The increasing powers of the Family court.(Elizabeth Evatt and Alastair Nicholson infulence prejudice of Australia. Family Court)

Publication: National Observer - Australia and World Affairs

Publication Date: 22-DEC-05

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The Family Court of Australia has been unfortunate in that two of its Chief Justices have been political appointments from the political left. The first of these was Ms. Elizabeth Evatt, one of the controversial Evatt family from New South Wales. The second was Mr. Alastair Nicholson, who was appointed in 1987. Ms. Evatt was an extreme feminist, and has been a member of the U. N. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women. Like Mr. Nicholson, she was not a supporter of the traditional concept of marriage.

The evident prejudice of the Family Court in favour...

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