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Journal article
Mapping Intimate Partner Financial Abuse Across Public and Private Systems
The Australian Journal of Social Issues, Vol.First online, pp.1-11
26/06/2025
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Abstract
This article maps the ways that intimate partner financial abuse presents, and the range of public and private entities involved in its perpetration. It reports on an analysis of submissions by individuals to the Australian parliamentary inquiry into the Financial Services Regulatory Framework in Relation to Financial Abuse. Our analysis documents the web of systems through which financial abuse can be perpetrated in ways that are largely unchecked, and with significant perpetrator autonomy. Private systems of financial wealth, such as banking institutions, private businesses, superannuation, and trust accounts enable perpetrators to extract financial benefits and inflict financial harms. Victim-survivors must deal with the consequences of intimate partner financial abuse, including diminished resources and agency afforded to them through public systems, such as child support, Centrelink, the Australian Taxation Office, and the family courts. The paper suggests avenues for further research to identify specific cross-system sites where intersectoral intervention may be possible.
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- Title
- Mapping Intimate Partner Financial Abuse Across Public and Private Systems
- Creators
- Adrienne Byrt - Swinburne University of TechnologyKay Cook - Swinburne University of TechnologyRachael Burgin - Swinburne University of TechnologyGeorgina Dimopoulos - Southern Cross University
- Publication Details
- The Australian Journal of Social Issues, Vol.First online, pp.1-11
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Number of pages
- 11
- Grant note
- Australian Research Council, Discovery Project DP240101075.
- Identifiers
- 991013293748602368
- Copyright
- © 2025 The Author(s). Australian Journal of Social Issues published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of Australian Social Policy Association. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
- Academic Unit
- Centre for Children and Young People; Faculty of Business, Law and Arts; Law
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article