Child support used as ‘tool of violence’ for economic abuse of women in Australia, report finds

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Women’s Legal Services Australia says fathers take ‘extraordinary measures’ to reduce taxable income and support payments

Child support has become a “tool of violence” used to economically abuse women in Australia, new research has found.

Those paying child support are overwhelmingly men and some are coercing and controlling payees – mostly women – through avoiding payment.