MyGov, ATO and Centrelink systems enable perpetrators to financially abuse survivors long after they leave violent relationships, campaigners say
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As Alannah* made plans to leave her abusive partner, she had to involve Centrelink.
She contacted them and requested they make her parenting payments into her new account – not the joint account she shared with her ex, who was emotionally, financially and psychologically abusive for years. He was later convicted of an offence against her.
