Ed's Blog Men to take majority of tax cuts as women still fight for equal pay Any pay rises coming for women as a result of pay transparency can’t keep up with the tax cuts that are coming for men.
Soapbox Resilient, hardworking: Give single mothers the respect they deserve Jenny Davidson shares the findings of the largest survey of single mothers in Australia, noting just how courageous, resilient and hardworking they are.
Politics How removing parenting payments when children turned 8 harmed rather than help single mothers Ahead of this week’s federal budget, here’s new information on how removing parenting payments when children turned 8 harmed single mothers.
News & Views Punitive ParentsNext program to be abolished next year The federal government will abolish its ParentsNext scheme from next year, while compulsory requirements for its participants will be stopped immediately.
Jugglehood Friday essay: parents of 9-month-old babies as ‘workers in waiting’? How ParentsNext monitors single mothers ParentsNext monitors parents’ activities for Centrelink payments. Eve Vincent talks to single mothers about the indignity.
Local The ‘disturbing trend’ of young women rejecting parties on the right Young women and single women are abandoning parties on the right and the only thing we can do is get them married.
News & Views 1 in 6 Australian children grow up in poverty: Anti-Poverty Week calls on parliament to halve child poverty by 2030 With 1 in 6 Australian children growing up in poverty, Anti-Poverty Week is calling on parliament to halve child poverty by 2030.
News & Views Over half a million Australian households struggling to put food on the table: Report On any given day, over half a million households in Australia struggle with food insecurity- especially those with children.
News & Views Single parents are getting priced out of daycare, triggering a vicious cycle of entrenched poverty The HILDA Survey suggests single-parent households on Australia are abandoning formal childcare as they face greater poverty rates.
News & Views Shaky employment recovery not the time to cut payments, especially for women at the forefront of care & job losses We will need much more government stimulus if we are to combat the devastating impact of long-term unemployment, writes Toni Wren
News & Views After Robodebt, it’s time to address ParentsNext ParentsNext compels mothers into makework rather than work and devalues the unpaid caring work they do, writes Elise Klein and Eve Vincent.
News & Views Women married to men do more housework than single mums, study finds Married women spend 2.95 hours a day on housework, compared to 2.41 hours for unmarried women, according to a study of 20,000 mothers.
