✊ FCAN Petitions
Survivor-Led Calls for Justice and Systemic Reform
Below are current and recent petitions coordinated by the Family Court Accountability Network (FCAN) and our partners calling for national accountability, redress, and reform.
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🕊️ Protect Victims of Domestic Violence from Family Court (EN8427)
Status: 🟢 OPEN
Calls for a Royal Commission, redress, and repeal of the Family Law Act 1975.
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Petition EN8427
Protect Victims of Domestic Violence from Family Court
Status: 🟢 OPEN for Signatures until
5th November 2025
Petition Reason
For fifty years, Australia’s Family Court has entrenched gendered violence.
Created in 1975 to be child-centred, it became adversarial and lawyer-driven — treating children as possessions and monetising family violence.
In 2006, after men’s-rights lobbying, John Howard entrenched “equal shared parental responsibility” and “friendly parent” rules that punished mothers who report abuse.
Though repealed on paper in 2024, entrenched bias and victim-blaming remain.
Women and children continue to be discriminated against, with safety subordinated to fathers’ rights.
A review of 27 Magellan List judgments (Mar 2023 – May 2025) found:
Two-thirds of child sexual-abuse allegations were dismissed or minimised
70% of children were placed with their father — often the alleged perpetrator
Over 16,340 Australians have signed related petitions (How Dare She, National Plan to Save Women and Children’s Lives, Transform Family Court).
Their voices — now joined by the Family Court Accountability Network’s submission to the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review — show that Australia is breaching international treaties, including:
CRC — Convention on the Rights of the Child
CEDAW — Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
Children have been murdered, forced into violence, and even into sexual exploitation under Family Court orders.
Like the Stolen Generations and forced adoption, this state-sanctioned atrocity must stop now.
Petition Request
We therefore ask the House to:
Establish an independent rapid review of unsafe orders and a Federal Royal Commission.
Ban moratoriums, “parental alienation” tactics, coercive reunification, and profit-driven supervision centres.
Deliver a National Apology.
Repeal the Family Law Act 1975 and replace it with a trauma-informed Family Justice & Safety Act.
Establish a Federal Judicial Commission, extending accountability to all court professionals.
Provide redress and housing security.
Guarantee survivor co-design.
🔒 Your Privacy
When you sign Petition EN8427, only your first name, surname initial, and postcode appear publicly.
Your email and full name remain confidential.
Neither the Family Court nor anyone else can see who signed.
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