The proposed Family Law Amendment legislation by the Labor government will be another case of rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic, instead of fixing the hole in the hull to stop the ship going down.

Many of the reform proposals, such as considering the best interests of the child, are well-intentioned, but unless they solve the fundamental problem, they really become another layer of bureaucracy to waste taxpayers’ money.

Furthermore, the language of the proposed draft family Law Reform bill is very vague and ill-defined.