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Kristin is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Flinders University in Adelaide. Her work centres on the gendered nature of familial and initimate relationships as lived experiences and as sites of policy intervention. 
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Sarah is a Legal Director in the Payne Hicks Beach Family department, and the Head of the Surrogacy, Adoption, Fertility and Modern Family law practice. She spent the first decade of her career as a practising Family Barrister at a leading set of chambers representing parents, children, guardians and the Official Solicitor. Sarah was appointed as Junior Counsel to the Crown by the Attorney General after a highly competitive selection process.
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