George Brandis (Queensland, Liberal Party, Attorney-General) Share this | Hansard source

(—) (): In fact, I had a meeting as recently as last week with the Chief Judge of the Federal Circuit Court, Chief Judge Pascoe. The government has made some recent appointments to his court and will be announcing new appointments in coming weeks. As well, the government has been actively pursuing the issue of law reform in the family law system. For example, in October, I released the Family Law Council's final report on families with complex needs and the intersection of the family law and child protection systems. I thinks this goes really to your primary question, Senator Hinch. As you know, there is a very important overlap between the child protection system—most of which almost invariably is run by the state and territory governments—and the family law system, which operates under Commonwealth law. There are cases the facts of which— (Time expired)