Our Children Deserve Better

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1. 51
   Name: Jeff Skates on Feb 10, 2003

   Country: AU

   Comments: I am a single father with shared care - fortunately for me and my children!

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2. 52
   Name: Julian McNally on Feb 10, 2003

   Country: AU

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3. 53
   Name: Tony Farr on Feb 11, 2003

   Country: AU

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4. 54
   Name: Mark Fitzgerald on Feb 11, 2003

   Country: AU

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5. 55
   Name: Coral Gascoigne on Feb 11, 2003

   Country: AU

   Comments: As a parent of both son and daughter who have had unfair and costly treatment by the so called family court I fully endorse this petition .

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6. 56
   Name: Laima Meurer on Feb 11, 2003

   Country: AU

   Comments: I think the Family Law Act is pathetic and wholly support the cause you are promoting. It's time the guys had a fair say and stopped being overridden by women just because they are the mother of the child. Being the mother of the child does not make them a better or worse parent and fathers can be equally if sometimes not better parents. Good Luck with your cause.

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7. 57
   Name: Tim Daly on Feb 11, 2003

   Country: AU

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8. 58
   Name: Robyn Daly on Feb 11, 2003

   Country: AU

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9. 59
   Name: Edward Dabrowski on Feb 11, 2003

   Country: AU

   Comments: SHARED PARENTING LONG OVERDUE Please support the Shared Parenting Bill and give back life to children and their fathers. My children want to spend more time with me their father but can't due to the Adversarial Legal System and the common practice of awarding children to mothers to form single-parent-headed families. Family Law Judges discriminate massively against fathers by exercising their very wide discretion under colour of law to place children with their mother only. Fathers have limited contact and next to no say in their children

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10. 60
    Name: Stephen Perkins on Feb 11, 2003

    Country: AU

    Comments: There is currently a Joint Parenting Bill on the table from Senator Len Harris I urge all to support it - Senator Harris has offered to withdraw his bill if the Government put up a bill that is its equal - so do not withhold your support because this is an independent member's bill

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11. 61
    Name: Brian Mahony on Feb 11, 2003

    Country: AU

    Comments: children need both mum and dad in their lives.

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12. 62
    Name: Brian Taylor on Feb 11, 2003

    Country: AU

    Comments: The current system encourages disputation due to the substantial financial advantages conferred upon the residence parent. My fear with shared parenting proposals is that they will encourage even more outlandish and unsubstantiated allegations of violence and abuse in order to ensure that the FC will determine that the parents cannot work together and thus award sole residence to the person making the allegations.

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13. 63
    Name: John Flanagan on Feb 11, 2003

    Country: AU

    Comments: We need the following to occur: 1.Parliament needs to pass the joint residency legislation of Senator Len Harris. 2. Repeal the child support legislation and abolish the Child Support Agency. 3. Abolish the Family Court and replace the Court with a Family Tribunal. 4. Remove the association of possession of children with regard to any property settlement and superannuation splitting. Regards John Flanagan.

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14. 64
    Name: Craig Grant on Feb 11, 2003

    Country: AU

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15. 65
    Name: Robert Pekin on Feb 12, 2003

    Country: AU

    Comments: Yes , totally agree. If my ex had been obligated to go to mediation as requested, the drastic action I took would have been avoided and her family would not have to deal with the problems they now face. Luckily for me I was fortunate to have some very good friends who happened to be solicitors in family law that gave me the support and information to pursue my childs rights when I was becoming angry and disalusioned with the unfairness of it all. Keep me in touch with progress. Robert.

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16. 66
    Name: James Hayes on Feb 12, 2003

    Country: AU

    Comments: I at first hestitated in signing this - not having both sides of the situation - but am prepared to sign it on the following basis a) The father appears to be a good fellow and is willing to be open about it. nlike many fathers, he also would have spent considerable time at home looking after the child becuase of the nature of his work - daytrading. b) I have heard many cases of unfairness to fathers in particular on these matters, one of them being a personal friend and feel the courts often don't consider the circumstance adequately from both sides as it is time consuming and courts always have backlogs.

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17. 67
    Name: Chi-Kuang Jiang on Feb 12, 2003

    Country: AU

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18. 68
    Name: Gerald Officer on Feb 12, 2003

    Country: AU

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19. 69
    Name: Mark Pellowe on Feb 12, 2003

    Country: AU

    Comments: I believe strongly in this ..

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20. 70
    Name: Ross Leach on Feb 12, 2003

    Country: AU

    Comments: a parent should be forced to prove the other parent should not have access rather than the non custodial parent having to fight for access!

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21. 71
    Name: David Mortimer on Feb 12, 2003

    Country: UK

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22. 72
    Name: Michael Floro on Feb 12, 2003

    Country: US

    Comments: Stop destroying our children! They want, need and deserve the love, guidance and protection of two parents! Common sense and numerous studies support this.

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23. 73
    Name: Mark Whatley on Feb 12, 2003

    Country: AU

    Comments: reduce the suffering and games played with childrens minds , and you will improve the future of our society

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24. 74
    Name: Joan Kloth on Feb 12, 2003

    Country: US

    Comments: Children need the balance that is provided by both parents in their lives.

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25. 75
    Name: Milton Hawker on Feb 12, 2003

    Country: AU

    Comments: My daughter and I have both been subject to one persons vexatious Family Law court applications.The Family court is a present part of the problem not the answer.

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26. 76
    Name: Gabriel OWEN on Feb 12, 2003

    Country: AU

    Comments: The Bill isn't important. An Implementation Body given statutory authority to look at Family Court Records and files and Child Protection Records & Files and make a report on just how the Aims & Objectives are being implemented / met and what alterstions & ajustments need to be made is. Reason: An Act without an empowered implementation Body does nothing. Question: If the implementation is left up to the Family Court, wont we just end up with more of the same again, based on case law again. The problem: It's not so much the Act, it is the parties with vested interests (Lawers, The Court system, Child Protection Service, Women's Legal Bodies, Political Parties seeking the Women's Vote). They are the reason why -NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO WITH THE ACT - Without an Empowered Implementation Body, nothing will change. Example: The Wistleblowers Protection Act. There is no empowered implementation body, the Act has no power & nothing happens. Example: The Child Protection Act. There is an empowered implementation Body, the act has power. Who should make up this Implementation Body: Those who have lobied / struggled for the implementation of the Joint Parenting Principals and the abollishment of Sole Parenting Principals. A selection of those from Family Law Reform & Joint Parenting Groups. Why: They are the ones who know the pitfalls and who will not tollerate "Bullshit" along the way. I believe there is already suficiant in the Family Law act for an Empowered Implementation Body to enforce a presumption of Joint Parenting.

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27. 77
    Name: Jeff Threlfall on Feb 12, 2003

    Country: AU

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28. 78
    Name: Peter Marsh on Feb 12, 2003

    Country: AU

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29. 79
    Name: Bill Thomas on Feb 13, 2003

    Country: AU

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30. 80
    Name: Gary Burrell on Feb 13, 2003

    Country: AU

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31. 81
    Name: Mark Nash on Feb 13, 2003

    Country: AU

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32. 82
    Name: Bryan West on Feb 13, 2003

    Country: AU

    Comments: I whole-heartedly support these changes to the Family Law Act, it is long overdue!

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33. 83
    Name: David Morgan on Feb 13, 2003

    Country: AU

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34. 84
    Name: Philip Elysee on Feb 13, 2003

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35. 85
    Name: Cecilia Yin on Feb 13, 2003

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36. 86
    Name: Semi Meo on Feb 13, 2003

    Country: AU

    Comments: May all children find "family" first in the family!!; not in fake communities created by the leagal and other civil societies.

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37. 87
    Name: Anthony Howden on Feb 13, 2003

    Country: AU

    Comments: There is nothing more serious and soul shattering than the idealogical, gender driven discrimination which allows children to be taken from a parent.

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38. 88
    Name: Diane Cutts on Feb 13, 2003

    Country: AU

    Comments: I support reform of the injustices of the Family Law Act as mentioned above.

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39. 89
    Name: Matilda Bawden on Feb 13, 2003

    Country: AU

    Comments: Support the Senator Len Harris, private member's, Family Law (Joint Residency) Bill 2002!

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40. 90
    Name: Symone Brooks on Feb 14, 2003

    Country: AU

    Comments: At the end of the day, all that should matter is the children. They come first.

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41. 91
    Name: Diane Pennicott on Feb 14, 2003

    Country: AU

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42. 92
    Name: Karl-Heinz Seelig on Feb 14, 2003

    Country: AU

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43. 93
    Name: Brian Fisher on Feb 17, 2003

    Country: AU

    Comments: My experiences with the Family Court of Australia have convinced me that it is the greatest source of institutionalised injustice in our society today. The legal system it administers is primarly for the benefit of lawyers. Too many people have been broken finacially and emotionly seeking basic justice and the right to have contact with their children.

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44. 94
    Name: David Barrese on Feb 17, 2003

    Country: AU

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45. 95
    Name: Robert Zink on Feb 17, 2003

    Country: AU

    Comments: parents of both sexes should have equal rights , until conceceling has taken place

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46. 96
    Name: Thomas Hadley on Feb 18, 2003

    Country: AU

    Comments: The child support formula and regualtions also need to chnage in line with the shared parenting. There is no financila incentive for mothers to share at present. The Family court also encourages non brief access to fathers

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47. 97
    Name: Paul Matthews on Feb 18, 2003

    Country: AU

    Comments: Men are the victims of Today

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48. 98
    Name: Stephen Reid on Feb 18, 2003

    Country: AU

    Comments: There are a lot of good ideas and suggestions in the book "Mom's House Dad's House". The words "that have been effected" should be "who have been affected" and "nations" should be "nation's".

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49. 99
    Name: Gil Le on Feb 18, 2003

    Country: AU

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50. 100
    Name: Lionel Richards on Feb 19, 2003

    Country: AU

    Comments: EQUAL SHARED JOINT PARENTING is the ONLY intelligent solution for children after parental separation or divorce. PRIME care leads to SOLE care and PAS. I am the WA State Director of the Shared Parenting Council of Australia www.spca.org.au and I run the Joint Parenting Online Forum at www.JointParenting.net so really you are preaching to the converted. I have been involved in negotiating and observing MANY family court, child residence regimes and have witnessed the vast difference in the children's development when close relationships with BOTH parents are maintained.

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