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Child Support Agency shamed

Tuesday, December 29, 2009 » 11:33am

The national Child Support Agency has been slammed after a crackdown found parents owe more than $1 billion in payments.

A new report by the Auditor-General revealed almost 400,000 parents are not receiving proper child support.

That was because the other parent's income estimates were not being checked against their tax.

The Child Support Agency was also criticised for employing expensive private detectives to catch 'dead-beat' parents.

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Don't you just love how the news is reported? Who are the 400,000 'not receiving proper child support' and who are these 'other parent's'? Could some of these parents who owe be considered the custodial parent? It's quite possible due to increasing shared care and the main custodial parent now having to work a minimum of 30 hrs a fortnight. Could these parents be the ones underestimating their income?

Have to wonder who these 'expensive private detectives' are targeting? Obviously not those underestimating.