Many parents – mostly mothers – lose family payments from the first dollar they earn. Here’s how we could fix it

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From paid parental leave to expanded childcare and free kindergarten, Australia has made positive changes over the past two decades to better support families.

But for many parents juggling paid work and kids, research shows those gains are being undermined by a missing piece of the puzzle: fixing our outdated Family Tax Benefit payments.