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Cost-of-Living Pressures

Some advocacy groups and researchers say the scheme has not kept pace with cost‑of‑living pressures and leaves many separated mothers worse off over time.

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Feb 1, 2026

Does the Australian child support system punish fathers and create financial incentives for mothers?

child support system contains structural flaws, enforcement failures and contested incentives that have produced outcomes both fathers and mothers complain about, but the available reporting does not ...