1. An overview of the reforms -- 2. Changes to the Scheme from July 2006 - Stage One -- 3. Changes to the Scheme from January 2007 - Stage Two -- 4. The Courts, the Child Support Scheme and the Child Support Agency -- 5. Extension of time to apply for child support -- 6. Parentage issues and child support payments -- 7. Appealing child support decisions to the Social Security Appeals Tribunal (SSAT) -- 8. Changes to the Scheme from July 2008 - Stage Three -- 9. The new child support formula -- 10. The new child support formula and the costs of children -- 11. Recognising the costs of care -- 12. Minimum payments -- 13. Fixed assessments -- 14. Second families - new arrangements -- 15. Extra income earned after separation -- 16. Simpler child support processes when parents get back together -- 17. Changes to Family Tax Benefit (FTB) -- 18. Child support agreements and lump sum payments -- 19. Alignment of income definitions for child support and Family Tax Benefit (FTB)
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"Australian Government, Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs"
More details about the changes to the Child Support Scheme can be found on the Child Support Agency website www.csa.gov.au
