Friday, November 3, 2023

 

Fairness in Child Support (F.I.C.S.)'s next meeting

Fairness in Child Support (F.I.C.S.)'s meetings are held on the first Thursday of each month (except for January). The meetings commence at 7.30 PM and are held at the Coniston Community Hall, Coniston (which is located between the Coniston Railway Station and the Phoenix Theatre). Coniston is a suburb of Wollongong.

Our next meeting will be held on Thursday 1 February 2024 (there is no meeting in January 2024 due to school holidays). Please contact John Flanagan on 0415 899 574 for further details.

Everyone is welcome. There is no charge for attendance.

Regards
 
John Flanagan,
Secretary,
Fairness In Child Support.

Thursday, September 21, 2023

 Exposure Draft Family Law Amendment Bill (no. 2) 2023.

The new exposure draft Family Law Amendment Bill (no. 2) 2023 has been posted on the Commonwealth Attorney-General's web-site, for discussion. It proposes to use family violence issues to provide a greater transfer of the property (and superannuation) from one party to the other party.

However it is not only about individuals, which will be the majority of cases.  

If passed, it will also affects one of the current loopholes viz trusts. This new exposure draft Family Law Amendment Bill (no. 2) 2023 is also going to bring partnerships and trusts into the equation through new section 10KI "Compliance by entities that are not legal persons".

As a result, if passed by Parliament, unproven family violence accusations (and many other similar reasons) will also be used to get a bigger property settlement from partnerships and trusts, as well as from individuals. This is to cut off any loopholes. This is an interesting move by the Attorney-General.

Friday, June 9, 2023

 

Family Law Amendment Bill 2023.

Labor’s proposal to remove the equal shared parental responsibility provision from family law will lead to more broken families and unjust outcomes for both children and parents. We note that the other parent, without the parental responsibility, still has the responsibility of paying child support!

Labor brought in the Family Law Act in 1975, the child support legislation in 1988 and 1989, domestic violence changes and the removal of penalties for perjury in 2011 and now the removal of equal shared parent responsibility and more in 2023.

This is our submission on the Family Law Amendment Bill 2023 that was made to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee's inquiry.

http://www.equalparenting.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Sub03.pdf

p.s. The Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee has unfortunately recommended approval for the Bill on 24 August 2023. The report has been referred back to the Senate. The Bill was debated on 11 September 2023.

 

Wednesday, February 10, 2021

Fairness in Child Support (F.I.C.S.)'s next meeting

Fairness in Child Support (F.I.C.S.)'s meetings are held on the first Thursday of each month (except for January). The meetings commence at 7.30 PM and are held at the Coniston Community Hall, Coniston (which is located between the Coniston Railway Station and the Phoenix Theatre). Coniston is a suburb of Wollongong. NSW.

Our next meeting will be held on Thursday 1 February 2024. Please contact John Flanagan on 0415 899 574 for further details.

We will be discussing family law and child support issues.

Everyone is welcome. There is no charge for attendance.

Regards

 
John Flanagan,
Secretary,
Fairness In Child Support.

P.S. The F.I.C.S. meeting dates for 2024 will be 1 February 2024, 7 March 2024, 4 April 2024, 2 May 2024, 6 June 2024, 4 July 2024, 1 August 2024, 5 September 2024, 3 October 2024, 7 November 2024 and 5 December 2024.

Saturday, December 12, 2020

The Fairness In Child Support Meetings will be re-started.

Hi to Everyone

The Fairness In Child Support (F.I.C.S) Meetings will be re-started. They have been put on standby as a result of the Covid19  Virus issue since March 2020.

The meetings will be held again on the usual monthly basis.

The next meeting will be held at the Coniston Community Hall, 26 Bridge Street, Coniston. NSW. 2500.  It will start at 7.30pm on Thursday 4 February 2021 (we do not meet in January).

Everyone is Welcome.

John Flanagan

Secretary


Tuesday, March 24, 2020

April and May 2020 Meetings Cancelled. 

Hi to Everyone.

The proposed April and May meetings of Fairness in Child Support (F.I.C.S.) at the Coniston Community Hall (near Wollongong) for 2020 have been cancelled.

The June meeting will be assessed at a later time. Hopefully the corona virus may have reached a plateau by that stage

Please contact John Flanagan on 0415 899 574 if you require any further details.


Regards

John Flanagan,
Secretary,
Fairness In Child Support.

http://fairnessinchildsupport.blogspot.com/

Friday, February 7, 2020

Most politicians have ignored letter sent by Fairness In Child Support (F.I.C.S.)

On 24 December 2019, Fairness In Child Support (F.I.C.S.) sent a letter to our Australian Federal politicians. In the letter we outlined our proposals for the necessary reform to family law and child support.

There are 226 Federal parliamentarians (150 in the House of Representatives and 76 in the Senate). We have received replies from only 8 parliamentarians. This just under 4 per cent.

The 8 parliamentarians that replied were:
  1. Sharon Bird MP (NSW) - our local member of the House of Representatives.
  2. Senator Jacqui Lambie (Tasmania).
  3. Katie Allen MP (Victoria).
  4. Senator Claire Chandler (Tasmania)
  5. Stuart Robert MP, (Queensland), Minister for Government Services.
  6. Senator Mathias Corman, (Western Australia), Minister of Finance.
  7. Terri Butler MP (Queensland).
  8. Senator Perin Davey (NSW).
It is obvious that most Federal Parliamentarians do not care about family law and child support reform.

John Flanagan
Secretary,
Fairness In Child Support (F.I.C.S.).
PO Box 57
Thirroul. NSW. 2500.