New Family Relationship Centres Open

New Family Relationship Centres Open

Federal Attorney-General Robert McClelland has announced that another 24 family relationship centres opened on 1 July, bring the total to 64. The new centres are at:

New South Wales

Bankstown Ground Floor, 8 Jacobs Street,
BANKSTOWN 02 9707 8555
Bathurst 91 Seymour Street, BATHURST 02 6333 8888
Coffs Harbour 24 Park Avenue, COFFS HARBOUR 02 6659 4100
Dubbo 138 Darling Street, DUBBO 02 6815 9600
Erina 213 The Entrance Road, ERINA 02 4363 8000
Northern Beaches First Floor, 651 Pittwater Road,
DEE WHY 02 9981 9799
Parramatta Level 3, 16 Parkes Street, PARRAMATTA 02 9895 8144
Sydney City 118 Sussex Street, SYDNEY 02 8235 1500
Tamworth 2/127a Bridge Street,
TAMWORTH WEST 02 6762 1783 or 02 6763 7200
Taree46 Victoria Street, TAREE 02 6551 1200

Victoria

Broadmeadows Level 1, 1100 Pascoe Vale Road,
BROADMEADOWS 03 9351 3700
Chadstone 41 Stamford Road, OAKLEIGH 03 9564 6999
Melbourne City 379 Collins Street, MELBOURNE 03 8625 3666
Shepparton 74 Wyndham Street SHEPPARTON 03 5820 0444
Warrnambool 19 Jamieson Street, WARRNAMBOOL 1300 661 790

Queensland

Bundaberg 5 Bingera St, BUNDABERG 07 4130 7500
Chermside 90 Kittyhawk Drive, CHERMSIDE 07 3624 0100
Logan 25 Ewing Road, LOGAN CENTRAL 07 34421500
Mackay 35 Milton Street, MACKAY 07 4951 4555
Toowoomba 632 Ruthven Street, TOOWOOMBA 07 46995444

South Australia

Adelaide 55 Hutt Street, ADELAIDE 08 8419 2000
Mt Gambier 22 Bay Road, Cnr Bay Road and Helen Street, MOUNT GAMBIER 08 8721 3500 or
1800 880 913

Western Australia
Bunbury 20 Molloy Street, BUNBURY 08 9792 1155
Perth City Sheffield House, Level 1,
713 Hay Street Mall, PERTH 08 9278 4000

Things to Read, Watch & Listen

Forced Marriage

On November 1st 2023, Accredited Family Law Specialist and Page Provan Director Stephen Page presented a paper at the Brisbane Zonta Club about forced marriage. I acknowledge the Jagera and Turrbal peoples, on whose lands we meet today, their elders, past, present and emerging. Ruqia Hidari was aged 21 and living in Victoria, when, according to police,… Read More »Forced Marriage

ACT Government Surrogacy Bill

The ACT Government has today introduced a bill to amend the ACT’s surrogacy laws. The proposed changes are more incremental than fundamental. They include allowing a single person to undertake surrogacy, for the surrogate to be single if needed, a requirement for legal advice and counselling beforehand, a written agreement being required, that traditional surrogacy is… Read More »ACT Government Surrogacy Bill

Planning to resolve: ADR in ART

ADR can help resolve disputes in ART cases. ADR is not limited to mediation and arbitration. Other types of informal dispute resolution can resolve disputes. When assisted reproductive treatment cases go off the rails, they can have the next level of bitterness and volatility. There can be a keen sense of betrayal when things don’t… Read More »Planning to resolve: ADR in ART