On Economic Abuse Awareness Day, it’s time to confront a sobering reality: Australia’s child support system is leaving hundreds of thousands of children and single mothers in financial limbo. With over $1.83 billion in unpaid child support owed to 500,000 children—and another $2 billion unaccounted for in private arrangements—the system is failing the very families it’s meant to protect. Worse, it’s being weaponised by former partners to perpetuate economic abuse, keeping survivors of domestic violence tethered to their abusers.

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