Tuesday night’s Federal Budget delivered a mixed bag for Australian families, and for many single mothers already balancing rising grocery bills, rent, childcare and fuel costs, there's some welcome news and some disappointments. While the government announced new tax...
CSMC knows that on any given day, single mothers are stretching budgets, finding solutions, and making impossible choices work. However, the results of our study into the impact of high petrol prices make one thing clear: the current fuel crisis and rising cost of...
When a State Budget is announced, it can feel like a flood of numbers, political jargon, and headlines that don’t really answer the question single mother families are asking: “How will this help me?” For single mothers already stretching every dollar, rising living...
By Jenny Davidson, CEO CSMC Often, when there's an economic or global crisis, the first members of the community to be effected are those with the least buffer. We saw that at the beginning of the COVID pandemic, when casual workers were losing their jobs and access...