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Delays in the family law system are wreaking havoc on young children, mothers and fathers, a federal parliamentary inquiry has warned as it calls for more funding and more specialist registrars. We need the Morrison government to stop the words and start acting, committee member and Labor MP Graham Perrett told reporters in Canberra on Tuesday. The government today could appoint registrars, the government today could increase legal aid funding.
The parliamentary committee has handed down an interim report making 29 bipartisan recommendations, including ways to make the process safer for children, capping lawyers fees and a call to fund 25 to 30 more registrars to crush backlogs and delays.
Opposition parties: rival celebrities double booked in bid to woo Parliament
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Suddenly, it seems like Byron Bay has gone to Canberra, as celebrities from the world of stage, screen and sport converge on Parliament House in rival lobbying efforts.
In a city where popularity is everything, cinematic icon
Bryan Brown, again returned to Parliament House on Tuesday, continuing to spruik the need to protect local film and television industries.
Actors Bryan Brown, Justine Clarke, Simon Baker and Marta Dusseldorp at Parliament House on Tuesday.
The Bonny and Brandy showdown
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Famed Liberal Party haunt, the Cantonese restaurant Bamboo House on Little Bourke Street, looked devoid of party MPs on Tuesday in the aftermath of the failed Liberal spill motion against leader
Michael OâBrien.
âEveryone has put their head down in their bunker,â said one MP, describing how âbad bloodâ infecting the party was âtaxingâ on MPs.
Some sniffed at the bona fides of the challenger, Gembrook MP
Brad Battin, describing him as ânot a long-term party memberâ. Saucer of milk, if you please!
Chief News Anchor Kieran Gilbert and Political Editor Andrew Clennell will lead SKY News coverage of the WA state election tomorrow.
Kieran Gilbert said: “With many expecting a historical Labor landslide for this election, the big questions will be whether McGowan’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic has been enough to secure Labor a rare double majority in both Houses, whether the Liberals will lose enough seats to be turfed out of the Opposition, and what would this mean federally for Scott Morrison ahead of the next election?
“Our leading political reporters and panel of experts will be here to answer all those questions live as every vote is counted.”