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One-year payment needed to help escape family violence

Advocates are urging the prime minister to implement a 12-month safety payment for victim-survivors escaping violence.

AAP · Aug 12

Australia’s child support system can put single mothers at risk of poverty and financial abuse

Australia’s child support system can not only increase women’s poverty, but can actually facilitate financial abuse, according to our recent research.

The Conversation · Oct 10, 2024

Child support debts forcing mums to pursue violent exes

Women are being forced to chase their abusive former partners for child support payments by a system anti-violence campaigners say is failing.

AAP · Oct 7, 2024

Hopes rise for single parent payment increase as Labor aims to ‘support the most vulnerable’ in budget

Finance minister Katy Gallagher says government working through reports that recommend eligibility changes to payment

The Guardian - AU · Apr 6, 2023

Labor under pressure to ban use of Israeli spyware in investigations of alleged welfare fraud

Service Australia’s use of technology at odds with joint statement Australia made with White House and others arguing for controls on commercial spyware

The Guardian - AU · Apr 5, 2023

Child support payments are being used as a weapon to financially abuse ex-partners

Child support payments are being used by some as a weapon to financially abuse parents, according to a report by Swinburne University.

ABC News · Mar 24, 2023

Thousands of Australian single mothers shoulder cost of living pressures while facing poverty. So what help is out there?

Single parents across various income levels are struggling with the rising costs of living and many risk teetering into poverty.

ABC News · Dec 3, 2022

ParentsNext welfare program an ‘absolute scandal’, women’s advocates tell inquiry

One woman’s payments were suspended for not attending a compulsory activity while her son was in hospital, peak body says

The Guardian - AU · Nov 24, 2022

A third of single mothers in financial hardship due to welfare policies, analysis finds

Multiple policy decisions by both Liberal and Labor governments blamed for situation where one in eight Australian children live in poverty

The Guardian - AU · Oct 17, 2022

Unpaid work placements stopping single mums from completing higher education, advocates say

As worker shortages continue to bite in many female-dominated industries, single mothers say the difficulty of juggling full-time placements with childcare and work is forcing them to drop out of education.

ABC News · Sep 29, 2022