Attorney-General Christian Porter wants to merge the Family Court and the Federal Circuit Court by early next year as part of a push to cut waiting times and reduce trauma for families.
But his announcement appears to have taken some in the legal sector by surprise, and the Opposition says the Minister has failed to consult properly.
A court which could conduct an extra 8,000 family-law cases a year is what Attorney-General Christian Porter sees as possible under a merger of the Family Court and the Federal Circuit Court.
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