Ross M
Re-Read that, My undersatanding is that The Department of Human Services is a Victorian State Department if that is the case then its orders would be overriden by the Family Court of Australia, as the Family Court of Australia is a Federal Body.
The Constitution States that if there is a discrepency between State and Federal the Federal shall take preferrence over the State
In Victoria the Department of Human Services override the States Child Protection Agency
In NSW, DoCS are not to take action that overrides a Family Court Order as to do so could hold the Director-General in contempt of the Family Court of Australia
This is the trouble, this country had the States sign an agreement to become a Federation and at the time that was also offered to New Zealand which in the end opted out and went thier own way and the States convinced WA to join the Federation by allowing WA to have its own High Court as Perth was to far away from the east coast.
Since then the States have been arguing that they are Soveriegn States and have thier own separate rules and Victoria and NSW have been arguing about whatever and that is why Canberra was formed

This is a bit off the track in regards to Child Sexual Abuse it is time that we had a clear cut set of rules and laws ie Town-State- Federal stop the arguing in between because as we speak another Child is likely to be Abused
Thanks have a good life from Dave
Ross M If your interested in a case that is mind boggling then contact me graysond49@yahoo.com I will give you one

Barbara Biggs should be made aware that males do not have a monopoly on perpetrating evil acts on children. Maybe Biggs could write an online opinion piece titled "British in denial about child sexual abuse" and put it on a UK website. Ms Biggs is good at basing her articles on one or two examples out of a large population, that pop up in the press every now and then, so I suggest she could base an article on this story:

"Nursery pedophile 'pure evil': husband"

"A UK man whose nursery worker wife pleaded guilty to pedophilia charges has referred to her in a British tabloid newspaper as being "cold, calculating scum".

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/871256/nursery-pedophile-pure-evil-husband

I wonder who would be the more evil, Kathleen Folbigg or Vanessa George.

Good point Roscop. Perhaps you could post the story on the safer family law campaign site run by Barbara Bigot and her cronies. Wonder how long it would last. They have only examples of children killed by their mothers on their "in memoriam" When i posted examples of children killed by their mothers on there they lasted less than 1 day before they were deleted. And certain posters on olo have the nerve to suggest that it is the men who are causing this so called gender war.

http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/FamCA/2008/54.html
Strathfield and English (2008)FamCA 54 (30 January 2008) appears to be the case referenced by Barbara Biggs. Can anyone confirm this?

On reading the decision above, my opinion is the judge made a correct decision.

DWG, I'm not 100% sure on state v federal but I think you're correct, what I was saying was you were blaming me as though it was my comment when all I did was quote the article.

Ross M,
That seems like the case like you though I could be wrong

This whole Law thing is damn stupid we are the only democratic country in the world where the capital of the country has a different set of Laws to the rest of the country

The only way to sort all this out is to start to recognizing SAHM's get the emphasis on the child and get parents involved in the childs life and away from the idea that the parents have a life

Parents don't have a life as such they have a responsibility

Singles and childless couples are undermining the family unit by placing emphasis on having a good time and what parents are missing out on

There is no greater role in Society, to be engaged, than to be a responsible parent

If you bring a child into this world or take a child on in this world you give up 18 years of your life automatically then you give up the rest of your life in worry whether you did right or wrong

Society governments feminists we can blame a lot of different sectors but in the end it is the parents and the non-recognition of the importance of raising kids

Thanks All have a good life from Dave

Ross M & DWG,

I can’t see how Strathfield and English could be the case unless something has happened since the judgement (http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/FamCA/2008/54.html) was made. Yes, the age of the child and a protection order seems to fit with that case but Biggs says in her article the mother now only has supervised access visits once a fortnight whereas in the judgement orders are made giving under a detailed schedule, the mother custody and the father access.

Nevertheless Strathfield and English is a very interesting case so thankyou for posting the link to it. Anyone who has any interest in child sexual abuse allegations should have a good read of the judgement. It is quite damning of the mother AND her partner in an excessively polite way. The testimonies given by the lesbians against the father weren’t worth a pinch of crap. The likes of Biggs want child protection authorities to rely on such rubbish to drive a solid wedge into the relationship a child has with its accused father.