It seems you don't understand how divorce works: Yes, obviously my ex-wife got money from me, she got 50 per cent of our combined assets, that is the law in Australia.

Yes, she could have survived without that money easily but she still got the money. 9 years is not a "short-time " that's a record for most marriages these days.

I have not seen or spoken with and have had zero contact with my ex-wife for 8 years, I don't know where she is or what she is doing and I don't care. I don't know about her family now but they never expressed any interest in moving to Australia. Most Thai's do not want to relocate unlike Chinese. I made it clear that I would not be helping my wife to bring any family members to Australia from the start anyway. My ex-wife sent some of her own money to her sister in Bangkok to pay for further education but she found out she had wasted the money at shopping malls in Bangkok.

Only stupid men provide financial support for the families of Thai or Chinese women.