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Alphabetical Listing of Files

$33BILLION CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT
10 years jail for toddler death
2006 Australian National Family Law Conference
2yo 'may have been alive in bag'.
7000 abuse cases ignored
A brother's plea for help. 
A CHILD IS ABUSED EVERY 13 MINUTES
A childs letter to her mum 
A mother's tale of murder reduces police to tears 
A personal experience 
A rebuttable presumption of joint custody (residence) is dangerous and not supportable for a number of reasons: 
Aardvark Programme 
Abstract of Family Court and Child Abuse
ABSTRACT OF FAMILY COURT AND CHILD ABUSE
ABUSE reports rise 
Addict jailed for baby slamming death
Adult Survivors of Incest Information Sheet
'Adversarial game or access to justice
Allegations of family violence and child abuse in family law children's proceedings 
Ambigous CSA Evidence in Family Court Matters.
Ambulance officers driven beyond brink
An evaluation of the Family Court of Australia's Magellan case-management model
An interview with Freda Briggs 
Are Allegations of Sexual Abuse That Arise During Child Custody Disputes Less Likely to Be Valid?
Aren't the children supposed to be heard?
ASCA (Advocates for Survivors of Child Abuse)
Australasian Legal Information Institute
AUSTRALIA’S NATIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR HUMAN RIGHTS NATIONAL ACTION PLAN
Australia’s responsibilities for the protection of children.
Australian Experience with self-represented litigants
Australian Law Reform Commission
Australian Men's Experience of Non Resident Fathering 
Australian Womens Family Law Support 
Baby girls fighting for lives after bashing
BACA Mission Statement
BARGAINING IN THE SHADOW OF THE CONSTITUTION
Battered women 'betrayed by police
Better Letter, Little Girl 
Bond for concealing birth
BRAVEHEARTS
Brethren mother ignores court order
Bub 
Case and hearing management in the Family Court of Australia
Case decision (weight of child's evidence)
Case update: Contact and unacceptable risk 
Case update: Parent's obligations to facilitate contact 
Child "Protective" Services People fit the Profile of a Sociopath
Child Abuse Experts Applaud Legal Community for Rejecting Parental Alienation Syndrome
CHILD ABUSE IN THE CONTEXT OF PARENTAL SEPARATION AND DIVORCE: NEW REALITY AND A NEW INTERVENTION MODEL
Child abuse in the Family Court ~ Sunita Shaunak
Child Contact Orders: Enforcement and Penalties -The Family Law Council Report 
Child Contact Services
Child is at risk if dad's rights always put first
Child protection Australia 2006–07
Child protection failing in NSW
Child Sexual Abuse Allegations in the Family Court - Wendy Lee Foote 
Child Sexual Assault - Are There Alternatives to Court Action?
Child Sexual Assault Cases
Child sexual assault in the context of the family and the Family Court
Child Support - The Financial Cost to the Taxpayer 
Child support: pay up or lose welfare
Child Wise - ECPAT in Australian Vision
Childhood Bullying Involvement and Exposure to Intimate Partner Violence 
Children and Family Violence in the Family Court:
CHILDREN AT RISK 
Children at risk in rise of shared care
Children Exposed to Domestic Violence: Whose‘Best Interests’ in the Family Court?
Children left with body of dead sister
Children's Interests Vs Vested Interests.
Collaborative Practice in Family Law
Common Misconceptions in Addressing Domestic Violence in Child Custody Disputes
Communities Queensland Government
Conflict between contact order and bail undertakings 
Consider the child before the stripper
Constitutional Challenge
Contact and CSA
Contravention Of A Child Order 
Contravention.
Convicted of "Parental Alienation" 
Cooperation and coordination:
Corporate Paedophilia Sexualisation of children in Australia
Courageous Kids Network 
Court bans fathers use of belt to smack son
Court Licensed Abuse Patriarchal Lore and the Legal Response to Intrafamilial Sexual Abuse of Children
Court Licensed Abuse S. Caroline Taylor
Court order results in death of two children 
Court's injustices 'fail kids'
Cross Examination
CTS ABOUT SEXUAL ASSAULT BRAVEHEARTS
CUSTODY PREPARATION FOR MOMS 
Custody Rules Expose Children To War Zones 
Dad charged after 8yo witnesses mum's murder
Dead: two children the system failed
Dealing with Emotional Abuse
Death by suicide is a tragedy
Decision-making about the best interests of the child: The impact of the two tiers
Dept. of Community Services
DISCUSSION EXTRACT FROM INTERNET CHAT ROOM
Dividend For Divorced Men
Divorce and Fatherhood Statistics
Do We Ignore Do we ignore violence against men? 
Do we really need all these fathers?
DOCS had deserted murdered children of Pericoe 
Domestic Violence - Improving Police Practice NSW Ombudsman
Domestic Violence 50 years On 
Domestic Violence And Children 
Domestic violence and family law: whose best interests?
Domestic Violence and Incest Resource Centre 
Domestic Violence in NSW 2007 NSW report
Domestic Violence is hard to recognise
Domestic Violence Related Homicides in WA
Domestic violence: acknowledging the attack on mother-child relationships
Domestic violence:improving police practice
Dr. Richard Gardner: A Review of His Theories and Opinions on Atypical Sexuality, Pedophilia, and Treatment Issues
Dragonfly Whispers 
Early Menarche 
Enmeshment as explained by a  “court expert”
Enough is Enough Anti-Violence Movement Inc.
Escalating family violence, economy blamed
Every parent's worst nightmare is discovering that their child has been abused. 
Every School’s Worst Nightmare: Child Sexual Abuse
Evidence
Evidence of abuse of a child - discounted
Evidence of Children and Other Vulnerable Witnesses
Experiences and comments on evidence and discretion 
Exposure to Degrading Versus Nondegrading Music Lyrics and Sexual Behavior Among Youth 
Failings in the Family Court system. 
False Allegations of Abuse and Neglect When Parents Separate 
Familicide and custody disputes - dispelling the myths
Familicide, Separation and Disputed Custody and Access
Family Court is not equipped to handle child abuse cases 
FAMILY COURT JURIES 
Family Court of Australia Judgments 
FAMILY COURT WEB SITE
Family Dynamics Associated with the use of Psychologically Violent Parental Practices
FAMILY LAW ACT 1975 
FAMILY LAW ACT 1975 - SECT 121
Family law and child protection
FAMILY LAW AND CHILD PROTECTION FINAL REPORT 
Family Law and Parent Child Contact Assessing the Risk of Sexual Abuse 
Family Law and Parent-Child Contact:
Family Relationship Centre concerns
Family Relationship Centre concerns
Family Relationships Online
Family Reports: Comments from Litigants
Family Violence and Child Abuse +Family Court
Family Violence and the Shared Parental Responsibility Act: 
Farquharson jailed for life without parole
Father & Mother accused of killing twin toddlers 
Father held over attack on baby girls
Father’s rights and family law ~ Michael Flood
Fathering and children — the contemporary context 
Fatherlessness and the Family Law Reform Fiasco 
Fathers may get justice at last 
Fathers Rights and Family Law 
Fathers' Rights and Violence Against Women 
Fathers who kill their children
Federal Magistrates Court of Australia 
Female Violence: Speak Softly but Carry a Big Stick 
Filial dependency and recantation of child sexual abuse allegations.
Finding a better way The Australian Institute of Family Studies
Footballers pay a penalty but our X-rated culture must share the blame 
Forensic Evaluator
Former employee claims department failed 10year old rape victim 7.30 Report- ABC. 
Foster Carers Not Told of Horror Ordeal 
From a grandmother
From a social welfare worker – disgusted and despairing.
From one of our members: 
Girl Provoked Pedophile
Girl punched to stop her crying: court 
Government ignores child abuse - the son of TD (above)
Goward joins 'blame dad' brigade on custody 
Guidelines for Child Representatives
Guilty of Daughters Assault Three Decades Ago
Guilty outcomes in reported sexual assault and related offence incidents
Hague Convention Ruling
Helping Children Thrive
Holes in the child welfare net 
Horrific child abuse figures spur crusade 
Hostile Aggressive Parenting
How child abuse and neglect damage the brain 
HOW THE FATHERS' RIGHTS MOVEMENT UNDERMINNES THE PROTECTIONS AVAILABLE TO VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE AND PROTECTS THE PERPETRATORS OF VIOLENCE
I wish mother nature would send fairies and I could wish for a good daddy. I wish they would grant my wish
I’m 3, why won’t someone help me? 
Iemma calls for changes to co parenting laws
If I Killed You, I'd Get the Kids: Women's Survival and Protection Work with Child Custody and Access in the Context of Woman Abuse
ILY LAW COUNCIL FAMILY LAW AND CHILD PROTECTION FINAL REPORT - SEPTEMBER 2002
Immigrant Women's Support Service - Kids and DV
Impact of Abuse and Neglect on Child Development 
Impact of the Family Law Amendment (Shared Parental Responsibility) Act 2006 (Cth) NSW Parliamentary Enquiry. November 2006
Increase in child protection reports 'tragic' - Meagher 
Infanticide a tool of cowards
Injustice to a child may be OK 
Injustice to protective mothers 
Inquiry into the provisions of the Family Law Amendment (Shared Parental Responsibility) Bill 2005 
Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men by Lundy Bancroft
Interesting case  - ok to hit child with belt
International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women 
INTRAFAMILLIAL RAPE AND THE LAW IN AUSTRALIA: UPHOLDING THE LORE OF THE FATHER
Investigation into family shooting continues
ional Women's Justice Coalition (NWJC)
Is Domestic Violence a Gender Issue? 
Jailed mother unrepresented at her hearing 
Jailed mum would do it all again
Joint Investigation Response Teams (JIRTs) 
Judas Kisses
Judges Critical of Mum Jailing
Judgments of the Family Court of Australia and links to relevant family law legislation
Just Another Little Murder
Karen Bell tells of murder-suicide husband's motive
KIDS HELP LIINE - CHILD ABUSE 2003-2004
LABOR INACTION PUTS CHILDREN AT RISK
Law and Justice Foundation
Law Reform by Frozen Chook
Laws that treat children as chattels do lifelong harm 
Lawyer under scrutiny after questioning teen rape victim
Leadership Council
Legal aid and access to justice. Legal and Constitutional References Committee:
Less Father than there should be.
Limited Disclosure of Sexual Abuse by Children Whose Experiences Were Documented by VideoTape
Litigants in Person Management Plans: Issues for Courts and Tribunals
Living Within the Law -Margaret Cunneen's Sir Ninian Stephen Lecture
Long-Term Effects of Childhood Abuse on the Quality of Life and Health of Older People: Results from the Depression and Early Prevention of Suicide in General Practice Project
Losing the Children 
Male suicide and marriage breakdown 
Male suicide and the Family Court
Male suicide figures Wesley Mission & ABS 
MALE SURVIVIORS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT: ACSSA talks to SAMSSA
Man charged with murder , rape and indecent treatment of 10yr old girl. 
Man charged with sex offences against 13 girls
Man convicted of de facto's 'callous' murder 
Man jailed for bashing baby daughter
Man on Child Sex Charges
Marital Breakdown, Parenthood and Suicide
Media, men and violence in Australian divorce. 
Mediation Centres ignore Domestic Violence 
Mediation Centres ignore Domestic Violence 
Mental Health and Wellbeing
Monstrous' dad jailed for baby's death
More divorced dads caring for kids
Mother fights to get custody of Son
Mother Jailed Over Attack
Mother lay down to die beside her dead children
Mothers abduct children to escape abusive relationships
Mothers4Equality
Mum doesn't live with us any more 
Mum jailed in custody battle
Mum to give birth in jail
Murder does not solve the problem.
Murder is murder
My dad, Mellow Hildow
My husband's niece has not seen her two daughters for over five years now.
My name is Peter
Myth: False allegations of child abuse 
Myths That Place Children At Risk During Custody Litigation
NAPCAN 
National Coalition of MACH 
National Council for Single Mothers 
National Network of Women's Legal Services
Navigating Custody and Visitation Evaluations in cases with Domestic Violence A Judges Guide
NCSMC: links re court process's 
NDS - Men Exploring New Directional Strategies
Negotiating Child Residence and Contact Arrangements Against a Background of Domestic Violence
Never again
New path uged on different shades of domestic violence
No safety for family violence victims in family law
No To Violence
Non Government Child Protection Agencies
NSW Commission for Children and Young People
Ombudsman's Report 2005
Ombudsman's Report Reviewable child deaths in 2005
Our Hidden Shame 
Paedophilia Inc 
Paid parenting leave: a question of respect
'Parasitic' grandfather jailed for sex offences
Parental alienation - Background Briefing on ABC National Radio
Parental Alienation or Paternal Alienation? 
PARENTAL ALIENATION SYNDROME 
Parental Alienation Syndrome A Guide for Attorneys or Pro Se Litigants
Parental Alienation Syndrome: A Paradigm for Child Abuse in Australian Family Law
Parents' perjury ignored, says judge
Parents Who Have Successfully Fought Parent Alienation Syndrome 
PARKAS Parents Accepting Responsibility Kids Are Safe
PAS, 'Unacceptable Risk' and the Culture of the Australian Family Court: How current judicial paradigms are violating CRoC and failing to protect abused children. Jonathan Humphrey
PERSPECTIVES FROM THE COMMISSIONER ON ALTERNATIVE MODELS FOR PROSECUTING OFFENDERS
Please explain??
power4parents
Presumptive Joint Custody: The Agenda Behind the FR Rhetoric
Project Magellan
PROSECUTING SEXUAL ASSAULT The Complexities and Difficulties
Protect me from child protectors
Protective Behaviour Publications
Protective Behaviours Consultancy Group NSW
Publications available online from the Australian Institute of Family Studies:
Queensland’s child protection system
Rapist dad forces girl on Pill
Recovery Orders would prevent 'exclusion' 
Reference List: Father Absence 
REFERENCES EXAMINING ASSAULTS BY WOMEN ON THEIR SPOUSES OR MALE PARTNERS: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY SUMMARY: 
Removing Obstructions to Justice in Family Court Sexual Abuse Cases
Report on Foster Care 
Responding to allegations of harm to a child by a parent with a Family Court of Australia parenting order
Response to 'Male victims of violence must not be ignored' 
Response to murder-suicide- letter to the editor
Rethink on sending home abused kids 
Rougher than usual justice
Ruling debunks custody diagnosis
Save the children
Secrets and Lies: Responding to attacks on domestic violence campaigns
Seeking Safety, Needing Support 
Self Representation Kit
Sex offender escapes jail term
Sex victims protected from aggressive questioning in court
Shared custody deals on the rise but do not last
Shared Parenting Contoversy
Single moms and successful sons
Single-mum kids prominent in abuse cases
Sons to see father accused of child abuse
STATISTICS FROM THE UK
Stop Blaming Good Men
Stop Family Violence 
Study Links Sex On TV Shows To Teen Pregnancies
Submission to Steven Ciobo, Hon. Member for Moncrieff 
Submission to the Victorian Law Reform Law Commission 
Suicide Prevention Australia
Summary: Parental Alienation Syndrome
Survival and Beyond 
Survival miracle after bay nightmare
Surviving the Legal System: a handbook for adult and child sexual abuse survivors and their supportersBy Dr S. Caroline Taylor
System ‘put parental right’before children’s safety 
Taking some of the pain out of family breakdowns
Tears and Healing; The journey to the light after an abusive relationship Living with a Sociopath Partner 
The  Australian Childhood Foundation
The Abused Child Trust
The Advisory Board on Family Law. A report to the Lord Chancellor on the question of Parental Contact in Cases where there is domestic violence.
The Australian Law Reform Commission 
The Batterer as Parent by Lundy Bancroft & Jay Silverman
The Best Interests of the Child? The Interaction of Public and Private Law in Australia
The Child Sexual Abuse Accomodation Syndrome
The consequences of bad decisions
The Criminal Justice System's Response To Women Who Kill Their Partners
The Effects of Marital Separation on Men - 10 Years On 
The Evidence Act 1995
The Evidence of Children
The Experiences of Child Complainants of Sexual Abuse in the Criminal Justice System.
The Family Law Amendment (Shared Parental Responsibility) Bill 2006: Putting Children at Centre Stage 
The Family Law Violence Strategy 
The Fatherhood Foundation 
The Federal Parliament's power to make laws about marriage and divorce
The Feminist Bookshop,
The Grandchildren
The Green Book 
The hidden horror of child sex abuse
The History of the Family Court
The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
The Impact of Abuse on the Brain 
The Litigant in Person
The Liz Library
The MomsRising Organization
THE MOTHER OF THE VICTIM AS POTENTIAL SUPPORTER AND PROTECTOR: CONSIDERATIONS AND CHALLENGES
The Murder of Jamie Bulger 
The Myth of Epidemic False Allegations of Sexual Abuse in Divorce Cases
The myths about shared parenting
The National Abuse Free Contact Campaign
'The new family law regime: How does Sch 1 affect you?
The Politics of Father Rights Activists – Do persistent critics of the Family Court behave in a way which stands up to scrutiny
The Prosecution of Child Sex Offences: To Specialise or Not
The Quest for Truth: Substantiating Allegations of Physical Abuse in Criminal Prosecutions and Care Proceedings
The Relationship Between Child Sexual Abuse, Domestic Violence and Separating Families 
The silent epidemic of male suicide
THE SINS OF THE FATHERS 
The Ten Commandments of Cross Examination 
The Victorian Family Law Coalition :
Threat of violent parents must be taken seriously
Tighter bail for Aboriginal abusers
Toddler's father on murder charge
Too Little Time 
Twenty-Nine child homicides: Lessons still to be learnt on domestic violence and child protection
UK Women's Aid 
UN Special Session on Children:Freda Briggs
Universities failing social workers and children 
Unrepresented litigants
Using Child Development Research to Make Appropriate Custody and Access Decisions for Young Children
Victims of an unreal court system 
VOCAL (Victims of Crime Assistance League)
Wade Scale's death prompts 'more rigorous' parent tests
WESNET The Women's Services Network
What drives some parents to kill their children then suicide? 
WHAT IS CHILD ABUSE? (DOC's)
What is Fair for Children of Abusive Men? by Jack C. Straton, Ph.D.
WHAT IS THE PREVELANCE AND INCIDENCE OF CHILD ABUSE IN AUSTRALIA?
When fathers dont want to be fathers...2005 post abortion review
When history is revisited, 
When is Parental Alientation Syndrome a false allegation?
When no one listens 
White Ribbon Day
WHO ABUSES CHILDREN
Who are McKenzie Friends?
WHO'S LOOKING AFTER THE KIDS?
Why Cross Examine? 
Women main target of partner violence despite public misconceptions 
Women pushed to the brink
WORLDLII
Your child next?