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...
Fuel costs have surged to record levels, in another blow to single mothers already struggling with the cost-of-living crisis. Advocacy groups, including CSMC, are reporting the devastating impact of the fuel crisis on vulnerable families. Some mothers, especially...
The Family Law Amendment Act 2024, set to come into effect from 10 June 2025, is changing the way judges must handle the division of property in cases where there has been family violence. Yet, while the media have often framed the changes in terms of making a person...
The cost of living crisis is one of the biggest stories around and everyone - the media, government, community organisations, mums at school drop off - is talking about it. Life has become so expensive that many of us are now struggling to meet the basics of life like...