Was wondering if anyone could explain to me the impact my DP's income has on my Child Support for DD? When we moved in together, I gave all the information to FAO and Child Support who then told me in the future I only need to actually inform one or the other as they share information - is that correct? Anyway, I've recieved my Child Support based on our new assesment period and nothing has changed, it is the same amount as it previously was - does that sound right? Does DP's income therefore not affect Child Support or does he simply not earn enough to affect it?

I've read through the documentation I got when I first applied but I couldn't find anything that explained how a new partner's income came into things. I also read about informing when our new baby arrives, do we just inform FAO/Centrelink and Child Support get the information (as they said they shared information but I'm not sure how much exactly) from there? What sort of affect does this have on Child Support?

DD's Dad is beyond reasonable so we don't want to be messing him over or anything (and we obviously don't want to be overpaid and then have to reconcile it later) so just want to make sure we are doing the right things.