More Interesting Reading.....

http://www.aph.gov.au/hansard/reps/commttee/R8540.pdf

Scroll down to where the Shared Parenting Council of Australia make their submission. We find it very interesting that Michael Green chooses to quote Jenn McIntosh to support his argument for Shared Parenting. He certainly changed his tune later on when she published studies that did not support Sahred Parenting.

We find it atrocious when he comments on two of his clients (we wonder if he had permission as he would be contavening the mediators code of practice if he didn't) and the act of violence that occurred between these two people. See Page 40 of the PDF link.

"A case I had last week was mediation between a father and mother
who had an arrangement going that for some reason had broken down. He was aggravated by
this, he drank too much and he went around and shouted at the mother and children inside the
house, ‘I want to see my kids!’ That was it. She applied, quite reasonably, and got an AVO. That
was all settled in the mediation that followed."

We ask how it was settled? Did Michael Green as the mediator leading the discussion impart his own beliefs in this matter? Did he tell the woman that she was over reacting and that it wasn't exactly domestic violence? Did he coerce this woman into dropping the AVO? We would like to know. If she genuinely felt fear from the man involved (and that is justifiable) and had the presence of mind to seek protection from him, why during the process of mediation with Michael Green did she change her mind?