MCP wrote:
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http://southernhighlands.yourguide.com.au/detail.asp?class=news&subclass=local&category=general%20news&story_id=378250&y=2005&m=3
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> Monday, 14 March 2005
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> Member for Hume Alby Schultz has highlighted another incident of the Child
> Support Agency removing money from the bank accounts of a male payer as a
> "classic example of a government agency totally out of control and
> unaccountable to anyone".
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> Mr Schultz said in this case the CSA was able to remove a significant amount
> of money from the payer's two bank accounts by sending the public officers
> of the major bank and large credit union a "notice to pay money directly to
> the child support registrar" under section 72a of the Child Support
> (Registration and Collection) Act 1988.
> 
> "What is disturbing about this often repeated, arrogant abuse of its powers
> is that it accesses these accounts by warning of prosecution if the public
> officers do not comply and carries out the process in a clandestine manner
> unknown to the bank account holder," Mr Schultz said.
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> "On this occasion the bank account holder learnt his money had been removed
> only when he received copies of the CSA letters of demand from both the bank
> and the credit union.
> 
> "It gets worse. Not only did they remove the amount of money they
alleged is
> owed by the payer, but the raid on two separate accounts also resulted in
> more money than was allegedly owed being confiscated."
> 
> Mr Schultz said following contact from the person who was subjected to this
> "Ned Kelly type action" he contacted the office of Minister
Joe Hockey and
> demanded the CSA immediately issue a cheque payable to the person involved.
> 
> "During my conversation with the Minister's staffer I was advised that this
> accessing of more than one account was common practice by the
CSA," he said.
> 
> "My response to that was that I am not surprised as I have ample
evidence of
> this illegal modus operandi by the CSA in my files.
> 
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The matter is extremely simple: don't hold any 
bank accounts.

If the employer refuses to pay wages in cash; 
leave and work only for employers who *will* pay 
cash.

D.


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