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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.

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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.

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More than half of those applying for domestic violence payment are rejected, data shows

The escaping violence payment is not getting to people when they need it, say advocates who want the eligibility criteria broadened

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Single parents face higher health insurance premium increases than other families, analysis shows

Consumer advocacy group Choice finds single parents face cost hikes of up to 70% when adding dependants while most two-parent families face no increase

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‘Slippery slope’: how Australia’s inadequate welfare traps single parents in a cycle of debt

‘Cruel’ welfare system leaves single parents struggling after their child turns eight and parenting payment is cut off, advocates say

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‘Cruel and demeaning’ if Albanese government restores single-parent payment only until children reach high school, advocates say

Chair of women’s economic equality taskforce says families would fall ‘back into poverty’ if eligibility age is not raised back to 16

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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

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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

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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.

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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.

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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

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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

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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.

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Families say it is increasingly difficult to find GPs who bulk bill children, often delaying care

Poorer families set to be hit most, expert says, while single mothers routinely neglect their own medical needs to afford children’s care

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Single mothers hope Anthony Albanese’s upbringing might spur change

Women much like the PM’s mum Maryanne need action to raise welfare payments and cut waiting lists for public housing

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‘There are 60 other applicants for every house’: the rental crisis pushing single mothers to extremes

Fierce competition leaves sole parents in precarious housing market offering three months’ rent in advance and having to give up pets

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