Hundreds of couples are claiming false marital and relationship status to rort millions of dollars from Centrelink…

In light of the staggering costs of divorce to the national economy in government assistance payments and court costs, Social Services Minister Kevin Andrews said he will act to establish an expert panel on early intervention, examine strategies to lower the divorce rate and better identify and assist vulnerable children and young people…

De facto couples – even those who have a child and live together – have significant social, financial and emotional “differences” to married couples, according to a Federal Circuit Court judge…

A SINGLE mother will have to repay more than $15,000 in Centrelink overpayments she claimed while working for an insurance company…

The issue was discussed in policy talks during the new-look government’s first cabinet meeting since Mr Rudd returned to the leadership, with options being pursued about how best to financially help those mostly single mothers affected…

Centrelink will contact tens of thousands of single parents who were wrongly told to destroy their concession cards after moving to Newstart dole payments…

Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan has rejected backbench calls for the Government to reinstate higher welfare payments for single parents…

HUNDREDS of single parents in Geelong could be up to $100 a week worse off when they are pushed off the single-parent pension and on to the Newstart allowance in less than two weeks…

New figures show growing numbers of single women juggling busy working lives with the intense demands of bringing up children. In 2001 there were 121,400 single women in Australia with a child, working more than 35 hours each week. Jump forward a decade and their numbers have grown dramatically, by 43 per cent. By the time of the 2011 census, there were 173,600 single mothers working full-time hours across Australia…