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AU - Child support spies to watch parents
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au...-29277,00.html
Child support spies to watch parents June 23, 2008 PRIVATE investigators will be used by the Child Support Agency (CSA) to spy on parents who are not meeting their child support payments. The Federal Government says the new measures would help the CSA collect outstanding debts of $1 billion from the current financial year. Human Services Minister Joe Ludwig said a small proportion of parents was not doing the right thing. "The size of the debt is growing, it's growing significantly," Senator Ludwig said. "It's grown something in the order of 5.6 per cent in the last 12 months or so. It is concerning, it upsets me that a billion dollars is outstanding in child support payments." The CSA will now be able to conduct optical surveillance, through private investigators in serious cases where parents have provided false or misleading information in relation to their child. "What optical surveillance will do is provide visually compelling evidence that some people are not doing the right thing," Senator Ludwig said. "We can use that visual evidence for court action. We can also use it to encourage parents to do the right thing and pay their debt in full. "It can stretch from video surveillance, it can stretch to just observation, as well. A whole range of actions can be used." The CSA, under a memorandum of understanding with Insolvency and Trustee Service Australia, will be able to seize and sell assets, to collect debts. Other measures include the compulsory lodgement of tax returns by any parent earning more than $18,252. Senator Ludwig could not say whether 60 per cent of custodial parents would be worse off because of the changes, as suggested by family law specialist Professor Patrick Parkinson from the University of Sydney. The new measures come into effect on July 1. |
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AU - Child support spies to watch parents
"Dusty" wrote in The Federal Government says the new measures would help the CSA collect outstanding debts of $1 billion from the current financial year. Human Services Minister Joe Ludwig said a small proportion of parents was not doing the right thing. So a small portion of parents owe a Billion Dollars? LOL "What optical surveillance will do is provide visually compelling evidence that some people are not doing the right thing," Senator Ludwig said. It's about time they started doing something about them abusing CP's that spend the money on their own habits of cars, hair, vacations, drugs, booze, cigarettes, partying. |
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AU - Child support spies to watch parents
"DB" wrote in message ... "Dusty" wrote in The Federal Government says the new measures would help the CSA collect outstanding debts of $1 billion from the current financial year. Human Services Minister Joe Ludwig said a small proportion of parents was not doing the right thing. So a small portion of parents owe a Billion Dollars? LOL "What optical surveillance will do is provide visually compelling evidence that some people are not doing the right thing," Senator Ludwig said. It's about time they started doing something about them abusing CP's that spend the money on their own habits of cars, hair, vacations, drugs, booze, cigarettes, partying. Can you imagine the uproar at N.O.W. Hq were they to even propose that? Phil #3 |
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