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The husband sought a permanent stay of proceedings concerning property adjustment orders under Part VIII of the *Family Law Act 1975* (Cth). The wife had filed an application on 30 October 2015, to which the husband responded on 13 November 2015. The matter came before Macmillan J.

The central legal issue before the court was whether the husband's application for a permanent stay of the property adjustment proceedings should be granted. This required the court to consider the circumstances under which such a drastic procedural remedy would be appropriate.

Macmillan J granted the husband's application for a permanent stay. While the specific reasoning for the stay is not detailed in the provided text, the order itself indicates that the court found sufficient grounds to permanently halt the property adjustment proceedings initiated by the wife. The court then made orders regarding written submissions on costs, setting deadlines for initial submissions and replies, and stipulating that if no cost submissions were made, each party would bear their own costs of the stay application. The court also certified that the matter reasonably required the attendance of counsel.