Natasha Stott Despoja (SA, Australian Democrats) Share this | Hansard source

The Democrats support amendment (6), which deals with authority being given to practitioners, as we do not believe the current exemptions in the bill cover all the circumstances where mediation may not be viable. In relation to amendment (7), I guess it is one mechanism of achieving that end. I accept it is a difficult and quite complex area, and I am not sure exactly what the answer is. Obviously, this is one mechanism, and it is an attempt to balance this and make it a little fairer. On those grounds, we will be supporting the amendments.