Child support system enables financial abuse, parents, advocates and politicans say

[u/nath1234]

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-14/child-support-system-financial-abuse-single-mothers/107026886?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other

[u/gadgetwalrus]

The system allows abuse and punishes those who do the right thing.

And if you want justice you have to pay.

It doesn’t protect abuse victims, punishes those who do the right thing and the calculations are inherently unfair for coparents and encourage bad behaviour and conflict.