Labour Force Status of Families – ABS 2021 SOURCE: Australia’s Bureau of Statistics explores how families engage with the labour market – June 2021 Key statistics In June 2021: 1 in 7 families were one parent families (15.0%) There were 1.4 million jobless families (19.5%) COVID-19 Impacts The latest annual data presentedRead More →
CHILDCARE IS A CHALLENGE FOR MANY SINGLE PARENTS Dr Barbara Broadway and Dr Esperanza Vera-Toscano reported this week that The HILDA Survey suggests single-parent households in Australia are abandoning formal childcare as they face greater poverty rates While we have seen as a long trending outcome in the global labourRead More →
ProBono reports Australia’s welfare system locks single parent families into poverty. It comes as no surprise that researchers into child poverty within Australia have correctly forecast or social security net is failing to keep vulnerable families out of poverty, with the weight or child poverty felt most deeply among singleRead More →
