Subject: Fathers Day Australia
From: "Fatherhood Foundation" <[email-masked]>
To: "Warwick Marsh" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2004 08:38:36 +1000

Issue No. 106-6th September, 2004

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ELECTION 2004

Grandads

Laughter

Single Dads

Father Creation

Thought for the Week

News & Info

Dad's Prayer

Mission Statement & Help Us!

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Dear Warwick,

Ain’t you glad it’s that time of the year again?  It’s time for breakfast in bed.  It’s time for new pairs of socks and undies to fill up our drawers.  It’s time to eat more than our fair share of chocolate.  It’s time to receive lots of corny cards and written well wishes.  It’s time for big family dinners and lots of kisses and hugs.  It’s time for our one minute of fame as fathers and our time in the sun.  It’s time to play ball with our children and generally hang out with those we love the most.  What a great time of the year to be a dad!

Unfortunately for some fathers, it’s the hardest time of the year. Many fathers won’t get to see their children this Father’s Day, not because they don’t want to, but because they are not allowed.

Let me share the story of Dallas from South Australia, whose daughter has been removed from the region by her mother.  His full story is in the letters section.  He writes:

At the moment my ex de-facto and myself are in conflict regarding my access with our 2 year old daughter. We had agreed to me having her every 2nd weekend and 2 weeks of my annual leave. Over the last 8 to 10 weekends I have had our daughter every weekend either the whole week end or part of. . .

In the beginning she would drop our daughter with more than enough clothing for the weekend, now she doesn’t supply much at all and has told me on many occasions to buy my own clothes for our daughter when I have her. I thought that’s what child support is meant to be for is for the child and not the adult. . .

The reason I am writing to you is to get all the possible advise of how and what more information I can get on this situation that I am in.  I love our baby girl and I want to spend as much time as possible with her.  I am employed full time so the only time I can take is over the weekends.  Is that not too much to ask for?

Please could you forward me any information or suggestions on this crisis I am in as it is affecting me at work?

Your help on this would be very much appreciated.

Dallas

It would not be so bad if this was the only email I have received.   I am personally aware of hundreds of similar situations across Australia.  They are just the tip of the iceberg.  The unfortunate reality is that to be a father today before the courts and certain government departments is to be a second class citizen.  We live in a culture that has demeaned men and fathers at every opportunity for a number of decades.  Family breakdown has reached epidemic proportions and with that breakdown has come a massive increase in fatherlessness and the process of destruction that is associated with it.

Such emails as this affect me deeply.  For a man to share his heartbreak over his loss of contact with his two year old daughter takes a great deal of courage.  It’s the true mark of a man who will put his children in front of his ego.  Sure, he might have contributed to the breakdown of the relationship in one way or another (don’t we all) but the very fact that he is prepared to write to anyone and everyone and tell his story with a heartfelt cry for help shows how deeply he loves his daughter.

I phoned Dallas to get permission to share his story with you today.  I couldn’t stop crying as I talked to him on the phone.  I told him to keep on being gently persistent in his attempt to negotiate with his ex for the right and privilege of seeing his daughter regularly.  I told him that when his daughter turns sixteen she will be happy to know that her dad did everything in his power to keep in contact with her.

Every girl needs a dad and every boy needs a father.  The same goes for mothers.  Children need a mother and a father.

The Hon Danna Vale, Minister for Veteran Affairs, said recently at a Men’s Prayer Breakfast, “Mothers provide nurture and care, but fathers provide children with their sense of identity and place in the world”.  Take away the mothers – you’ve got no care.  Take away the fathers – you’ve got no identity.  Either way you lose.  That’s why our society is falling apart.  We don’t know who we are any more.  Almost all of us have lost our way, but it’s not too late to turn our society around.  We can do it if we work together.

Father’s Day is part of that restoration process so let’s enjoy the socks, eat the chocolate and give and receive lost of hugs and kisses.

Lovework

Have fun with your family and make sure you celebrate who they are and what they mean to you.  Make sure you honour your own mother and father, because your example will teach more than your words ever could.  As we honour others, we find honour ourselves.

Spare a thought for the dads like Dallas who won’t be able to see their children on Father’s Day and give the Fatherhood Foundation a hand in Operation Tidal Wave to help solve the fatherhood crisis in Australia today.

The best way to solve the problem is to not be part of the problem.

Have a Happy Father’s Day

Yours for our children

Warwick Marsh
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Warwick Marsh  has been married to Alison for 28 years. He is the father of five children, four boys and one girl, ranging in age from 23 years to 11 years.  Warwick is a musician, songwriter, producer and public speaker who likes to think he can still laugh at himself.

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ELECTION 2004

Fatherhood & the 2004 Election

Operation Tidal Wave

From now until the Federal Election on 9th October 2004 the Fatherhood Foundation is working with a number of men’s groups, fatherhood groups, Family Law Reform groups, Christian groups, family charities and anyone else who will work with the Fatherhood Foundation to promote issues of concern to men as fathers and men who love their families.  Operation Tidal Wave is simply a call to the men and fathers of Australia to rise up and speak with one voice and say ‘enough is enough’.  We are tired of being ignored, we are tired of small elite pressure groups running the country.  We want positive and practical change for men as fathers and families in Australia.  We don’t want any more talk, we want action.

Our Strategy

The Fatherhood Foundation is working with the Lone Fathers Association to form a National Fatherhood Coalition to facilitate a united voice by the fathers’ groups and the men of Australia.  The National Fatherhood Coalition is a coalition of like minded but diverse groups who are working together to turn the tide of fatherlessness in Australia and to strengthen and support fathers for the sake of the greater good of all Australians, men, women and children.

The National Fatherhood Coalition is not politically aligned but is determined to educate the general public on those parties and candidates that make a stand for family-friendly and father-friendly policy.  The National Fatherhood Coalition is led by Warwick Marsh from the Fatherhood Foundation with assistance from Barry Williams from the Lone Fathers Association and a small team of committed individuals representing other father-friendly organisations.

Our Goal

To put issues facing men as fathers and other associated family issues at the top of the political agenda.  We want to see The 12pt Plan implemented in full, along with the strategic policy decisions that came out of the national Strategic Conference on Fatherhood, held in August 2003.  To help initiate the above reforms and address the ‘fatherhood crisis’ we urgently call for a National Fatherhood Summit.

For more information contact

Warwick Marsh

National Fatherhood Coalition

217 Nolan St

BERKELEY  NSW  2506

02 4272 9100

[email-masked]

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Grandads

When I was ..

4. My Dad could do everything

5. Knew a whole lot

6. My Dad was smarter than your dad

8. My Dad didn’t exactly know everything

10. In the olden days things were sure different

12. Oh well dad naturally didn’t know anything about that. He was to old to remember his childhood.

14. Didn’t pay any attention to my Dad. He was too old fashioned.

21. Hmmm.My Lord, he was hopelessly out of date.

25. Dad knew about it, but then he should. He had been around for so long.

30. Maybe we should have asked dad what he thought. After all he had a lot of experience.

35. I’m not doing a single thing until I ask Dad.

40. I wonder how Dad would have handled it. He was so wise. I’d give anything if dad was here now so I could talk this over with him.

50. Too bad I didn’t appreciate how smart he was. I could have learned a lot from him.

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Laughter

One day a little girl was sitting and watching her mother do the dishes at the kitchen sink. She suddenly noticed that her mother had several strands of white hair sticking out in contrast on her brunette head. She looked at her mother and inquisitively asked, 'Why are some of your hairs white, Mum?'

Her mother replied, 'Well, every time that you do something wrong and make me cry or unhappy, one of my hairs turns white.' The little girl thought about this for a while and then said, 'Mummy, how come ALL of grandma's hairs are white?'

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The children had all been photographed, and the teacher was trying to persuade them each to buy a copy of the group picture. 'Just think how nice it will be to look at it when you are all grown up and say, 'There's Jennifer, she's a lawyer,' or 'That's Michael, He's a doctor.'

A small voice at the back of the room rang out, 'And there's the teacher, She's dead.'

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A teacher was giving a lesson on the circulation of the blood. Trying to make the matter clearer, she said, 'Now, class, if I stood on my head, the blood, as you know, would run into it, and I would turn red in the face..'

'Yes,' the class said.

'Then why is it that while I am standing upright in the ordinary position the blood doesn't run into my feet?'

A little fellow shouted, 'Cause your feet ain't empty.'

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A Sunday school teacher was discussing the Ten Commandments with her five and six year olds. After explaining the commandment to 'honour' thy Father and thy Mother, she asked, 'Is there a commandment that teaches us how to treat our brothers and sisters?' Without missing a beat one little boy (the oldest of a family) answered, 'Thou shall not kill.'

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Single Dads

Child Support and the Deadbeat Dad -

Myth Versus Fact
By Quentin Kay

Part 2

The next question then becomes why doesn't this hard core group just pay up?

Well of course just as there are some taxpayers who will go to any
lengths to avoid paying taxation there will always be some who will
adopt a similar attitude towards payment of child support.  It is an
unfortunate facet of human nature.

But there are also wider issues involving such things as denial of
access to their children.   Too many fathers have spent many thousands of dollars at the family court trying to simply gain access to their children.  (Unfortunately there are some mother's who are content to use their children as pawns to try and extract a revenge on the father and thus will flout court orders with impunity to obstruct contact).

Fathers often have little recourse in such situations because the Family Court will simply not enforce it's own contact orders.  In such cases it is not too difficult to understand why some father's become resentful not only at their former partner's behaviour but at a system that blithely ignores his role as a parent yet demands he pay child support despite being unable to help him to even see his children.  His former partner behaves badly by denying contact with his children.  He ultimately retaliates by evading child support.

Then of course is the even bigger issue of the inbuilt inequities of the Child Support formula itself.  Applying the formula to gross income invites inequities - there is little doubt of that and it has been a complaint of many father's groups for years - particularly when the financial hardship that is generated drives men to suicide - and there are well documented cases of that occurring.  Dead Dads should be a far greater social concern to us all than the small number of so called 'Deadbeat Dads'.

But the greatest source of the inequities in the CSA formula may lay in the fact that it only looks at income and not the other components which reveal the true financial situation of the divorced or separated parents.  These include assets and expenses (and as a sub set of that, personal debt).

If the mother has achieved custody of the children (as occurs in the
majority of cases) then she will mostly likely have also retained the
bulk of the family assets as these tend to follow the children.
Assuming he has contact rights the father will need to find appropriate housing (and we are all familiar with the high cost of housing).   After a 'bloody' family court battle he most likely will have very little financial reserves left and may even have significant debt.

Yet the CSA formula takes no account of the asset and debt differential between the two parents - it only measures gross income.  If you were trying to work out how to balance your household budget this would be like looking only at your income and not your expenses - which of course would be an absolute folly and you would doubtless soon be in financial trouble.  But for some bizarre reason government thinks this approach is quite OK when estimating child support liability.

Imposing a child support formula on (gross) income alone without
bothering to look at the real financial position of the two parents is
an utter madness.  No wonder some fathers go 'belly up' and stop working or paying child support.   And of course the interactive mechanisms of the CSA and the Family Court have been attributed to a massive rise in the suicide rate of Australian men over recent years.  Little wonder.

Perhaps Tony Vemeer and his ilk should not only make a better attempt at factual reporting, but actually do what they presumably were trained to do and be 'investigative journalists' in order to present the community with a proper picture of what is going on instead of resorting to glib 'deadbeat dad' stereotyping.  If he and others actually did their job, and really began to probe into the operation of the CSA (and the Family Court of Australia) we might find an entirely different picture emerging in relation to fathers and the payment of child support.

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Father Creation

When God Created Fathers

When the good Lord was creating fathers, He started with a tall frame. And a female angel nearby said, 'What kind of father is that? If you’re going to make children so close to the ground, why have you put fathers up so high? He won’t be able to shoot marbles without kneeling, tuck a child in bed without bending, or even kiss a child without a lot of stooping.'

And God smiled and said, 'Yes, but if I make him child size, who would children have to look up to?'

And when God made a father’s hands, they were large and sinewy.

And the angel shook her head sadly and said, 'Do You know what You’re doing? Large hands are clumsy. They can’t manage diaper pins, small buttons, rubber bands on pony tails or even remove splinters caused by baseball bats.'

God smiled and said, 'I know, but they’re large enough to hold everything a small boy empties from his pockets at the end of a day…yet small enough to cup a child’s face.'

Then God molded long, slim legs and broad shoulders.

The angel nearly had a heart attack. 'Boy, this is the end of the week, all right,' she clucked. 'Do You realize You just made a father without a lap? How is he going to pull a child close to him without the kid falling between his legs?'

God smiled and said, 'A mother needs a lap. A father needs strong shoulders to pull a sled, balance a boy on a bicycle or hold a sleepy head on the way home from the circus.'

God was in the middle of creating two of the largest feet anyone had ever seen when the angel could contain herself no longer. 'That’s not fair. Do You honestly think those large boats are going to dig out of bed early in the morning when the baby cries? Or walk through a small birthday party without crushing at least three of the guests?'

And God smiled and said, 'They’ll work. You’ll see. They’ll support a small child who wants to 'ride a horse to Banbury Cross' or scare off mice at the summer cabin, or display shoes that will be a challenge to fill.'

God worked throughout the night, giving the father few words, but a firm authoritative voice; eyes that see everything, but remain calm and tolerant.

Finally, almost as an afterthought, He added tears. Then He turned to the angel and said, 'Now are you satisfied that he can love as much as a mother?'

And the angel shutteth up!

By Erma Bombeck

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Thought for the Week

No person was ever honoured for what he received.

Honour has been the reward for what he gave.

Calvin Coolidge

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News & Info

OPERATION  TIDAL  WAVE

The massive increase in fatherlessness in Australia over the last three decades has gone hand in hand with spiralling family breakdown.  Traditional morals and family values have been abandoned in favour of the ‘if it feels good, do it’ moral relativism.  We have sown a wind and reaped a whirlwind.  Our children continue to pay the price for our selfishness.  The time to act has come, but this will involve a change of heart and a change of mind on our part.

The federal election has been called, and we are soon to celebrate Fathers’ Day.  We must make use of this critical moment in time to initiate Operation Tidal Wave and make a call to the political parties of our nation to prioritise fatherhood and bring justice to our children.  We must focus on three specific issues over the next six weeks of this important federal election campaign.

We call upon the men’s and father’s groups of the nation to unite and speak with one voice to all political parties, politicians and the media.  We must send a tidal wave of emails, letters, faxes, make phone calls and issue press releases to all media and politicians. Let the men and fatherhood vote decide the next election. Let us work together for the good of our children and the future of our nation.

TO THE GOVERNMENT, OPPOSITION

AND ALL POLITICAL PARTIES

FROM THE

FATHERS & MEN OF AUSTRALIA

Presumption of  Shared Parenting

We call for the presumption of equal parenting in family law as per point 6 of The 12pt Plan at http://www.fathersonline.org/press-release-26-06-03.html

National Fatherhood Summit

We call for a National Summit on Fatherhood to be held, as a matter of urgency, to turn the tide of fatherlessness in Australia and to strengthen and support fathers for the sake of the mothers and children of Australia.

Father-Friendly Men’s Policy

We call for the development of father-friendly policies and pro-active marriage and family policies to support men as fathers and to address the crisis in men’s suicide and health.  We put forward The 12pt Plan to strengthen and support Australian fathers and turn the tide of fatherlessness in Australia as the foundational document for equitable and inclusive fatherhood and manhood policy development in Australia.

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For further enquiries call:

National Fatherhood Coalition
PO Box 440                 WOLLONGONG   NSW   2520

Warwick Marsh: 041 822 5212                  or                                 02 4272 6677

Barry Williams: 0417 668 802                    or                                 02 6258 4216

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The Family Council of W.A

Invites you to attend the

2004 WA Fatherhood Forum

Come and be informed on this important issue

Saturday 11 September  9.30 am – 4.30 pm

Christ Church Grammar School - Queenslea Dr. Claremont

Cost : $20 (includes morning tea and buffet lunch)

Bookings essential:

Family Council of Western Australia

Tel: 9321 2333 by Thursday September 9th

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155 Children killed in Russian siege

We live in such a great country. Our hearts go out to the parents who lost their children in such tragic circumstances.

http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,10673543%255E401,00.html
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Families ‘R’ No. 1

Do you believe families are No. 1

Do you believe our children are the Future

Do you believe the Government needs to help our children.

Come and sign our Fathers Day card for Mr. Howard and Mr. Latham, to let them know we want have a relationship with both my Mum & Dad, even though they have separated.

When:   This Sunday, 5th September at 11.00am

Where:  The Family Court

305 William Street, Melbourne

RSVP:  Please confirm that you will be there by replying to [email-masked] or 9800 5391 and leave your name and phone number.

There is a serious need to give your family a real voice in the Parliament. Family First will represent common sense family values and promote policies like “presumption of joint residency” so that children can enjoy a meaningful involvement with both parents as they grow up.

Steve Fielding

Lead Senate Candidate

Family First Party (Vic)

Phone: 0425 761 763

Fax: 03 9800 5391

PO BOX 4631, Knox City

Wantirna South, Vic 3152

www.familyfirst.org.au

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Shared Parenting Council of Australia

PO Box 2027, Bunbury WA 6231

Tel: (08) 9791 7433

Email: [email-masked]

4 September 2004

MEDIA RELEASE

Fathers Groups Unite For Sake of Children

The Father’s Day Procession to be held in Perth City today will unite fathers, mothers, grandparents and families in support of fatherhood and major reform of the Family Court System, which routinely ruled against the continued presence of fathers in their children’s lives after separation or divorce, Shared Parenting Council of Australia, Federal Director Mr Ed Dabrowski said today.

“The unity expressed today by the various father’s groups and families would be a litmus indicator of the mood of voters in the forthcoming Federal Election, with the mums and dads speaking with one voice against the deconstruction of fatherhood and lack of tangible reform of the Family Law System by the major political parties”, Mr Dabrowski said.

“Whilst John Howard and Mark Latham used Children overboard for political points scoring, and Attorney General Philip Ruddock expressed concern for children caught up in terrorism, the same politicians refused to address the one million alienated children living away from their fathers in Australia today”, Mr Dabrowski said.

“These good men and women gathering today, were cooperating on the one single most important election issue we face, the injustice suffered by children denied substantially equal parenting time with both their parents by the Family Court”, Mr Dabrowski said.

Family Law treated children like trophies to be presented to the winning parent. It beggars belief how the Family Court could be allowed to practice it’s doctrine that awards custody to one “primary” parent, when children have two primary parents, both their mother and their father. Father’s watched helplessly in horror as their children were removed from their care and their relationship was effectively severed”, Mr Dabrowski said.

“The Father’s Day participants were to be congratulated for uniting against systemic oppression by the legal system and divorce industry and a complaisant government, more interested in perpetuating a system of law that extracted billions of dollars from family breakdown, family estates and children’s inheritances”, Mr Dabrowski said.

“Politicians and Judges and lawyers had lost the respect of the public because parents still believed in the family as the fundamental social unit in society for raising children and rejected policies and doctrines that usurped their parental role. All the Family Law practitioners or “experts” combined did not make one good parent. The gross intrusion in family life by bureaucrats had to stop. This meant that the childs’ right to substantially equal parenting time with both parents had to be respected in law by legislating for shared parenting”, Mr Dabrowski said.

For further information:

Federal Director:  Edward Dabrowski   0409 917 345

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OzyDads Network

MEDIA RELEASE

4 September 2004

Western Australian OzyDads members will march with a coalition of like minded people from Dad's Landing Pad, Lone Fathers, Men's Confraternity, Reliable Parents, Fathers-4-Justice, Fatherhood Foundation and the Shared Parenting Council of Australia,  in a Father's Day procession starting at the Perth Family Court at 11am on Saturday 4th September 2004.

Participants are also invited to a rally on Langley Park (opposite the Family Court) for a sausage sizzle and a chat with a bouncing castle for the kids.

'Fatherlessness is at epidemic proportions and a large number of Australians will vote for the political party that offers effective reform to the biased Family Law industry' says OzyDads advocate, Lionel Richards.

'Disenfranchised Fathers are committing suicide at a rate higher than the road toll' Mr Richards told Radio 6PR listeners today.   'But the carnage doesn't end there, children doped up on dexamphetamine and anti-depressants are self-harming and suiciding at an alarming rate due to low self esteem and parental alienation' he said.

The domino effect continues as every father who is removed from his children's life has a grieving mother and father who never see their beloved grandchildren.

The recent House of Representatives Inquiry into Shared Parenting gathered mountains of compelling evidence but the government seems to have ignored the flood of heartfelt pleas and folded to pressure of the multi million dollar asset stripping Family Law industry.

If not fixed quickly this will decimate modern society as we know it.

The Status of Fathers has been eroded by gender politics and misinformation from the Domestic Violence industry.

The Ministry of Women's Interests is discriminatory and needs to be replaced with a gender neutral Ministry of HUMAN Interests.

The Father's Day Rally in Perth is just the tip of the iceberg and will be followed by a tsunami of protests and acts of civil disobedience by distraught fathers if the government fails to legislate effective reforms.

For media comment or more information

Phone (08) 9525 2135

Mobile  0411 740075

Email [email-masked]

Lionel A Richards   www.ozydads.com

PO Box 1081  Fremantle  6160  WA

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Letters

Dear Fatherhood Foundation

Thanks for opportunity to share in Operation Tidal Wave - well done! I hope it meets your expectations.

Below is list of marginal seats:

Requiring a swing of less than 2% to fall to Labor

Actual swing needed

Eden-Monaro  (Lib NSW)    1.7

Richmond  (Nat NSW)        1.7

Deakin  (Lib Vic)               1.6

Herbert (Lib Qld)               1.5

Paterson  (Lib NSW)          1.5

Hindmarsh (Lib SA)            1.1

Requiring a swing of less than 1% to fall to Labor

Adelaide (Lib NSW)            0.6

Canning (Lib WA)              0.4

Dobell  (Lib NSW)              0.4

Solomon (Lib NT)              0.1

Requiring a swing of less than 1% to fall to Liberal/National

Brisbane (Qld)                    0.9

Requiring a swing of less than 2% to fall to Liberal/National

Bonner (Qld)                       1.9

Hasluck (WA)                      1.8

Stirling (WA) Kim Beasley)     1.6

Wakefield (SA)                    1.5

Kingston (SA)                     1.3

So as you can see, Libs are vulnerable.  Let’s also tackle Labor in above seats – ‘cos if they win we need to make them aware of issues.

Regards

Alan Barron, Convenor

mioms.com.au

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Dear Fatherhood Foundation

At the moment my ex de-facto and myself are in conflict regarding my access with our 2 year old daughter. We had agreed to me having her every 2nd week end and 2 weeks of my annual leave. Over the last 8 to 10 weekends I have had our daughter every weekend either the whole week end or part of.

She is still renting a house in one suburb, but has moved in with another male in another suburb, she is on the pension and also receives child support from me. By her still renting both houses I believe she is ripping off the system through Centrelink and wasting government money and my child support for our daughter.

She has been using our daughter as blackmail (and a pawn) to get what she wants and even today I am not able to phone her to speak to my daughter. She also has told me I am not able to have my daughter on Father’s Day. As recently as last week she said I could phone anytime and it’s all different now as she changes the goal post all the time, to suit herself.

In the beginning she would drop our daughter with more than enough clothing for the weekend, now she doesn’t supply much at all and has told me on many occasions to buy my own clothes for our daughter when I have her. I thought that what child support is meant to be for is for the child and not the adult.

Our daughter has been sick recently and I had to find out about her through other means and ways.

I love our baby girl and she means the world to me and having her nearly every weekend she and I have bonded so much more and I don't want to lose that contact and watching her grow up.

I have a lawyer and there is a hearing date set.

The reason I am writing to you is to get all the possible advice of how and what more information I can get on this situation that I am in. I love our baby girl and I want to spend as much time as possible with her. I am employed full time so then only time I can have my daughter is over the weekends, is that too much to ask?

Please could you forward me any information or suggestions on this crisis I am in as it is affecting me at work?

Your help on this would be very much appreciated.

Dallas

[email-masked]

Editor’s note:  Can anyone help this man?

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Copy of letter sent to a federal politician

Mr Peter Lindsay

Liberal Member for Herbert

Cnr Ross River Road & Nathan Street

Cranbrook Qld 4814

REF: OPERATION TIDAL WAVE

Dear Peter,

I received your letter today, including a postal vote form, thankyou!

I would like to make you aware of the growing number of men in our community who are growing in concern and anger about issues relating to children, custody and property within the family court system.

Fatherlessness in our country is growing at an outstanding rate, it is a combination of many factors, all need addressing, and I would like you to consider and help take up the value of fatherhood in our community.  For too long now the current system has been unbalanced and in many cases unjust.

I wish to place my vote for your party and in doing so ask your support in calling for a 'NATIONAL FATHERHOOD SUMMIT', to discuss the issues of equality and the nation’s fatherless children.

For too long I have travelled throughout the North Queensland community and have seen many men broken and tormented on such issues (even death's) it's time to act!!!! to help our children and further our nation!!!

Regards,

Mr Tim Belz  (JP Qualified)

PO Box 1210

Thuringowa Central

Queensland

Australia  4817

Ph: +61  07 47235715

Mobile: 0439653200

[email-masked]

PS     I have attached a copy of the Fatherhood Foundation's August newsletter

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Dad's Prayer

Dear God

Help me to honour

my own father and mother.

As I honour them,

I find honour myself.

If I can find honour myself,

I can honour my children

If I can honour my children,

I can change the world.

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Mission Statement & Help Us!

Mission Statement
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