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Some Australian Single Parent Statistics...
In June 2006, there were 592,000 one-parent families (with children under 15 years) - 87%
515,040 of them were headed by mothers*
Overall percentage of (all families with children aged under 15) single mother families in Australia in 2008 with children aged under 15
17.7%*
The Northern Territory
has the highest rate of single parent families in the country (2008)**Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, December 2010
*Latest Australian Divorce Statistics...
Overall number of Divorces in Australia in 2009 -
49,448
(an increase of 2,239 (4.7%) compared to 2008)
24,268 of those divorces involved children under the age of 18yrs, representing 49.1% of all divorces granted
*Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, December 2010
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Single Mum Call Outs Archive
Media Call-Outs 2012
Seeking Single Mums considering prostitution
Sydney Morning Herald | 20 January 2013Looking for single SYDNEY mothers who have turned to or considered prostitution/stripping after cuts to welfare payments this year more...
Seeking 30 Sydney kids for free bikes
Conference Speakers Australia | 23 December 2012We run a team-building activity for corporate group, where they build a bike and think they are going to race it - then at the last minute we say "No race..how about we donate them to some worthy kids?" more...
Seeking single mum families in Sydney
Chanel 9 | 29 November 2012We are looking for single mother families to receive a FREE gourmet Christmas lunch prepared by 5 star gourmet Chef, Zigi Ozeri. The families will be featured on a Channel 9 Christmas Day TV program called 'My Christmas' more...
Seeking working single mums in Sydney
Sydney Morning Herald | 16 November 2012We are trying to get in touch with a single mum who works full-time and is prepared to be in a photo today (Friday) with her children more...
Seeking parents in Sydney and Melbourne
OurSay | 11 November 2012Seeking parents in Sydney and Melbourne to attend upcoming 1-2 hour workshops. OurSay.org, an online platform that connects citizens with people in power, is looking for 20-25 parents to attend upcoming 1-2 hour workshops to be held in Sydney and Melbourne more...
Seeking Mums who will be forced from Parent Payment Single to Newstart
National Council of Single Mothers and their Children (NCSMC) | 9 October 2012If legislation is passed, more single mothers will be forced from Parent Payment Single (PPS) to Newstart effective 1st Jan 2013 (when their youngest child turns 8) We are wanting the voices of the women who will be impacted by the change more...
Seeking a single mother with children born between 2000-2009
Major national womens magazine | 22 June 2012The article is comparing the experiences of single mothers over the past 30 years to see what has got better, what has got worse, what has changed, and what still needs to change more...
Seeking single parents in Brisbane regarding Public Housing issues
A Current Affair | 20 June 2012Seeking a "...Brisbane family (single parent or two parents with kids) who have been desperately waiting on a house from Housing Commission. They need to have been on the wait list and bouncing from emergency accommodation sources. They would need to be living in a crowded situation (more than 1 person to a room)..." more...
Seeking single parents working, or attempting to find work
Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) | 5 June 2012The Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) has been speaking out against the Federal Government’s plan to force single parents off Parenting Payment Single (PPS) and place them onto the lower paying Newstart Allowance when their youngest child turns eight years of age... more...
Seeking Victorian Single Mums
National Current Affair TV Program | 15 May 2012Calling all single mothers in Victoria who can't find work - we are working on a campaign piece for single mothers who want work and want to be off welfare benefits... more...
Seeking Grandfathered Parenting Payment Single Mums
The Australian | 09 May 2012Looking to speak with and take a photo of a single mother who will be affected by the new Federal Government's single parent payment cuts that affect mothers on the Grandfathering single parent payment. Anywhere in Australia... more...
Seeking Grandfathered Parenting Payment Single Mums
Nine News | 04 May 2012Nine news are seeking single parents on the Grandfathered Single Parent Payment to comment on the withdrawal of the single parent payment (single mother pension) to Newstart when their child turns eight years old... more...
Seeking mums
National Parenting Magazine | 23 April 2012...I am looking for a mum with a physical disability (in a wheelchair or born with dwarfism, for example) - how she coped with her pregnancy and her first-person experience, also happy to receive stories of extraordinary pregnancy and birth more...
Seeking single mums with teenagers
CentrelinkNews.com.au | 7 January 2012...looking for parents of teenagers 16 - 19 years, especially school students but also kids who have left school in year 10 more...
Media Call-Outs 2011
Seeking single mums that have experienced credit card debt
Queensland Media Outlet | 15 November 2011Hi im looking for parents who have decided the best way to deal with credit card debt is to cut up card altogether and live without a credit card more...
Seeking single mums that chose to go it alone
Australian Women's Weekly | 10 November 2011The Australian Women's Weekly, Australia's biggest-selling magazine, is looking for a single mum who decided to have a child on her own more...
Seeking single mums
National TV Program | 5 October 2011We are seeking a separated/divorced mum who has tried shared parenting with her ex-partner (each parent has the child for at least 35% of the time). For one reason or another this shared care arrangement did not work out more...
Seeking single mums
National Parenting Magazine | 27 September 2011I am looking for mums who have suffered from each of the following: A relationship break-up (with a focus on mental health issues surrounding this, such as depression, anxiety, mood swings etc) - Physical hurdles more...
Thanks for your responses
ABC Radio National | 27 July 2011I was hoping to thank all the people who responded to the media callout on your website. Although I was unable to respond to everyone personally I am grateful to all the mums (and dad) who took time to share their stories with me more...
Seeking single mums
National Radio Program | 01 July 2011I'm hoping to speak to mothers who have been affected by the shared parenting laws. Mothers who found it hard to report violence because they felt they might not be believed or they would be seen as unfriendly. Also interested in more...
Seeking single mum and child/ren for interview and photo
Sydney Newspaper | 01 June 2011I am a journalist searching for a single mum living anywhere in Sydney, Newcastle or on the NSW Central Coast who is willing to be photographed with her child/children tomorrow (Thursday June 2) more...
Seeking a single mum and a lesbian couple that have used a sperm donor
National Parenting Magazine | 20 May 2011Why are so many women choosing to have babies without fathers? If you think the role of fathers is becoming redundant, then we want to hear from you more...
Seeking a Melbourne single mum
Herald Sun | 5 May 2011I am a journalist at the Herald Sun and am looking for a Melbourne single mum (who earns less than $600 a week) for an article on today’s cost of living to be published in tomorrow’s newspaper more...
Seeking child custody stories - good or bad
Sunday newspaper | 13 April 2011Child custody stories wanted for Sunday newspaper story. Good or bad, we'd love to hear from you so your experience may help others more...
Seeking a Melbourne single mum and child
Herald Sun | 28 January 2011Melbourne mother and child needed - "I’m a journalist at the Herald Sun newspaper in Melbourne. We’re writing an article about the “milk wars” currently waging within our supermarkets with home-brand milk selling for $2 per two litres. We’re looking for a Melbourne mother and child to be in a picture for us, discussing whether lower milk prices are beneficial." more...
Media Call-Outs 2010
Herald Sun | 10 December 2010
The Herald Sun newspaper in Melbourne is seeking a Victorian family with three generations of single mums (i.e. great-grandmother, grandmother and mother) to share their stories more...
Cleo Magazine National | 10 August 2010
CLEO Magazine is on the hunt for a single mum to be interviewed for a story. The feature is called 'how I make it work' - so it's on women facing different challenges and how they work around them more...
The Age | August 2010
I am a journalist on The Sunday Age newspaper in Melbourne. I am writing an election-related story, based on the perspectives of six people from different backgrounds in Victoria.
I would like to include the views of a single mum in Melbourne.
more...