Queensland single mother Paulene dreams of the day she can afford everything on her grocery list, but with rent to pay, a young mouth to feed and a casual retail job with uncertain hours, she is worried she never will. Key points: Research shows one-in-five children in Queensland live inRead More →
CHILDCARE IS A CHALLENGE FOR MANY SINGLE PARENTS Dr Barbara Broadway and Dr Esperanza Vera-Toscano reported this week that The HILDA Survey suggests single-parent households in Australia are abandoning formal childcare as they face greater poverty rates While we have seen as a long trending outcome in the global labourRead More →
ProBono reports Australia’s welfare system locks single parent families into poverty. It comes as no surprise that researchers into child poverty within Australia have correctly forecast or social security net is failing to keep vulnerable families out of poverty, with the weight or child poverty felt most deeply among singleRead More →
