Government says perpetrators of financial abuse will be pursued in court

Key points

• The federal government has announced consultation on letting courts transfer tax or social security debts to a spouse responsible for financial abuse in family law cases. Assistant Treasurer Daniel Mulino said financial abuse is often part of wider coercion and control.
• Other planned reforms include blocking perpetrators of family and domestic violence from receiving victims' super death benefits, with draft legislation due later this year.
• The government will also give the Australian Taxation Office powers to stop super rollovers into new self-managed funds where fraud or abuse is suspected.