Single Parents and the 2014 Federal Budget
On May 13th 2014, the Abbott Government released its proposed budget for 2014-2015. The budget has yet to pass the Australian Parliament and it is in some doubt as to whether many of the proposed...
View ArticleFamily Law Researchers Seeking Feedback on Independent Children’s Lawyers (ICL)
If you are one of the many fathers who believe that they have been discriminated against by a Court appointed ICL (Independent Children’s Lawyers) during child custody proceedings, simply because of...
View ArticleAbbott Government to Launch Inquiry Investigating Domestic Violence Policy
Hot on the heals of the current Child Support Inquiry being held in Parliament, on the 26 June 2014, the Abbott government agreed to another Inquiry related to family law, which was referred to the...
View ArticleCentrelink Offering Advance Payment to Parents in Emergency Cases
There is a not so well known option available for many people who are welfare recipients and have hit a rough patch financially. Centrelink offers an “advance payment” to help you get by. To receive...
View ArticlePublic Hearings on Child Support (Canberra)
The Parliamentary web-site is http://www.aph.gov.au/SPLAYou may be interested in providing a verbal submission at the Teleconference at the evening session on 28 August 2014. Your submission can be up...
View ArticleOne third of domestic violence victims denied services
One third of domestic violence victims denied services Following last week’s launch of Our Watch, a new national initiative aimed to prevent violence against women and their children – the One in...
View ArticleNew Private Service Staffed by Ex-CSA Staff To Help with Child Support Appeals
Dads who complain they are being ripped off by their ex-wives for child support are paying former public servants to prepare and lodge their appeals to pay less. Single mothers have attacked the...
View ArticleDivorce Advice For Those Close to Separation
There was recently an article by David Koch in the Daily Telegraph entitled “Simple money moves to make after Divorce“, advising the 50,000 couples of divorce in Australia each year on how to...
View ArticleOne in Three Victims of Domestic Violence are Men
In 2007, a New South Wales father of two who we’ll call Kevin Logan fell ill. Paralysed, he went to hospital and stayed there for two months. On returning home, he was bedridden for most of the day and...
View ArticleWomen are biologically programmed to have affairs: new Study
WOMEN have evolved to pursue affairs in case they decide to leave their partners, scientists have suggested. While men have similar programming, it seems that the trait is more prevalent in females....
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