Session 2: Friday, 20 March 2026

4.15pm: Login and welcome
Chair: Mark Youssef, Partner, Unified Lawyers

4.20pm: Addbacks: To add or not to add back?
Judge Brana Obradovic, Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia at Parramatta (Div 2)

5.20pm: Stretch break

5.25pm: I see you, do you see me? Legal parentage and the rights of the child in surrogacy laws in Australia
Judge Alexandra Harland, Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia at Melbourne (Div 2)

6.25pm: Close  

Judge Brana Obradovic
Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia

Her Honour Judge Obradovic was appointed a Judge of the Federal Circuit of Australia [now known as the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2)] on 30 May 2016. Her Honour sits in the Family Law, General Federal Law and Migration Divisions of the Court. Her Honour is an active member of the Court, serving on the Judicial Wellbeing Committee. Her Honour regularly presents at seminars and professional education sessions on a range of subjects.

Her honour graduated from the University of Technology Sydney in 1997, with a Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of Science degree. In 2005, Her Honour was awarded a Master of Laws (International Law) by the University of New South Wales.

Her Honour was called to the New South Wales Bar in 1998, practicing at 5 Wentworth, Maurice Byers Chambers, Denman Chambers and Lachlan Macquarie Chambers. Her Honour enjoyed a diverse practice in areas that included family and employment law, commercial law and equity, and human rights and discrimination. Between 2000 and 2008 Her Honour also lectured at Western Sydney University in employment law, workplace health and safety, and anti-discrimination law.

Judge Alexandra Harland
Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia

Judge Alexandra Harland is a Division 2 Judge of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia. She is serving her second term as a  member of the Family Law Council, a statutory body providing advice to the Commonwealth Attorney-General on family law matters. She is an advisory committee member for the Australian Law Reform Commission’s Review of Surrogacy Laws.

She established and chairs the Joint Courts Diversity and Inclusion Working Group. She is a member of the courts’ legal and children's committees.

She is a board member of Family and Relationships Australia and a member of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (USA) international committee. 

Prior to her appointment in 2013, Judge Harland was an accredited family law specialist and independent children’s lawyer. She taught family law part-time whilst in practice for several years. Since 2004 she has regularly written and presented on a wide range of family law topics. She was the lead author of the first two editions of a leading family law textbook Family Law Principles and co-author of the third edition.

She has an interest and expertise in issues affecting same sex families, artificial reproduction, and surrogacy, focussing on the children’s rights perspective to legal parentage and identity.

This webinar is designed for all legal practitioners but is ideal for family law practitioners of all levels. 

This webinar is produced in NSW and features judicial officers from various states across Australia. This webinar is available to practitioners from all Australian jurisdictions.  

All times listed for this course are Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT). Please take note of any time differences if you are registering from QLD, WA, SA, NT or from outside Australia.

The course complies with the mandatory requirements of Professional Skills (1 point) and Substantive Law (1 point). 

If you intend to claim CPD units for this educational activity, please note that CPD activities are not accredited by the Law Society of NSW or any other equivalent local authority, with the exception of Western Australia. If you hold a practising certificate in a state or territory other than Western Australia and this educational activity extends your knowledge and skills in areas that are relevant to your practice needs or professional development, then you should claim one (1) "unit” for each hour of attendance, refreshment breaks not included. The annual requirement is ten (10) CPD units each year from 1 April to 31 March. Some practitioners, such as accredited specialists are required to complete more than ten (10) units each CPD year.

Practitioners holding WA practising certificates are eligible to earn CPD points for this course. For instructions to earn CPD points, please click here.