In June 2003, a joint parliamentary Standing Committee on Family and Community Affairs was commissioned by the Prime Minister to conduct an inquiry into child custody issues and the child support formula. The committee presented its report on the 29th of December 2003 along with its recommendations for reform of the Family Law Act 1975. The focus of this report will be on an evaluation of the existing law and the recommendations provided by the Standing Committee on …
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…the existingly flaud and biased system we already have. Under 50/50 shared parenting Fathers would posess greater roles in the upbringing of their child. The report released by the committee, along with its recommendations for reform of the Family Law Act 1975 was a credible attempt at discovering what sections of the existing act could be amended to provide a fair judicial system. However the effectiveness of the application of these recomendations are yet to be seen