Jonathon Duniam (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Forestry and Fisheries) Share this | Hansard source

The government does not support a further delay in the committee's reporting date for this necessary reform to the family law courts. This reform has already been the subject of a previous Senate committee inquiry that reported in February 2019 and now has again already been under inquiry by that same committee since December. These bills give effect to a targeted and meaningful reform to what are known structural failings of the current split family law system. These bills will increase the number of matters resolved each year and reduce the cost and time expended by families. Delaying the committee's report further only harms Australian families, simply because Labor members of the committee either won't or aren't able to do their job.