Mal Brough (Longman, Liberal Party, Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Indigenous Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

That the amendments be agreed to.

The government supports the amendments made in the Senate. They are based on a submission made by Professor Patrick Parkinson, Chairman of the Ministerial Taskforce on Child Support, to the Senate Standing Committee on Community Affairs. They make minor changes to the bill by clarifying provisions about evidence of income where fixed payment is being imposed on a payer who is not on income support but reports a very low income, ensuring that the SSAT is guided by the same considerations as the registrar in departing from a formula assessment and ensuring that the courts have sufficient flexibility to take account of benefits already received by a payee parent under a child support agreement when setting aside the agreement.

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