Australian Parliament Rolls Back Children’s Rights to Their Dad
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Attorney General - repealed children's rights to their dad.
The long-anticipated roll-back of children’s rights in Australia has happened. The Australian Parliament has passed the bill aimed at scuttling the 2006 amendments to the Family Law Act that promised children greater access to their fathers.
The Howard government’s modest attempt at making shared parenting the rule in Australia was met with a firestorm of protest from anti-father forces across the country. Lacking any comprehensive data for their claim, they nevertheless argued that the 2006 reforms endangered children. That of course was premised on the notion that fathers are uniquely harmful to children. The fact that, in Australia as in the United States, mothers commit more abuse and neglect of children than do fathers is a concept the anti-dad crowd preferred to ignore. They shouted to the skies their narrative of paternal violence, irrespective of known science.
And the political powers that be listened. The bill that was offered and that has now passed is so virulently anti-father as to beggar belief. More importantly, it’s anti-child, despite the claim that it’s done for their welfare. It’s touted as protection for children because it places child safety as paramount when a court decides custody. Read about it here (News.Com.Au./11/22/11).
What could possibly be wrong with that? Don’t we all want our children to be safe both during marriage and after? Of course we do, but what the Australian government has done is to place virtually limitless power to remove fathers from children’s lives in the hands of mothers. Oh, it’s not as if they didn’t already have plenty, but this new law makes mothers’ power all but absolute.
It should come as no surprise that the tool by which children are to be denied any contact with their fathers is the concept of domestic violence. Here in the U.S. we have sound science showing that, when one state attempted to bring greater equality to custody decisions, a single thing thwarted the effort – claims of domestic violence. Over 80% of those were made by mothers and separate studies show custody evaluators estimating up to 70% of those to be false. In Australia, surveys show that 46% of Australians believe that mothers make up false claims of abuse in order to improve their position in a custody case.
Under the new law in Australia, virtually any action by a father that a mother dislikes, or claims to dislike, will be held to constitute domestic violence. That will set him up for the loss of his kids. Essentially, all a mother has to do is convince a court that she had been made fearful by her children’s father for him to be swept out of their lives. Just to make certain that courts don’t discourage the practice, there’s no punishment allowed in the law for false swearing.
Claims of abuse are, then, a free shot. Anyone can make them based on anything or nothing. If it’s proven that they were fabricated, there’s nothing anyone can do. The certain result will be a family court system inundated by claims of abuse, few of which can be objectively verified. Any family attorney who fails to use even the most trivial infractions against a parent will not be doing his/her job.
So when courts hear evidence of domestic violence, it can be anything from the most savage assaults to “emotional manipulation” or “financial abuse.” If the beloved family family dog is terminally ill and in constant pain, Dad, best not take her to the vet to have her euthanized. If you commit that act of mercy, you can lose your kids under the new law.
Does Dad want sex too much? He’s an abuser. Does he want it too little? Ditto.
Opposition members were clear in their criticisms of the new law, calling it “fundamentally flawed” and saying it “tips the scale back towards hell.” But they weren’t enough to keep the bill from becoming law.
Let’s be clear. This is an outrageous and baseless attack on children’s rights to real relationships with their fathers. The new law will be used to enable mothers to keep fathers out of the lives of their children. It will do so based on often spurious claims of “abuse.” It invites the court to believe any and all claims that Dad behaved badly and translate those claims into fatherless children. That a democratically-elected body should take such a swipe at innocent children today, when we know so much about the value of fathers to children, is beyond disgraceful.
The ironies are too many and too great. This law will drive fathers out of children’s lives as predictably as the sunrise. Children suffer without their fathers; that’s been proven too often to mention. So a law that’s supposedly for the protection of children actually does the opposite. It will result in the most common form of child abuse – preventing fathers from giving them the love, care, guidance and protection all children need.
Of course there will be those who point to the gender-neutral wording of the law and pretend that its terms can be used or abused by men as easily as by women. That’s pure nonsense. The fact is that, like all cultures I’m aware of, Australia’s treats mothers, but not fathers, with kid gloves. Mothers’ claims of violence or abuse are routinely given more credibility than are men’s. There, probably more even than in this country, mothers are given control over children’s rights to their fathers.
The system of family law in Australia is virulently anti-father. The culture of the family law system demonstrates that every day. That’s why we see fathers climbing to the top of tall bridges protesting their treatment and 70% of Australians saying they approve of the action. You don’t see mothers doing that. No law, however gender-neutral on its face, will overcome the learned anti-father bias of the judges, attorneys, mental health professionals, etc. who populate family courts.
Count on it. The hemorage of fathers from children’s lives will only increase as this law goes into effect.
Don’t believe me that Australian courts favor mothers? Read my next piece and then decide.
by Robert Franklin, Esq.
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Attorney General Robert McClelland asked to resign in today’s reshuffle:
Ms Gillard was blocked from dumping Schools Minister Peter Garrett and Attorney-General Robert McClelland when NSW Right bosses stepped in to save them.
When Ms Gillard told Mr Garrett and Mr McClelland she wanted them to resign from cabinet to pave the way for new blood, Mr Garrett threatened to resign from parliament. Mr McClelland also refused to step aside. The pair were backed by other NSW ministers.
“She was told, ‘you can’t sack McClelland and keep Joe Ludwig in there’.”
In a compromise deal, Ms Gillard was forced to expand her cabinet by one, to 21, to keep Mr McClelland in cabinet. However, he will be moved aside into a new ministry of national security.
Health Minister Nicola Roxon, from the Victorian Right, will become the country’s first female Attorney-General. Human Services Minister Tanya Plibersek, from the NSW Left, will be promoted into cabinet to take health.
Roxon sacked for the healthcare reform debacle is promoted to AG. Plibersek said the Central Coast will be under water with climate change promoted to Health. God help us.
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Well to me, it looks like the Communists and/or a Arm of the Taliban have taken over our branches Government at the highest leaves.
Why else would we be facing Laws that are made in breach of the “the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights” Australia have sworn obedience and compliance with.
Not to forget the “Convention on the Rights of the Child” Australia has also sworn obedience and compliance with.
To prevent a person from being able to prove their innocence is 1 thing, but to make Law in defiance of “the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights” that causes a person to be guilty on accusation and not proof, is another.
Hence, this Bill just passed by Parliament is in of Breach of the Laws and Covenants Australia have signed consistent with a Communists and/or a Arm of the Taliban insurgence or destruction of our society and way of life.
If the dishonourable AG Mr McClelland and dishonourable PM Gillard want to live in a Communists or Taliban society deport them to 1 of those societies and not allow them to invoke their dysfunction if not criminal intent by actions of destroying our society.
Like the dishonourable PM Gillard has sought a change to the long established “Contract for the Creation and Protection of a Family”, named as the “Contract of Marriage” or the short name of just “Marriage”.
If you look at any society that has in the past changed the conditions of contract for a Marriage Contract”, then you will see, to enable Gay and Lesbians to enter into this Contract, you will see those societies in a matter of a few generations died out consistent with an Alien, Communist or Taliban invasion.
Yes to I, like the dishonourable Haynes, Crennan and Kiefel JJ and the dishonourable Bryant CJ, the dishonourable AG Mr McClelland and dishonourable PM Gillard: they are each a threat to the safety of our children and our nation as a society free to govern and live the way we the people have chosen or we would have moved out of this wonderful country they are trying so hard to destroy.
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please let me know if I am wrong though the highest paid sector of workers in the world are investigation. Yes gathering intelligent information on us all with no WISDOM and OR common sense.
Just like all government members in this country the only way they would give a damn is if they lost their own children in any way close to any of us in these posts.
OH THAT IS RIGHT PM GILLARD HAS NO BLOODY KIDS BUT ABLE TO NOT ONLY TELL ME HOW TO RAISE THEM BUT ALSO TAKES THEM FROM US.
Yes my children will know how EVIL this government bodies are right to the core. When they ask me for anything now ill say nothing as it seems fit for them.
What do we need to get together commit MASS SUICIDE for our fellow countrymen to see it is really murder in the first degree. Only together alive can we do anything for our kids. Suicide is a permanent solution to a part time problem fellas never give up as our children will need us all.
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It is the same here in Quebec ,Canada. My daughter is fiva and a half years old and I just cannot see her since she was borned just because the mother has convinced a judge that I could be dangerous for my child.
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Most folk proactive enough to write to any of either their elected State and Federal members and senators, party leaders, other political parties or person seeking to stand for election – have likely been met (if at all) with a well fashioned nonsense response.
All politicians of all colours more so than ever need our vote.
Keep writing again and again and again. It is simple don’t vote labor and tell them so.
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The extent of anti male bias is truly scary. Where else would joint property be subject to payments being maintained by the male joint owner after separation. Or if money is pilfered from accounts ( to pay the mortgage ) its not taken into consideration in split of assets.
But where children are concerned, in relocation matters, as I am finding out blatant lack of basic financial skills, or choice to move for lifestyle reasons, away from job opportunities ( in my case a tenured public service position ) are little impediment to a female winning the majority of custody, and then saying ” as i am now doing the majority of parenting, I need more financial support, because I cant find work ”
Its basically an opportunity to do things that in any other part of our law would be called fraud, and to exploit men when they are at their most vulnerable, and for the long term. society tells us we can cope with this, because we are men. What is the suicide rate of disillusioned male parents ?
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This is just because there is a hell of a lot of bad publicity for DOCS and the Minister and the God-damned Governmetn when a father acts irresponsibly.
Government doesnt care about our children, get real.
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ScottMC Reply:
December 1st, 2011 at 11:27 am
Seriously, this trend of disempowering people by the so-called government is going too far (like my language above).
As managers they can’t even balance their own books consistently, they constantly raise taxes while lowering public servies, and then borrow money – on the public ticket – to cover their incompetence.
And yet they are also allowed to do social engineering? We are so freaking doomed!
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THE BIGGEST LAW BREAKERS ARE THE VERY LAW MAKERS AS THE COMMONERS STAND ACCOUNTABLE WELL TIME FOR CHANGE IS IN THE AIR AS LONG AS MEN/FATHERS/GRANDFATHERS ALIKE MAY JUST HAVE TO STRIKE. TAKE THE POWER THAT IS GIVEN NOT EARNED BY OUR CURRENT GOVERNMENT.
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FREESTYLERFLYER Reply:
December 1st, 2011 at 11:45 am
We are only powerless while the government keeps us divided. Together men of all types>>
WE ARE THE ONES TO WHOM THE GOVERNMENTS ANSWER TO THOUGH ONLY UNITED CAN THIS CRAP BE TURNED INTO SOMETHING GOOD TO GROW WITH AGAIN.
United we stand divided we fall as we are doing mostly alone now.
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