Australian judges overwhelmed by family cases

Judges who travel to remote parts of Australia are being overwhelmed by the volume of family law cases, with workloads rising so much that they have to handle 70 matters a week.

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They are frequently sitting until 8pm in the evening in order to get through the workload before them. In some parts of the country, parents are having to wait for up to two years to be granted a final hearing date. This is seen as putting women at greater risk of domestic violence. Source: The Australian

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