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Child Support Resources

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For Parents

General sites for parents and families
Australian Council of Social Services
ACT Council of Social Services
Council of Social Services of NSW
Queensland Council of Social Services
Tasmanian Council of Social Services
Victorian Council of Social Services

Parenting support services
Dads in Distress
Family and Relationship Education - Centacare
Interrelate Family Centres
Lifeline Crisis Counselling Service
Lone Fathers' Association of Australia
National Council of Single Mothers and their Children
Parentlink ACT
Parents without Partners
Positive Shared Parenting
Raising Children Network
Relationships Australia
Shared Parenting Council of Australia
Sole Parents' Union Inc of Australia

Australian Government websites
Attorney-General's Department
Australian Taxation Office
Australian Institute of Family Studies
Australian Law Online
Australian Law Reform Commission
Child Support Agency Centrelink
Department of Human Services
Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
Family Assistance Office
Family Court of Australia
Family Law Online - Attorney General's Department
Family Relationships Online

State and Territory government websites
ACT Department of Education and Training
NSW Department of Community Services
Queensland Department of Communities
Tasmanian Department of Health and Human Services
WA Department of Community Development

Legal aid
Legal Aid Commission ACT
Legal Aid Commission of Tasmania
Legal Aid NSW
Legal Aid Queensland
Legal Aid Western Australia
Northern Territory Legal Aid Commission
Victoria Legal Aid

For legal practitioners

Child support legislation
Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988
Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989
Family Law Act 1975
Legislation for the Stage 1 changes - the Initial Measures Act.
Legislation for the Stage 2 and 3 changes - The New Formula and Other Measures Act
Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs Legislation Amendment (Child Support Reform consolidation and other measures Bill 2007

Australian Government resources
Attorney-General's Department
Child Support Agency
The New Family Law System

General legal resources
Australian Law Online
Australian Law Reform Commission
Family Court of Australia
Family Law Online
Family Law Section - Law Council of Australia

For employers

Australian Taxation Office

Child Support Agency
Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations

For researchers

Australian Government Child Support Reforms
CSA's online and law policy guide
Every Picture Tells A Story: Inquiry into child custody arrangements in the event of family separation - PDF [1,302kb]
A new family law system Government Response to Every picture tells a story - PDF [137kb]
In the Best Interests of Children - Reforming the Child Support Scheme - Summary Report and Recommendations of the Ministerial Taskforce on Child Support -PDF [282kb]
In the Best Interests of Children - Reforming the Child Support Scheme - Report of the Ministerial Taskforce on Child Support - PDF [1,475 kb]

Research conducted by the Ministerial Taskforce on Child Support
A snapshot of contemporary attitudes to child support (2005) - Australian Institute of Family Studies
The Estimated Costs of Children in Australian Families in 2005-06 (Richard Percival & Ann Harding, NATSEM) - PDF [264kb]
Costs of children and equivalence scales: "A review of methodological issues and Australian estimates" (Matthew Gray, ANU) - PDF[1,015kb]
Updated Costs of Children Using Australian Budget Standards (Paul Henman, UQ) - PDF [269kb]
Social change in Australian Families (Secretariat) - PDF [54kb] | RTF [88kb]
A Comparison of Child Support Schemes in Selected Countries (Secretariat) - PDF [179kb]

General information websites
Australia
Australian Institute of Family Studies
Child Support Agency
National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling, University of Canberra

United Kingdom
Department for Work and Pensions
UK Child Support Agency fact sheets

New Zealand
Child Support, Inland Revenue
Family Assistance, Inland Revenue

Canada
Child Support, Department of Justice

United States
Office of Child Support Enforcement

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