GALLOWAY & STEELE

The parties to this proceeding were Galloway (the applicant father) and Steele (the respondent mother), concerning their child, J Steele-Galloway. The matter came before Loughnan J on an undefended basis, resulting in the discharge of previous orders made on 8 July 2011 and 18 May 2012.

The court was required to determine the parenting arrangements for the child, including issues of parental responsibility, the child's residence, and the allocation of time spent with each parent. Additionally, the court considered orders relating to the child's surname, the prevention of denigration of either parent, the placement of the child on an Airport Watchlist, notification requirements regarding the child's health and medical practitioners, and dispute resolution mechanisms. The court also addressed the applicant father's legal representative's access to specific police and departmental material.

Loughnan J applied principles of the *Family Law Act 1975* (Cth), including sections 62B and 65DA(2), to make orders that the father have sole parental responsibility for the child and that the child live with the father. The court ordered that the child spend time with the mother as agreed with the father or as otherwise ordered, and specifically that the child spend time with the father on Father's Day. Orders were made to restrain both parents from denigrating each other in the child's presence, to ensure the child's surname remained "Steele-Galloway," and to place the child on an Airport Watchlist until the age of 10. Further orders mandated notification regarding the child's health and medical practitioners, and required parties to attend a round table conference with the Independent Children's Lawyer in the event of disputes, except in urgent circumstances. Leave was granted for the father's legal representative to access specific sensitive material, with strict conditions on its retention and disclosure.