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Fembot Debt Report Summary

FVSV, intimate partner violence
2026

A summary of the report that examines how systems are being weaponised as tools of post-separation financial abuse, particularly targeted at single mothers and their children.

Fembot Debt: Data Injustices, Child Support and Family Tax Benefit Debts

FVSV, intimate partner violence
2026

Research by Swinburne University identifies “Fembot Debt” as an emerging form of financial abuse that is enabled through government systems. It shows how weaknesses in Australia’s tax, child support and Family Tax Benefit (FTB) systems can be exploited by persons using violence (usually former parnters), transferring financial liability onto victim‑survivors.

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