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Victorian State Budget: the good and not so good news

Victorian State Budget: the good and not so good news

While a lot of attention in paid to federal budgets, it's worth paying attention to state budgets as well, these financial decision often impacting the things that mean the most to single mother families, such as health, education, housing, and local taxes. On 20 May,...

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CSMC on housing

CSMC on housing

At the last Census there were more than 30,000 Victorians without a home. Victoria has more people than any other Australian state or territory living in housing stress – that is, on a low income and paying more than 30 per cent of their income on housing - and single...

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How to protect you and your kids from online tracking

How to protect you and your kids from online tracking

Tracking each other on our devices has become part of the way we live our lives. We share our location to tell friends we're meeting how far away we are; we track our delivery person so we know when to be home to receive our parcel or dinner; we put smart tags on our...

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CSMC Support Line: help for all single mothers

CSMC Support Line: help for all single mothers

When she called CSMC's Support Line, Rani was cold. The heater in her home was broken and although her landlord had promised to fix it, he hadn't, and Rani was scared to keep asking for fear of being evicted. When Lesley called us, she told the Support Worker that...

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