This research describes the relationship between the payment and receipt of child support and housing outcomes. The focus is informed by diversifying family forms and household structures, which have implications for parenting, financial arrangements and the housing needs and outcomes of Parents Apart and their children. While these patterns are recognised as important social changes...

Australia's Child Support Scheme, managed by the Child Support Agency, has operated since 1988 to assess, collect and disperse child maintenance money. The objective of this audit was to examine the integrity of electronic records stored on the CSA's database—Cuba—and to report on the effectiveness of CSA's management of the data.

The Attitudes to Child Support Study, conducted by the AIFS early in 2005, was designed to inform the work of the Ministerial Taskforce on Child Support. Data were obtained from a general population sample of 1001 people aged between 18 and 64 years and from a national random sample of 620 separated/divorced parents with at...

The registration and collection aspects of the Child Support Scheme were introduced in 1988, and the formula for assessment in 1989. Although there have been numerous modifications to the formula over the years, the fundamentals remain unchanged. This report proposes a fundamental change to the Child Support Scheme.

Divorce has far reaching financial consequences with an immediate impact on lifestyle and disposable income and a potentially significant long-term impact on wealth accumulation, according to the latest AMP.NATSEM Income and Wealth Report, by Simon Kelly and Ann Harding.