Senate debates Family Law Amendment (De Facto Financial Matters and Other Measures) Bill 2008

In Committee


George Brandis

George Brandis Queensland, Liberal Party, Shadow Attorney-General

5:11 pm

That is not the question before the chair. I think everyone—opposition, government, cross-bench parties—accepts that this is a special case. We are, by the operation of the law and through no other mechanism, creating a relationship which did not previously exist. So it neither follows logically nor is appropriate to deal with the matter in this context.

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