The less child support I receive, the more FTB I get - so the government are making parents with the majority of the care more reliant on centrelink. I look at what I receive for working part time, studying part time and being home with my kids the rest of the time and I don't want to work full time. I would even be better off working less than I do now, but I can't get away with one shift at work.

The top part of the assessment notice that has the income and then subtracts that amount they deem that you need to live on to give a remainder to base their formula on completely ignores the fact that my remainder is less than zero, not just zero.

And the biggest slap in the face in this is if I went to work full time at the end of my studies next year, I would probably end up having to pay my EX for his big 15% of the care.

oh well - build a bridge !