Single parents in Australia are owed $3.7bn in child support. Anne says no leader has been ‘brave enough’ to fix it

Anne*, who lived in poverty with her two sons, wrote to Scott Morrison, Alan Tudge and Christian Porter about the unfair system but never heard backGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFor 17 years, Anne* lived in poverty as she tried to raise her two young sons alone.Their father left when they were seven and one and cut all contact. Anne tried every tool available to her but her former partner refused to pay child support and she was plunged into poverty trying to make ends meet.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

Single parents in Australia are owed $3.7bn in child support. Anne says no leader has been ‘brave enough’ to fix it

Anne*, who lived in poverty with her two sons, wrote to Scott Morrison, Alan Tudge and Christian Porter about the unfair system but never heard back

For 17 years, Anne* lived in poverty as she tried to raise her two young sons alone.

Their father left when they were seven and one and cut all contact. Anne tried every tool available to her but her former partner refused to pay child support and she was plunged into poverty trying to make ends meet.

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