC