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Child Support Survey - 1 week to go

23 January 2012

Our short survey will take you less than 5 minutes and will help us work with the Child Support Agency to improve the way they communicate with you.Click here to take survey

Legislation to be introduced to Parliament

03 February 2012

The following legislation of interest to single parents has been cleared to be introduced into Parliament during the Autumn sittings 7 February - 22 March 2012.

More single mothers in paid work

25 January 2012

Is a mother's worth measured only by whether or not she is in paid work? A new study by the National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling at the University of Canberra reportedly shows that more single mothers are in the paid workforce as a result of Howard government welfare reforms.We haven't yet seen the reserach an dare hoping it includes information about the outcomes for those women and their families  

Resources for single parents

23 January 2012

We have a lot of resources on our website, but it's always good tofind something new.This Raising Children Network has a lot of information for single parents. It also has real life stories, which are a great help in knowing your not alone.Check it out

The price of male silence on violence against women

21 November 2011

by David Penberthy Sydney Morning Herald , 20 Nov 06:00am Every bloke has a mother. Many of us also have sisters and daughters. Some of us have all three. When it comes to the question of violence towards women, our default position is that if anyone laid a finger on our mum, our sister, our daughter or our own partner, we&rsquo


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