Lone Fathers Association
Help for Penrith fathers going through divorce or separation
FOR almost 40 years, Barry Williams has helped Australian families through the murky waters of divorce and separation.
The national president and founder of Lone Fathers Association of Australia (LFAA) became the first father under the Family Law Act of 1975 to win custody of his four small children after his wife walked out on the family.
In those days, no support was available to single fathers, so Mr Williams staged a hunger strike at Parliament House for five days.
The then prime minister, Malcolm Fraser, agreed to meet him and ended up changing the single mother’s benefit to the single parent’s benefit.
Mr Williams and his organisation have been championing single parents’ rights ever since.
