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...
Australia is a vast land, and sometimes it's easy to look at what's happening elsewhere in the country and wonder if it has anything at all to do with us. Sometimes it doesn't - but sometimes what happens in another state or territory can serve as a warning that it...
By Jenny Davidson, CEO In September, I had the unique opportunity as CSMC’s CEO to travel to Glasgow for the inaugural meeting on the One-Parent Families and Vulnerability Network (O-PFV). This newly minted network brought together one-parent organisations with...
Why so many of us are feeling 'squished' and what to do about it For many of us single mums, the 'juggle' used to be managing full-time caring parenting with full-time paid employment. Maintaining two full-time roles took energy, time, and emotional resources. Then as...