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Once upon a time, Australia didn't have no-fault divorce. One party had to establish 'fault' against the other, according to a handful of accepted reasons for divorce.

Lack of faithfulness was the most common.

In the days before men 'hung' themselves with dick pics, proof often required the use of private investigators. Higher profile cases brought forward details which ended up in court and in the gossip pages of the dailies.

'Divorce proceedings' in this sense haven't been a thing since 1975. There's a case to suggest that we're all the poorer for it.