Of all the challenges solo parenting can bring into your life, one thing is for certain- being a single parent can also bring isolation. When you’re parenting alone there’s a whole range of extra ...

Recent decades have seen a big increase in Australians taking extra care and attention to their health and general wellness. Previous generations were of the attitude of getting stuck in and everythin ...

The Albanese Labor Government today announced a much-needed relief to Australia’s single mother families- the raising of the Single Parenting Payment youngest child age cut off from eight to fourtee ...

Everything you need to know about the Albanese Government’s abolishing of ParentsNext, and the pausing of mutual obligations and participation requirements. For many Australian single mums who a ...

Expert Opinion Panel Jason Bryce – Business & Finance Specialist Howard and Gillard’s single parent pension cut to be restored? By Jason Bryce Next Tuesday the Treasurer Jim Chalmers will ...

Expert Opinion Panel Jason Bryce – Business & Finance Specialist The ultimate guide to Australian single mum Centrelink benefits & more UPDATED: May 2023 Centrelink, State Government, We ...

Expert Opinion Panel Jason Bryce – Business & Finance Specialist Am I really single? At what point does having a relationship affect your Centrelink benefits? Plenty of couples split up and ...

This Facebook post had many mums reacting and commenting – there are billions of dollars worth of child support owed in Australia- this mum’s experience may help you recover a child support de ...

This article includes information regarding many common Christmas custody issue questions, including… Can I stop my ex from taking my child overseas? What do I do if I my parenting order has bee ...

There are a lot of great educational benefits to homeschooling your child or teenager – but did you know that there are extra Centrelink benefits too? There are many reasons why families may wis ...

Expert Opinion Panel Jason Bryce – Business & Finance Specialist Parental Leave increased Home loan scheme doubled Everything single parents need to know about the new $250 cash payment: Who ...

What are the rules for child custody, care and access during COVID stay-at-home lockdown orders?  A state-by-state round up of the current rules surrounding shared parenting access during lockdown a ...

Time to lock-down: “55” could be your safety number Lock downs and self-isolating to reduce contact are back. New announcements are asking for greater community response, and with each message co ...

ParentsNext is a compulsory Centrelink program for parents with children under 6 who receive the Centrelink Parenting Payment. It is stated by the government as intended to assist single mums to prepa ...

Singlemum.com.au and several other concerned organisation representatives, professionals and individuals converged on Parliament House in Canberra either in person or via Zoom in on Friday to raise co ...

This is a budget for women and single parents with plenty of new funding and cash for people in difficult circumstances. But once again the government neglects to raise Jobseeker or the Single Parent ...

Can my ex apply too? Are my kids too old? What if I owned a house with my ex prior? All you need to know about the new single parent home owner 2 percent deposit scheme On Tuesday the 11th of May, the ...

Everything you need to know about this week’s announcement of a rise in JobSeeker plus how single mums are reacting….  By Jason Bryce From 1 April 2020, the Morrison government is raising ...

The best of the Australian single mum Facebook support group Feeling down after a break up? Perhaps you need a confidence boost? Have we got a playlist for you! Many times Mums in our single mum Faceb ...

Benefits of Play – Getting Out and Active We’ve been relative lucky here in Queensland. While other Australian cities like Melbourne are still facing harsher restrictions, Brisbane are lucky enoug ...

Parents receiving Family Tax Benefit are among the winners in Budget 2020, if you can call anyone a winner in this year of crisis and disasters By Jason Bryce Single mum guide to Budget 2020   More c ...

The best of the Australian single mum Facebook support group Recently in our Single Mum Facebook group a mum asked – How do you meet anyone normal for dating…those dating apps are full of ...

The next phase of the winding down of government Coronavirus supplements and benefits has been announced By Singlemum Staff  Jobseeker Coronavirus Supplement extended, but reduced more than half Inc. ...

Expert Opinion Panel Jason Bryce – Business & Finance Coronavirus, EOFY and Centrelink for single mums This is the most unusual end of financial year in living memory and we all have a milli ...

Expert Opinion Panel Jason Bryce – Business & Finance Why am I missing out of the second $750 economic support payment? Centrelink Update for single mums By Jason Bryce Most single mums won� ...

Two State rebates you must apply for this tax year – and they are closing soon! There are two State Governments rebates closing this tax year single mums need to know about. They won’t be aut ...

Check your State- Our round-up of new COVID-19 State grants, concessions & payments In addition to the Federal Government Centrelink stimulus COVID-19 welfare payments and benefits, some of the St ...

When do I get it? Why can’t I see it? Is it taxable? Should I update my Family Tax Estimate? Here are the answers to your most-asked Centrelink Coronavirus payment questions! One thing is for sure r ...

Expert Opinion Panel Jason Bryce – Business & Finance **Update – free child care will be replaced with a subsidy from 12 July 2020** Working mums can get free child care if … Single ...

With the majority of Australian school kids now being schooled at home for the very first time due to Coronavirus social distancing or schools closing, we asked one of Australia’s biggest  homescho ...

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED 22 MARCH – UPDATED 2 APRIL 2020  Get ready for the second wave of government Coronavirus payments –  there are two new main payments –  but who is eligible fo ...

Join the Australian single mum Facebook support group A word from a single parent – we have no choice! With the COVID-19 pandemic approaching its peak the government is steadily increasing lock ...

UPDATED – ORIGINAL POSTED MARCH 27 Due to COVID19 The government have suspended  Centrelink Mutual Obligations, however what a lot of Newstart (Jobseeker) and ParentsNext recipients don’t rea ...

Recognising that separated parents are in desperate need of guidance about how to manage custody arrangements as restrictions on daily life increase as a result of COVID-19, the Family Court and Feder ...

Last night after the Federal Cabinet meeting finished at around 9pm, our Government announced more changes to increase restrictions on the public’s movements and further limit what “non-essential� ...

Expert Opinion Panel Jason Bryce – Business & Finance There are two major new payments for single mums and other people that have been announced in the last week. Firstly, two $750 Economic ...

Expert Opinion Panel Jason Bryce – Business & Finance Coronavirus and your CASH – Update Every parent has a million concerns right now but the main one is getting through the 2020 Coro ...

Expert Opinion Panel Jason Bryce First if you or kids are feeling unwell or you have health concerns or questions, call the Australian government’s Coronavirus Health Information Line on 1800 020 08 ...

It’s a stressful, difficult time for all parents at the moment, with the threat of imminent school closures, changes to work arrangements and the general absence of our children’s favourite ch ...

Expert Opinion Panel Jason Bryce – Business & Finance ScoMo’s $750 cash handout Single mums and other Centrelink beneficiaries will be paid $750 directly into their bank accounts in the fo ...

The best of the Australian single mum Facebook support group A word from a single parent Sometimes I lay awake and tearful at night wondering how I will give my children everything they need, while yo ...

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The best of the Australian single mum Facebook support group – an inspirational single mum story I’m having a very proud single mum moment! A couple of months ago my daughter said she wanted a ...

Single mum support group The best of the Australian single mum Facebook support group This article first appeared as a post in our single mum support Facebook group and was republished, with permissio ...

Single mum support group The best of the Australian single mum Facebook support group This article first appeared in our single mum support Facebook group and was published due to its popularity. I wa ...

Expert Opinion Panel Jason Bryce – Business & Finance Specialist Is the government rolling out the cashless welfare card nationally? Singlemum.com.au has been following the development of Ce ...

5 tips for feeding big families as a single mum With all of the challenges being a single mother brings, finding the time to prepare adequate meals for one or more children is chief among them. If you ...

Annette Wilson, Partner and Family Law Accredited Specialist | Swaab Children on the Death of the Residential Parent After Parenting Orders What are Parenting Orders? Parenting Orders are Court Orders ...

Expert Opinion Panel Jason Bryce – Business & Finance Specialist The end of the financial year is within sight and that means tax time! But hang on, you may not need to lodge a tax return at ...

The best of the Australian single mum Facebook support group This article first appeared in our single mum support Facebook group and was published due to its popularity. If you’ve ever thought ...

The best of the Australian single mum Facebook support group This article first appeared in our single mum support Facebook group and was published due to its popularity. Spare time is something singl ...

The best of the Australian single mum Facebook support group This article first appeared in our single mum support Facebook group and was published due to its popularity. Self-care may seem like the i ...

Single Mums – this is your chance to be heard! With our national network of hundreds of thousands of single mums, it’s time to band together to vote on the issues that so harshly affect Au ...

Expert Opinion Panel Jason Bryce – Business & Finance Specialist Single Parent budgeting Budget 2019 – what single parents need to know What is in Budget 2019 for single parents? Every ...

 In July 2018 the Federal Government expanded its pilot of ParentsNext, a program for young parents to become employment-ready based.  At a first glance this seems a step-in-the-right-direction as w ...

Expert Opinion Panel Jason Bryce – Business & Finance Specialist Single Parent budgeting Five ways to save money in 2019 Single parents need to be on top of any changes that will impact your ...

Changing the Narrative on Intergenerational Welfare Dependency 32% of children who reside in a sole parent family live in poverty We have a policy failure The National Council of Single Mothers and th ...

by: Teri Worten In today’s world of the perfect size and the perfect hair and high fashion’ it can be difficult to accept yourself and take pride in the beautifully unique creation you are ...

SingleMum.com.au Expert Opinion Panel | Dr Cate Banks – Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner Identifying domestic violence SingleMum.com.au Exclusive! Is this you, or someone you know? Dr Cate ...

SingleMum.com.au Expert Opinion Panel|Dan Davis – Nutritional Therapist Food Intolerance Or Food Allergy? SingleMum.com.au Exclusive! Dan Davis, Nutritional Therapist, for SingleMum.com.au | 26 ...

  Changing back to your maiden name after separation or divorce Danielle Hadida, Lawyer | 10 August 2018 Share Although there is no legal requirement to do so many separated or divorced women re ...

Changing my child’s name without the other parent’s permission LGM Family Law | 05 April 2018 Share So, the question is – can you change your child’s name without the permissi ...

Expert Opinion Jason Bryce – Business & Finance Specialist Centrelink Third Party Relationship Verification Answers to the two big questions every single mum is asking By Jason Bryce | 12 Fe ...

Expert Opinion Jason Bryce – Business & Finance Specialist Newstart changes & cuts to single parent benefits backroom deal Latest Update: Senate Centrelink payments back-room deal By Jas ...

What the hell is going on with Child Support? By Terese Edwards, Chief Executive Officer of the National Council Single Mothers and their Children | 24 December 2017 Share High-income non-resident fat ...

Expert Opinion Panel Jason Bryce – Business & Finance Specialist ‘Blame, Shame and Punishment’ The Big Six Centrelink 2018 changes every single mum needs to understand Single mum ...

Thousands of kids in single parent families (and two-parent families), are cared for by their grandparents, either in short term arrangements or for years and often until they are adults. But what sup ...

Expert Opinion Panel Jason Bryce – Business & Finance Specialist The news Centrelink didn’t tell single parents – until now By Jason Bryce | 16 May 2017 The government announced ...

Expert Opinion Panel Jason Bryce – Business & Finance Specialist By Jason Bryce | 13 May 2017 A giant new Australian payments platform is gradually coming online in 2017, giving government t ...

Expert Opinion Panel Jason Bryce – Business & Finance Specialist Government Orders Single Parents To Be Verified By Jason Bryce | 10 May 2017 Single parents will now have to provide ‘v ...

Expert Opinion Panel Jason Bryce – Business & Finance Specialist Seven big changes to family and child care benefits What they mean for your family budget By Jason Bryce | 25 March 2017 Shar ...

Expert Opinion Panel Jason Bryce – Business & Finance Specialist Family Tax Benefit supplements saved …but what now for child care benefits? By Jason Bryce | 14 February 2017 This is a ...

Expert Opinion Panel Jason Bryce – Business & Finance Specialist Family Tax Benefit supplements saved …but what now for child care benefits? By Jason Bryce | 14 February 2017 Share Thi ...

Expert Opinion Panel Jason Bryce – Business & Finance Specialist Centrelink Family Tax Benefits updated What the Omnibus Bill means for you By Jason Bryce | 09 February 2017 A concerted and dete ...

Expert Opinion Panel Jason Bryce – Business & Finance Specialist Single mothers targeted by Centrelink’s robo-debt campaign 5 ways to avoid being branded a Centrelink welfare cheat By ...

Australian Parenting Blog To Begin Again   Anonymous Australian Single Mum Story | 18 January 2017 I can’t help and think what happened? Where did I go wrong? I always knew I wanted children fr ...

Expert Opinion Panel Jason Bryce – Business & Finance Specialist Centrelink 2017 cuts single parents should know about Another year of tightening the belt for single mums By Jason Bryce | 12 ...

Expert Opinion Panel Jason Bryce – Business & Finance Specialist Which banks will help me leave my abusive husband? In a big step forward for women (and men) who are escaping abusive relatio ...

Expert Opinion Panel Jason Bryce – Business & Finance Specialist Centrelink Family Payment Cuts Are Back They’re back…the Family Payment cuts that won’t die… By Jason ...

Expert Opinion Panel Jason Bryce – Business & Finance Specialist Are you living in poverty and don’t even know it? Single parents just get on with the job of feeding the kids and looki ...

OPINION: Mothers warned not to tell the truth in Family Court By Maurice Kriss ASM, Barrister (ret) | 09 October 2016 …there are early warning signs which alert Mothers “something is wrong ...

Opinion Mothers being forced to agree to shared parenting or lose their child By Maurice Kriss ASM, Barrister (ret) | 23 September 2016 Mothers are being blackmailed into shared parenting in the Famil ...

Expert Opinion Panel Jason Bryce – Business & Finance Specialist Young mums at the frontline of new Centrelink ‘revolution’ Young single parents have been identified as a target ...

Expert Opinion Panel Jason Bryce – Business & Finance Specialist The new deal between Labor and Liberal is in Family Tax Benefit cuts – are you losing money? By Jason Bryce | 14 Septem ...

Expert Opinion Panel Jason Bryce – Business & Finance Specialist Single parent must read 10 government cuts that you didn’t know about By Jason Bryce | 08 September 2016 We all know th ...

Australian Parenting Blog Thank God He Cheated Anonymous Australian Single Mum Story | 11 August 2016 In the ten years we had been together I had always trusted him… I’ll never forget the ...

Expert Opinion Panel Jason Bryce – Business & Finance Specialist When will I get my Schoolkids Bonus? The last Schoolkids Bonus EVER is coming soon Here’s how much you get – and ...

Expert Opinion Panel Jason Bryce – Business & Finance Specialist When will I get my Schoolkids Bonus? The last Schoolkids Bonus EVER is coming soon Here’s how much you get – and ...

Expert Opinion Panel Jason Bryce – Business & Finance Specialist Election 2016 – the single parent’s guide Just who should single parents vote for this election? By Jason Bryce | ...

Expert Opinion Panel Jason Bryce – Business & Finance Specialist The single parent’s need-to-know Budget 2016 guide Your 5 minute guide to the budget! By Jason Bryce | 05 May 2016 Six ...

Government single parent grants and schemes The Child Dental Benefits Schedule is Closing Singlemum.com.au staff | 04 May 2016 The government’s free child dental scheme is ending soon The govern ...

Single Mum Lifestyle Articles What is the best age for a child to start swimming lessons? Tanya Boys | Accredited swimming coach | 14 April 2016 One of the most common questions I am asked by parents ...

Australian Parenting Blog Joint Custody – those two scary words My Australian Single Mum Story | 8 April 2016 the two words that keep me awake in the wee small hours of the night – ‘ ...

Australian Parenting Blog My Threenager Surviving three year olds! Amy Ahearn | 16 March 2016 Share My youngest daughter was a glorious two-year-old. Curly hair, bright eyes and a grin that you couldn ...