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Centrelink says 3000 single mothers eligible for more generous payment

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CENTRELINK estimates reveal 3000 single mothers meant to be put on the dole next January will now be eligible for the more generous Disability Support Pension or the Carers’ Payment…

Hundreds of parents banned from overseas travel over unpaid child support

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TRAVEL bans on “deadbeat dads” and mothers who fail to pay child support have more than doubled in two years…

Who Gets to Spend Christmas Day with the Children?

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AS children line up to place their present orders with Santa, mums and dads will be putting in orders of their own – court orders on which parent will get to spend Christmas Day with the children…

Pro bono burden reflects social gap

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WE don’t expect Australia’s public health system to rely on doctors working for free. So why do we expect our legal safety net to rely on the goodwill of lawyers who do pro bono work?..

Custody battle sisters did not need own lawyer in court

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THE High Court has rejected a claim four Italian-born sisters in an international custody battle should have had their own lawyers when the Family Court ordered their return to Italy…

Parents must act to get school kids bonus

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FOUR hundred thousand families must notify Centrelink in the next month if their child is starting primary school or moving to high school next year so they don’t miss out on the school kids bonus worth up to $820 per child…

Grandmother on the run with granddaughter, 4, amid claims of sexual abuse by girl’s father

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A GRANDMOTHER has fled with her four-year-old granddaughter after a judge ordered the toddler live with her father despite claims the father sexually abused her…