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Parental Responsibility - What can be done if you disagree?
What is Parental Responsibility? What can be done if you disagree? These are questions often asked of family lawyers. Although the concept of “parental responsibility” has been around since the Children Act commenced in 1991 it is helpful to give some examples of the decisions that are made regarding children that are included by it.
Child at home under care or supervision order?
The Court of Appeal recently considered the principles in making a decision whether a child should be at home under a final supervision or care order. The court noted there seemed to be different approaches taken in different parts of the country but there needed to be a common approach.
Supervision Order reform
One of the options available to the Court within children public law care proceedings is a supervision order, initially for 1 year, but potentially extendable. Their purpose is to advise, assist and befriend the child who has suffered and/or at risk of suffering significant harm due to their parents care. There have been concerns about the effectiveness of such orders in safeguarding children. A review of supervision orders was published in April 2023.
Permission to appeal
Often following the outcome of family proceedings one or may be more of the parties may consider that a decision that has gone against them should be appealed. However, it is not simply a case of a disagreement with a court’s decision leading to an automatic right to appeal that decision. There is a process that has to be followed with strict legal tests. What if I wish to appeal the decision? The starting point is to seek permission to appeal from the Judge who gave the disputed decision.
EPA investigates cause of Lake Macquarie fish kill as hundreds wash up dead at Mannering Park
Authorities are investigating what caused hundreds of fish to wash up dead on the banks of Lake Macquarie in New South Wales last week. Key points: The Environmental Protection Authority is analysing water samples from Lake Macquarie Officers find fish with "greying gills", which suggests a lack of oxygen Residents believe the dead fish number in their thousands and include eagle rays Lake Macquarie is a saltwater estuary that covers about 110 square kilometres on the state's Central Coast.
Season tickets to the football and the shoes off the feet of a passer-by — rough sleeper warmed by kindness of strangers
A Newcastle man who lives in an old shopfront and the manager of a nearby soup kitchen say there is a new wave empathy for the homeless as living costs skyrocket and rents soar. Shane Flemming is one of more than 116,000 people who experience homelessness across Australia on any given night, according to the Salvation Army. Of those, about seven per cent sleep rough. Mr Flemming said an untenable living situation forced him from his home at Nelson Bay earlier this year.
Sailing Merewether couple return to Newcastle after three life-changing years at sea
It started out as a plan to visit Europe, buy a boat and sail it back to Australia. But as COVID restrictions set in and borders closed around them, a couple's planned six-month voyage in their floating tiny home turned into a three-year odyssey, a love story and a new way of life. Kieran Wyse, 31, from Newcastle and Isabelle Nee, 30, from Sweden, finally sailed into Newcastle harbour on their yacht Merewether this week.
Hard to resist: Regional brewer devises crafty way of lending a hand to Ukraine
It might be nearly 15,000 kilometres away, but a shout-out for help from war-torn Ukraine has been heard in the small New South Wales country town of Dungog. The family owned Tinshed craft brewery has joined independent brewers from around the world to make a special Anti Imperial Stout, which along with online auctions and events is raising thousands of dollars for humanitarian aid in Ukraine. Tinshed Brewery owner David "Jimmy" Cox, explained why he got involved.
'I put my hands around her neck': Chilling police interview played to jury in 'demon' murder trial
A court has heard a first-hand account from the man accused of killing his girlfriend because he thought she was a demon.
Jordan Miller faces Newcastle court for alleged murder of Emerald Wardle
The mother of a young woman who was killed by her boyfriend struggled to hold back tears as she described losing the light of her life. Key points: Court hears boyfriend believed he was killing a demon Accused had used LSD days before the killing Murder trial set to run for two weeks Jordan Miller, 21, has pleaded not guilty in Newcastle Supreme Court to murdering Emerald Wardle, 18, in her home at Metford, near Maitland in 2020.
Police find diver's body with more than 50kg cocaine on Hunter River, NSW riverbank
Investigations are underway after the body of a diver was found along with more than 50 kilograms of cocaine on the banks of the Hunter River at Newcastle. Police were called to Heron Road on Kooragang Island yesterday following reports of an unconscious diver on the shore. Despite the efforts of the members of the public and paramedics, the man died at the scene. The man is yet to be formally identified.
Two Mathematicians Crack Age-Old Geometry Problem in Quarantine
The inscribed square problem is over a hundred years old. June 30, 2020 An age-old geometry problem, the inscribed square problem, has been cracked by two mathematicians during their quarantine time, adding to the list of fascinating discoveries made during quarantine. The inscribed square problem was first posed by German mathematician Otto Toeplitz in 1911, in which he predicted that "any closed curve contains four points that can be connected to form a square," according to Quanta Magazine.
In Lockdown, Mathematicians Crack a Stubborn Geometry Riddle
By Quanta Magazine June 29, 2020 Comments View as: Print Mobile App Share: Send by email Share on reddit Share on StumbleUpon Share on Hacker News Share on Tweeter Share on Facebook Credit: Getty Images In mid-March, mathematicians Joshua Greene and Andrew Lobb both found themselves in lockdown and struggling to adjust to the Covid-19 pandemic. They decided to cope by throwing themselves into their research.
New Geometric Perspective Cracks Old Problem About Rectangles
To get a sense of what that means, let’s start with something simpler. Take the standard number line. Pick two points on it — say the numbers 7 and 8 — and plot them as a single point in the xy-plane (7, 8). Pairs of the same point are allowed too (7, 7). Now consider all possible pairs of numbers that can be extracted from the number line (it’s a lot!). If you were to plot all those pairs of points, you’d fill in the entire two-dimensional xy-plane.
Unknotting the interactive effects of learning processes on cultural evolutionary dynamics
Discussion Our results suggest that participants exhibited a tendency for repetition and had approximately a one-in-five chance of failing to faithfully reproduce the perceived trefoil, which was sometimes the mirror image of the demonstrated knot. There was no clear handedness bias although the posterior exhibited considerable uncertainty.
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