‘Unfair and unreasonable’ – report finds $1.9 billion in unpaid child support in system rife with financial abuse
- Written by Kay Cook, Professor and Associate Dean Research, School of Social Sciences, Media, Film and Education, Swinburne University of Technology
Tar Pichet/ShutterstockThe Commonwealth ombudsman has released his long-awaited report into the “weaponisation” of the child support program.
He has identified widespread financial abuse throughout the system. This includes parents not making payments, lying to reduce their income and being abusive or violent to stop ex-partners seeking...
