After receiving over 1,500 submissions from people affected by the housing crisis and over 100 community organisations, the People’s Commission into the Housing Crisis has now released its final report, ‘Voices of the Crisis’. The People’s Commission was convened...
On Friday, CSMC spoke to the Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs' inquiry into family violence orders. The Federal Government hearings were established to investigate how to provide better access for victim-survivors in the family law system, Family...
What to do if you receive a Centrelink debt letter When Centrelink balances its ledgers, some single mothers may receive an unexpected and nasty surprise: a letter saying we have incurred a Centrelink debt. Centrelink debts are usually the result of an oversight,...
A few years ago, Ximena Vengoechea was working three jobs. She had a full time job at a tech company, had recently become a new mum, and had just had her first book published. She was busy; she was tired; but she was living the dream, wasn't she? Then the pandemic...