Report

Family Law Amendment (Parenting Management Hearings) Bill 2017

26 March 2018

© Commonwealth of Australia 2018
ISBN 978-1-76010-738-3

View the report as a single document - (PDF 378KB)

View the report as separate downloadable parts:

Members of the committee (PDF 28KB)
Recommendations (PDF 18KB)
Chapter 1 - Introduction and background (PDF 79KB)

Background and purpose of the bill
Key provisions and principles
Provisions in greater detail
Compatibility with human rights
Financial implications
Conduct of the inquiry
Structure of this report
Acknowledgements
Chapter 2 - Issues and concerns raised (PDF 172KB)

Support for the bill
Concerns raised
Other concerns
Committee view and recommendations
Opposition Senators' Dissenting Report (PDF 55KB)

Overview
Australian Greens–Dissenting Report (PDF 43KB)
Appendix 1 (PDF 13KB)

Public Submissions
Additional information, answers to questions on notice and tabled documents
Appendix 2 - Public hearings and witnesses (PDF 10KB)

Committee Secretariat contact:

Committee Secretary
Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600

Phone: +61 2 6277 3560
legcon.sen@aph.gov.au

About this inquiry

The bill would amend the Family Law Act 1975 to establish the Parenting Management Hearings Panel as an independent statutory authority to provide self‑represented litigants with an alternative to the court process for resolving parenting disputes.



Past Public Hearings

23 Feb 2018: Melbourne
22 Feb 2018: Sydney

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