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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