Philip Ruddock (Berowra, Liberal Party, Attorney-General) Share this | Hansard source

It is a question of argument. Parenting plans are voluntary agreements. They are not contracts; they can be changed at any time. I believe that parents who can make their own agreements and who can change their own agreements do not need cooling-off periods—end, game, match. That should have been a matter that the member would see quite clearly.

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That the amendments (Ms Roxon’s) be agreed to.

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