Best Interests Children's Law Podcast

"In Conversation" is a parallel series where we invite lived experience speakers to come share our stories with us.  In this episode, Jeanie Dean, director of 'Safeguarding Solutions' talks to us about her challenging childhood and how it motivated her to dedicate her working life to the protection of children. She also talks about the real cost of trauma, the benefits of hirin...

Currently, in the family and federal circuit courts, children’s voices in post-separation proceedings tend to be communicated through third parties such as an Independent Children’s Lawyer or (‘ICL’s’). But is this the same as giving the child a voice or does more work need to be done to promote children’s voices in decisions that impact directly on them? Adjunct Professor Lawrence Maloney and Jea...

In the words of Fiona Patten MP, Chair of the Legislative Council Legal and Social Issues Committee, children impacted by parental incarceration are “ the invisible victims of crime. They serve a sentence alongside their parents, an experience that may affect them negatively for the rest of their lives .” Whilst we know regrettably little about this vulnerable cohort of children, the Inquiry into...

Your hosts Arna Delle-Vergini and William Wainwright welcome listeners to the podcast and let them know what to expect. Best Interests Children’s Law Podcast is sponsored by Ex Curia: Coaching & Consulting Pty Ltd, Meliora Psychology and Claudia Grimberg Lawyers . Got questions, comments, compliments or something to add to the discussion? We'd love to hear from you on our website .