Shared Parenting Council Campaigns for Blackmail

Wayne Butler posted on familylawwebguide.com.au

"The site has forum posts going back at least some years and there are many forum topics that relate to prior CSA legislation. The CSA legislative reform agenda has been vast and has spanned three years not just "bang". The formula change was implemented in July 2008. If you go to the CSA section in the guide part of this portal you will see a number of Fact sheets. Take a look at the first few which outline what has been delivered and when.

In respect to partners paying for children and aren't allowed access. You cannot blame the CSA for that surely. ... The issue around contact after separation is one we are working on most vigorously and have been since we started. The issues are complex, we face continual resistance from a wide range of groups that talk about firstly violence as the reason and then secondly when that becomes boring move on to entrenched conflict arguments and get poorly qualified and minimalist sampled surveys from authoritative researchers like Macintosh to support exclusion of contact when there is any sort of conflict or stressor indications. I refer you for example to the following article Almost the last word on family violence which we published to bring some sense to the ridiculous debate. The matters of refused contact have previously been the domain of the courts both Family and more rapidly dealt with through the agile Federal Magistrates courts. However we believe it is to little to late and we have undertaken to look at and suggest a range of initiatives late last year to change the way things will work after separation.

We want to see early intervention and both Centerlink and CSA funds paid only on the basis of some short form , 3 key points, agreement. In the past it has been too easy just to rock up, apply for and get the money and forget the rest. We also want to see some start point at CSA (MikeT) (The money side) that on day one a concept exists that the parenting has been shared 50 / 50 and so that until a parent agreement, or a formal parenting plan, a short form agreement, a mediated plan via FRC's (Family Relationship Centres) or a court order is in place then that is the start point for CSA. Then there is no argument on day one who has got what when no one agrees anyway.

These are just a few thoughts and if I was to write what we had been up to the last year I would never have time to glance through worthy posts. Suffice to say I do say that pretty well all the moderators here are giving time voluntarily and also much credit must be given to some members here who continually posts some darn good stuff. For without these members, who continue to show interest and sometimes getting a few tough comments back, continue to question and debate then the legislation and workings of the acts around family law and child support and the respective regimes would most assuredly be a terribly depressing environment.

Do take some comfort in the fact we have come an extraordinarily long way in the areas of contact after separation and in legislative reforms. The SPCA has done a lot. There are many others who have done much, there are many other groups independent of our affiliations who have achieved results in one way or another so it is not a hopeless task. There are specialist groups here like the SRL-R and FLRA (Grandparents and Education policies) and LFAA groups to name some. Join the SPCA or one of the other groups as paid up member by all means. The key thing is to identify specific issues, focus on presentation of evidence to support a required change and see that through to a satisfactory legislative or departmental instruction to change.

As a last point you say there are many issues. That is certain but far less than there were a number of years ago...unless the issues are clearly identified, allocated to groups or people to work on, supported with evidence and a plan made to make changes then nothing will happen. Petitions in my view will not change anything, they may give some advice of dissatisfaction, but you need to join a group, roll your sleeves up and participate in a more formal way. Work with people who have been around a while in getting things done and take heart from time to time when it all looks bleak, that some really significant progress has been made, that Government is listening and engaging with key advocacy groups including ours and that Australia in particular, is a great place to live."


What a wank!!! So domestic violence has become boring has it Wayne? Why don't we talk about child sexual abuse allegations instead then?
You want to blackmail mothers (because you are a Fathers Rights Group) to give the kids in exchange for financial or child support?
Be careful, in exposing too much about your agenda, you really have lost all credibility as an organisation especially when you look at YOUR history and the fact that you are a class one liar.
And the big posts praising your efforts in doing exactly zero are tedious, just how many times can one blow one's own trumpet? Do us all a favour and confine it to the privacy of your own home.