There is a lot to be energized about in Legal professional-Common Mark Dreyfus’s draft Relatives Law Amendment Bill 2023, the first in a projected series of reforms that promise to place children’s desires and interests back at the centre of family regulation. But the proposed reforms cease quick of the radical alter that is needed. To improve the tradition of the courtroom, little ones have to have lawful legal rights – not just a rubbery set of “best interests”. And the courtroom have to be dependable for making certain children’s rights are safeguarded. A central dilemma is that the adversarial lifestyle of the court marginalises small children, and can profoundly…