Not sure what everyone else thinks about CSA - as if i don't know!!!. Do you think it will make a difference? Do you think that those fools will know what the 'new' rules/changes are? What are the chances that all their staff will have been 're-trained', that they read their e-mails - other than porn and jokes they have time to send each other all day - that any will know how to put these changes into practical effect?
I will not hold my breath because i have been told a few things by that mob only to have them go back on it, to change their minds, to change their tune.

I have gone from an $80k per year job where i sat on my lazy rear to working that rear off for less than $20k. They still demand more, more, more because i am avoiding work, avoiding the big money, not working to full potential. Tell my aching old body that after 14 hours yesterday for not much at all!

The hype surrounding the new legislation is a crock of Sh**
You pay less when your children are younger but more when they get older.
The ones whose nut job ex's stop contact to maintain their percentages will still keep on doing it.
The CSA staff don't give a dam ( They'll tell you they are only doing their job) I get the impression that most of them do not believe in karma.
The politicians don't care because while they are screwing us for the money that most of our ex's abuse, the taxpayer doesn't have to pay, so the bottom line looks better.
The sooner the greater population realises this, the better.
The trouble is that by the time you realise that you are being screwed over, you are being screwed over. If you complain about it after you are being screwed over it is too late. You are branded as a whinger who doesn't put his kids first.
Hang in there
Chris

Finally, some sense made of this 'groundbreaking, new, fair' system. Isn't it just great that when so-called adults separate - the mother automatically gets the kids because she is better equipped to look after them, if there was violence - it must be the bloke, if you won't agree to property settlement (i refer to my situation here where she demands literally 100% and has done so in writing) - you are obstructive, if you won't pay more, more, more - you are denying a better life to the kids (forget looking after yourself or having anything to give the kids on the rare occasion you see them), if you object to CSA payments because of the ex's lies - you will pay for at least 3 months while they refuse your re-assessment, the harder you work to get a life back - the more they take.
Last time i spoke with CSA i queried why, if on the dole, my kids would cost $30 per month to 'run'. Surely, i asked, if i earn more then they would not cost more? Usual answers as above! They stopped ringing me when i advised in writing that all calls to/from CSA were digitally recorded for later civil action. Their message 'all calls are recorded....' is a lie so don't ever rely on that for an FOI request. If they call you it is on a 'private' line which is NOT recorded.
If you can afford it - get a digital recorder and take the battle right back to those creeps!

if there are laws regarding payment of child support then there should be laws to make sure that the money is spent ON THE CHILD/CHILDREN.in my own case i paid over $10.000 in child support in the 2 years or so we were separated before i got custody of my daughter what i was given when i got her was a few toys and clothes which could have been bought for $20 at any op shop what happened to the rest?.my ex would often come to me only a day after i had paid her asking for some of next weeks to get her hair or nails done as she wanted to go out.eventually after she accused me of not paying her enough,i went to the csa myself and made all subsequent payments through them.WHY if i paid all this money[not much by todays standards i suppose but it was worth a lot more back then and i only had a part time job ] did my daughter have to go hungry often and why was she dressed in clothes that were often little more than rags.its a joke.especially as she always seemed to have plenty of money for her cigarettes her boyfriends and to spend at the pub.of course once i got my daughter her mother was only required to pay me the princely sum of $5 per week.

Anyone ever considered the possibility of a class action against the child support agency for the stress, financial and emotional and irreparable damage to relationships caused by the bungling incompetence and callous attitude of the CSA. I have some 11 years of dealing with the Child Support agency, being hounded at every turn and witnessing every single point of conflict decided in favour of my ex. The CSA actually advising her how to beat the system. So any solicitors out there, is there a legal path that those of us affected can join together and make a case against this department?