Govt wants to stamp out forced marriage | News.com.au
Although not regarded as widespread in Australia, the problem was highlighted in two separate cases this year when courts issued orders barring girls aged 14 and 17 from being removed to an overseas destination to be married against their will.
THE federal government wants to know what more can be done to stamp out the practice of forced or servile marriage.
The government should educate people entering the country about the illegality of these practices and stronger sentences imposed to the perpetrators.
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