Urgent Media Call Out
Seeking rural single mums
ABC Radio National | Posted 15 February 2013
DEADLINE – 15 February 2013 Midnight
Researchers with ABC Radio National in Melbourne, are seeking single parents in country areas who are affected by the federal government’s changes to sole parenting payments.
- Are some sole parents forced to move out of urban areas (where housing is often expensive) and in to rural areas (where housing is more affordable)
- Is it hard to get a job in a country town. Now that more single parents are forced onto the dole, how does that cause an added difficulty?
- They are keen to speak with either sole parents themselves
Specifically, they are after single parents who could talk from experience about: