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The federal government is preparing new laws to stop perpetrators of domestic violence from weaponising the tax and superannuation systems against their former partners, following a parliamentary inquiry into financial abuse.

This free online community legal education session will explore ways to resolve complaints regarding phone and internet bills, electricity, and other utilities disputes for victim survivors of intimate partner financial abuse.

Super Consumers Australia, the Economic Abuse Reference Group (EARG), Redfern Legal Centre, Domestic Violence NSW, the Australian Multicultural Women’s Alliance, Safe and Equal and the organisation Each have welcomed the Government’s consultation to prevent perpetrators of domestic and family violence (DFV) from accessing victims-survivors’ superannuation death benefits.

Louise remembers receiving a notice from the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) telling her she had just 21 days to pay about $20,000 of tax debt racked up in her name without her knowing.

A pioneering national study has shed light on the hidden toll of coerced business debt, revealing how business structures are weaponised to perpetrate financial abuse, resulting in long-term economic hardship.

An RLC webinar on financial abuse in family law: Understanding the new reforms

New South Wales police used force toward Aboriginal people at a vastly disproportionate rate compared to non-Indigenous people, new data has shown.

There’s been a change in the types of matters coming through the doors of Redfern Legal Centre’s financial abuse service.

The NSW Government has committed to funding Redfern Legal Centre’s Financial Abuse Service to continue and expand the service as a best practice, holistic model, as recommended in a report published in 2022 by Commbank NextChapter.

Mortgage Stress and Financial Abuse (webinar)