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A West Australian couple with $1.8 million in assets racked up more than $1.1m in lawyers’ fees during a bitter separation, after which a Supreme Court ruled the husband’s lawyer had lost objectivity and overcharged him, including for up to 24.8 hours of work in a single day…
The positive outcomes of the cancelled outreach program is in stark contrast to the overwhelmingly poor feedback regarding their contact with the Department’s Child Support Program (formerly the Child Support Agency)…
Children should get more of a say during family law battles about who they live with after their parents split, says National Children’s Commissioner Megan Mitchell…
Hundreds of separated WA couples have to live together because Perth’s high rents mean neither can afford to move out…
The South Australian Law Reform Institute (SALRI) is calling for public submissions on whether there should be a state scheme for recording the location of, or securely storing, South Australians’ wills…
ONE of the nation’s top judges has called for a separate, less formal tribunal to deal with family law cases involving extreme domestic violence, arguing that the current adversarial system is not the right place for women who have been badly abused…
Fathers who run their own businesses are declaring lower incomes to the Australian Tax Office to avoid paying higher rates of child support, Victoria Legal Aid says. The organisation will discuss its clients’ difficulties in both receiving and paying child …..
In submission to the government’s current Child Support Inquiry, the Commonwealth Ombudsmen has catalogued a series of “systemic problems” in Australia’s child support system…
If you are having a bit of trouble preparing for your tax return because of your circumstances, just head to one of the many Tax Help centres across Australia who can help you for free…
With the ATO’s information-gathering powers seemingly ever-expanding, the “long arm of the law” is taking on a whole new meaning. But that long arm doesn’t always reach as far as the Commissioner might like…









