Senate debates

Thursday, 30 March 2006

Family Law Amendment (Shared Parental Responsibility) Bill 2006

In Committee

11:42 pm

Photo of Steve FieldingSteve Fielding (Victoria, Family First Party) Share this | Hansard source

The incorporated speech read as follows—

Amendment 9

Access to records of a child

This is a simple and commonsense amendment. Family First believes it essential that bath parents have access to records and information about their child, including information about their child’s medical, dental, law enforcement and school records. If we want to ensure shared parenting, we have to be able to share information about a child. There is the opportunity for the court to decide in special cases if providing that information is inappropriate.

I would appreciate senators’ support for this amendment.

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