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As you read my submission you will find grammar errors, sentences too long, the arguments not made as succinctly, or as well as I would like along with other issues. I apologise in advance however this paper was difficult to write in the timeframe allowed. I also wanted to get it out in advance of…

It was January 2013, that I wrote the piece I’m sorry. The Oxford Languages Dictionary define Sorry: feeling sad or distressed through sympathy with someone else’s misfortune. I can therefore feel sorry for Jasmine’s (my daughter) misfortune, but in the post focussed on actions that I took rather than those Nellie took. It was yet another attempt at…

Did I assault anyone? No! Did I commit Domestic Violence? No! Did I drive recklessly or do anything illegal? No! Did I attend a protest against health orders and hurt police (fellow Australians)? No! Did I insult or malign anyone? Not until wrote this! Did I have a covid jab? Yes In doing so: If…

The events of this week are such that I had to blog my experience. If you are in Victoria then please don’t break down in total despair and try your best to see the funny side! It is fairly mundane and serious for the first third of this blog and then goes beyond the ridiculous…

I appear today before this committee under my pen name of Trevor Cooper and thank the committee. I wrote my book and made the submission #820 under the pseudonym Trevor Cooper which was necessary for compliance with S121 of the Family Law Act and made my real name available. In my submission, in the section…

The judiciary have to rely upon, and push the various players to perform their tasks to ensure the Family Court system caters for the society in the area it administers. Just as you would not expect a refrigerator mechanic to fix your car, even though they may be capable, the judiciary are not experts in…

An interim report would normally give an indication and insight into what the committee is thinking and where they are heading. Apart from the section “Australian Labour Party Additional Comments”, which tends to show limited changes in their position, possibly due to a factional cognitive bias, the report does not provide any definitive indication. Structured…

Warning: The following blog covers subjects including childhood abuse and trauma, depression and grief. In this 2020 Coronavirus pandemic and the never-ending Melbourne lockdown, I reinvigorated my effort to write my Will. I had reconciled more than a year ago, the fact that I would not be able to rely upon my alienated daughter, so…

Everyone needs to ask if concealing of evidence is the same as lies and half-truths that are often published to influence public opinion! Zali Steggall who openly opposed the family law inquiry and then campaigned to be on it, is reminiscent of an episode from “Yes Minister”.She then stated “it needs to be “balanced” and…

After many months, including an appeal to The Joint Select Committee on Australia’s Family Law System secretariat and committee to change their decision of treating my submission as confidential (as they have done with nearly 80% of submissions) being unsuccessful, I have decided with great pain, to publish it myself. The submission So I really…