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Hundreds of separated WA couples have to live together because Perth’s high rents mean neither can afford to move out…

A married couple have chosen to live in Lebanon, but have frequented Australia for the birth of each of their children, solely for the purpose of claiming a raft of family-based welfare payments…

A Senate inquiry is looking into the challenges facing grandparents raising their grandchildren, and how they might be better supported…

This factsheet explains how Family Tax Benefit (FTB) works when the care of children is shared, most frequently in the event of divorce or separation. It also explains how to deal with problems that can arise, particularly when two carers do not agree on the “percentage of care” that should apply…

A university student walked through the doors of a Sydney Centrelink office to make what he thought was a reasonable request. The 26-year-old, who was visiting from Lebanon on a student visa, told a government worker he wanted to become the guardian of a 12-year-old girl. The girl was his “wife”…

With the Federal Election looming, it is interesting to note the policies of each of the major political parties with respect to family law issues…

THE federal government has dropped cases against 18 people charged with welfare fraud following a High Court ruling over retrospective legislation…

A HIGH Court ruling has put into doubt thousands of prosecutions against people on welfare who did not tell Centrelink their circumstances had changed…

If age pensioners go overseas for more than six weeks and get the Pension Supplement in Australia, after six weeks this is reduced to Pension Supplement Basic Amount, but is reinstated as soon as they return to Australia…