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...
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Remember ParentsNext? Want to help design a better version?
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...
Join our study of single-parent renters
We're partnering with Tenants Victoria to learn more about the legal and related service-experience needs of single parents renting in Victoria. What we learn will inform our future service provision, as well as our advocacy. Interviews will be via Microsoft Teams,...
Employment red flags… plus a bit of good news
The report from CSMC's national survey of single mothers, released earlier this year, revealed that single mothers are employed at equivalent levels to partnered mothers. Yet every single mother will tell you, when you are the sole financial provider for your family,...




