Young people have always had a voice, yet they haven't always been listened to. We're changing that. CSMC is exploring with teens and young adults, their experiences of growing up in a single mother household. What we hear from these young people will inform our...
With every new financial year comes changes that impact our family budgets, including tax, superannuation, and new rebates. So what's changing now? Well, there's some good(ish) news. Tax cuts The much talked about stage three tax cuts, which passed through Parliament...
On 25 June, Andi, CSMC's policy and advocacy coordinator and Jacqui, coordinator of CSMC support services, spoke at the final session of the People’s Commission into the Housing Crisis. The People’s Commission was convened by...
First of all, let’s take a moment to remember how awful ParentsNext was and how good it was to have it stopped. The end of ParentsNext was a huge victory over a punitive mandatory program. The government agreed in May 2023 to stop almost all compulsory aspects of the...