The government's pushed through legislation that will merge the family and Federal Circuit Courts, aruging it will create one single entry point that will make the whole system easier to navigate.
But it's something that former judges, justices and current family legal experts say they never asked for.
The warn it could potentially undo years of hard-fought battle to improve the lives of vulnerable people.
Former Family Court Judge Professor Nahum Mushin says he supports an almagation - but not in this way. He's labelled the current policy "completely misguided" and says it doesn't address the real issue of resourcing.
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