Just a little note ladies - there are major overhauls to both FTB and CS as of July 1st. IF you have more than 65%care of your child, you get 100% of the FTB entitlement. BUT, child support liability for the paying parent will reduce. so, for families where one parent was claiming care for between 10 and 34% of the time, and were getting FTB, they will no longer receive any FTB at all - but their child support liability will reduce

i guess in Lisa's case, if her ex is having the kids every second weekend (about 14% of the time) and getting fortnightly payments, this will stop him getting FTB payment, and she will get the lot - BUT if he had to pay a pathetically small amount of child support in the past, he'll pay nothing now

it's a massive overhaul, and you should get letters from both FAO and CSA to let you know what is going on.....

can't offer a lot more info at the moment, but i know there are details on both centrelink/FAO and child support agency websites to help you to understand it