Joint Select Committee on Australia’s Family Law System. The Family Law system affects women and men in different ways; it is not gender neutral. This submission responds to the terms of reference through a gender lens.
This submission is also endorsed by the Equality Rights Alliance, the South Australian Working Women’s Centre, BPW Australia, the Women’s Electoral Lobby, and the Work + Family Policy Roundtable.
The Minister for Women has done a gallant job of extracting some money from the Government for women. However, $109 million over 4 years is roughly $26m a year. You cannot do much to increase women’s economic security on an investment of around $26m a year. You have to pad it out with old budget initiatives and do what you can on the cheap.