Australia’s child support system can put single mothers at risk of poverty and financial abuse
- Written by Kay Cook, Professor and Research Director, School of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities, Swinburne University of Technology

Australia’s child support system can not only increase women’s poverty, but can actually facilitate financial abuse, according to our recent research.
Child support is an important system that aims to share the financial burden of raising children between separated parents.
But there are some serious problems with...