Change is essential to the child support formula

It will be a tragedy if the current moves to change the child support system are thwarted in the Senate, writes Bettina Arndt .
The latest attempt to reform child support is in trouble, with Labor and Democrat senators refusing to pass key government amendments. Talks continue but it seems unlikely the Government will overcome Opposition resistance to dividing the costs of children more fairly between separated parents.

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Gloves off in battle of sexes

WOMEN are becoming more violent towards their partners – and have overtaken men as aggressors in relationships. A study based on an analysis of 34,000 men and women by a British academic has indicated that women are more violent than men. The report does not play down domestic violence by men, which is more likely

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