FAMILY LAW – CHILDREN –with whom the children spend time – where orders provide for the children to live with the mother – where orders provide for the children to spend substantial and significant time with the father on alternate weekends including time in school holidays and special occasions – where there is a meaningful relationship with both parents - where the parties entered into consent orders for equal shared parental responsibility - where the relationship between the parents had been difficult and unrewarding and where both parties find it difficult to communicate with one another –where the parties continue to demonstrate an inability to remain child focussed - where the uneventful progress of interim orders where the father spent time with the children had significantly improved confidence between the parties – where family therapy is ordered to facilitate continued improvements in communication – where the children expressed a strong desire not to spend any time with the father– where the children’s expressed wishes were found to be representative of their anxiety to be separated from their mother rather than reflective of their attitudes towards the father – where the mother and children were concerned the father would remove the children from Australia and take them to Egypt – where the parties entered into consent orders preventing the removal of the children from Australia - where an apprehended violence order was taken out for the protection of the mother and children from the father at the time of separation- where allegations of child abuse as against the father were not pursued- where there has been no further incident of family violence – where the mother currently provides substantially all of the financial support – where the father was unable to work due to an injury to his hand - where the parties have an Egyptian cultural background -where the children have a strong relationship with the maternal family.