ABOLISH CHILD SUPPORT

Accidental deaths and serious injuries happen to Australians every day and some of these people do not have accident insurance. They are now struggling with what is sometimes hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of medical debt from emergency services, lengthy or multiple hospital stays, surgeries, rehabilitation services or, worse yet, funeral expenses.

Unfortunately, our world is full of accident possibilities around every corner. According to a statistical report commissioned by the Government of South Australia, in 2008 there were almost 9000 people injured and 99 people killed as a result of motor vehicle accidents in South Australia alone. Those numbers can’t be ignored. What about other unforeseen accidents like falling off the roof whilst fixing the tiles, falling down the stairs or being injured at work? Human beings are mortal and therefore subject to injury and death and that can change lives very quickly for the worse. Besides death, injuries that can occur as a result of accidents are: quadriplegia, paraplegia, hemiplegic, blindness, deafness or even a loss of limb or limbs.  Read on »

Car insurance in general is not something that anyone wants to think about, but it is one of the necessities of life. Then when you add to that a teenage driver, it can really be a nightmare, and a possible financial burden to everyone involved. This is why family car insurance can be very beneficial to some. Although it may seem more expensive, this is one of those situations where you have to weigh the options for your family. In families that have multiple drivers and vehicles it can be very beneficial to check into Family Car Insurance.

Family Insurance Coverage is one way for you to make sure that your entire family will have full coverage, where younger drivers would not be able to afford it otherwise. With Family Car Insurance it is best to list all drivers in the household on all vehicles in the family so that all members of the family will be fully insured. Most insurance companies will offer some multiple discounts to people that are insuring more than one car on a policy lowering the rate.

There is a variety of different discounts available to those taking advantage of family care insurance, some being; good drivers, good students drivers, and for people of certain ages. Read on »

CURRENT FAMILY LAW AND CHILD SUPPORT LEGISLATION HAS THE BI-PARTISAN SUPPORT OF THE LIBERAL AND LABOR PARTIES.

The ABOLISH CHILD SUPPORT/FAMILY COURT PARTY was registered federally on 25 July 1997 and will give Australians a CHOICE AND A VOICE at the next Federal elections as to the future direction of Australia and Australian families.

In 1995, 65 year old Peter Johnson submitted into Federal Parliament 247,000 petitions (collected over 3 years) calling for the Family Court and the Child Support Agency to be abolished. THESE WERE IGNORED!

This Party is dedicated to all those children, parents and others who are suffering and have suffered legalised abuse at the hands of:
the Family Court, the Child Support Agency/Scheme, State Human Services/Community Services the Children’s Court and other associated professions and organisations. Read on »

ALASTAIR NICHOLSON (Chief Judge of the Family Court), “Neither children nor their parents shpuld expect access visits to be granted by the Family Court as a given right”. Herald Sun, Friday, September 8, 1995 P.9. (Melbourne).

ALASTAIR NICHOLSON (Chief Judge of the Family Court), “Alastair Nicholson branded his crits dysfunctional malcontents, claiming they most belonged to fathers groups unhappy with access and custody decisions. Herald Sun, Thursday, September 21 1995 (Melbourne).

HUMAN RIGHTS AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION AND AUSTRALIAN LAW REFORM COMMISSION,

“Advocacy for children – Taking account of the child’s wishes in applying the ‘best interest’ principle 3.15 The credibility and weight given to children’s wishes is a matter for the court and will vary from case to case. A legal representative acting on instructions from an adult client must generally follow those instructions even where it appears to be against the client’s interests. A lawyer’s assessment…. of the merits of his client’s case are irrelevant and it is left to the judge to make a decision upon the cases presented to him’. In many cases involving children, however, the representative for a child may discount, editorialise or reject his or her client’s wishes and argue the case in accordance with his or her own views of the child’s best interest. “Speaking for ourselves – children and the legal process ISSUES PAPER 18 MARCH 1996. Read on »

Abolish child support and sole custody/residence in favour of equally-shared parenting as the legal preference (in line with the Rights of the Child and the United Nations Charter of Human Rights, both of which Australia is a signatory to). Nowhere in the Family Law Act 1975, which was established in the ‘best interests of the child’, does it state that sole custody/residence should be the legal preference. The Family Court issues orders of sole custody/residence in 98% of all cases involving children, and actively discourages equally-shared parenting.

If one parent forfeits time with the children, that parent will be liable to pay pro-rata maintenance to the other parent. The amount of maintenance should be a flat rate, calculated on the actual living expenses of the child(ren) rather than a percentage of the liable parent’s gross income which financially prevents some people from being able to form another family. At present, the Child Support Act discriminates against families which are not first families. Article 16(1) of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights provides: “Women and men of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion, have the right to marry and to found a family.” Article 16(3) of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights provides: “The family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the State.” Read on »