Media coverage

The following are links to recent online media stories, copies of newspaper articles, or radio transcripts where FLPA has made comment. 

December 2011

2 December - Brisbane Times looks at the increased workload on federal magistrates and FLPA president Deborah Awyzio highlights the lack of court resources. 
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/family-courts-buckle-under-load-20111201-1o98i.html

November 2011

24 November - Terri Begley from ABC's 612 morning show interviews FLPA president Deborah Awyzio on shared care. 
http://blogs.abc.net.au/queensland/2011/11/court-case-unsettling-for-shared-care-.html?site=brisbane&program=612_morning

4 November - The Australian legal editor Chris Merritt further discusses delayed judgements with FLPA president Deborah Awyzio.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/legal-affairs/john-pascoe-steps-in-to-clear-backlog/story-e6frg97x-1226185136935

October 2011

28 October - The Australian legal editor Chris Merritt talks to FLPA president Deborah Awyzio over delayed judgments in the Brisbane registry of the Federal Magistrates Court (two articles). 
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/legal-affairs/federal-magistrates-stressed-by-workload/story-e6frg97x-1226178820734 
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/legal-affairs/scarce-funds-delay-courts-family-judgments-by-years/story-e6frg97x-1226178826887

5 October - The Courier-Mail legal editor Mark Oberhardt quotes FLPA's stance of the Federal Government's announement to tighten Australia's international parental child abduction laws.
http://www.couriermail.com.au/ipad/earsay-with-mark-oberhardt/story-fn6ck620-1226152172332

September 2011

September edition - Queensland Law Society's Proctor magazine announces appointment of FLPA president.  

August 2011

5 August - The Courier-Mail's City Beat announces appointment of FLPA president and vice-president. 

July 2011

31 July - Radio National's Brendan King interviews FLPA president Deborah Awyzio on 50/50 parenting. 
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/backgroundbriefing/5050-parenting/2926656

19 July - Radio National's Sonja Heydeman interviews FLPA president Deborah Awyzio on child abduction laws.
http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/connectasia/stories/201107/s3272922.htm