Pauline Hanson has doubled down on her claims mothers are lying about domestic violence to get custody of their kids, but says fathers are doing it too.
The One Nation senator, who's likely to be appointed deputy chair of a new family law inquiry, says she's had thousands of appeals for help to do something about warring parents making vexatious domestic violence allegations in court.
But she says she cannot provide evidence to back up her claims due to the secrecy that surrounds family law cases.
"I've heard it from different fathers, different people, even women that have said domestic violence orders have been put against them and they've been absolute lies," she told Brisbane radio station Hit105 on Thursday.
"I've had about 4000 emails, letters, that have come through my office since I've been re-elected, to try and do something about it. I get pulled up just doing my grocery shopping by people begging me to do something about it."
Senator Hanson said it was against the law for people to discuss family law cases, and the media could not report on them.
"That's why we don't understand what is happening in our system because people are shut down. They can't speak about it."
On Wednesday, Senator Hanson went on ABC radio and said some women were making up domestic violence allegations, or falsely accusing ex-partners of molesting their children, to get the upper hand in custody battles.
Scott Morrison says an inquiry into the family law court system is about helping children and parents - not negotiations with One Nation Senator Pauline Hanson. Source: AAP
She did not provide any evidence to substantiate her claims and when pressed suggested contacting men's rights groups to back up her assertions.
Anti-domestic violence campaigner Rosie Batty says Senator Hanson's comments are damaging and prove she has an agenda before the parliamentary inquiry even begins.
The fresh inquiry, to be chaired by conservative veteran MP Kevin Andrews, comes just months after a review by the Australian Law Reform Commission and two years after a previous parliamentary inquiry into family courts.
Ms Batty is angry about yet another probe, saying what's really needed is a properly-resourced family court system.
She says the inquiry cannot possibly be unbiased with Mr Andrews and Senator Hanson at the helm.
