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9/5/08 NCSMC would like to invite you to the Biannual Conference 2008 Sole Parenting in a Changing Political Climate at the Pilgrim Centre, Flinders Street, Adelaide SA. Guest speakers presenting on topics including Welfare to Work, Child Support, Family Law, Housing and a Politician's Panel.  See here for the flyer, the program, and the registration form.

15/2/08 The NCSMC is seeking an Executive Officer for a .6 position. Read the ad here. Download the Job and Person Specification here. Applications close Wednesday, 5 March 2008.

7/11/07 Grace Vaughan Lecture by Dr Elspeth McInnes "Welfare to Work –  Creating a new social security exclusion system"

25/10/07 Press Release:  Sole Parent Families Left Behind in the Dark on Utility Support

22/10/07 Work and Welfare: Single Mothers and Australian Policy - Honours Thesis by Myjenta Winter

8/10/07 ACOSS National Conference "Australia Fair: Taking Steps Towards a Fair Go for All" being held in Adelaide on 22-23 November - click here to access Conference Flyer.

29/09/07 Child-Halving in the Family Law system and the Links with Welfare and Child Support - Paper presented at International Women’s Conference 2007 USQ 27-29 September by Dr Elspeth McInnes AM

06/08/07  Relocation After Parental Separation - Research being undertaken by The University of Sydney - participants wanted

27/07/07 Presentation to Homelessness SA AGM "Single Parent Families and Homelessness" by Dr Elspeth McInnes AM

17/07/07 Federal Child Welfare Policy Off Target - Press Release

29/06/07 'Shared Parental Responsibility' in Australia's Family Law System by Dr Elspeth McInnes AM, University of SA - presentation at Altering States: Creating Futures Conference, Brisbane, June 28-29 2007

30/5/07 New Factsheets available regarding Child Support Scheme, including how it is changing and how it interacts with Social Security payments.

10/5/07 Research Participants Wanted - Women who were single mothers during the period between 1960 and the 1980s

8/5/07 Press Release - Response to Federal Budget - "Low income families get access to Child Care Tax Rebate at last"

31/1/07 Welfare to Work Fact Sheets - clear and concise information about the changes to income support.

23/10/06 Welfare to Work Survey 2006 - participate in research being conducted by University of Technology, Sydney

18/10/06 Social Security and Safety: Social Participation and Poverty - Paper delivered by Dr Elspeth McInnes AM at SACOSS Conference 2006

4/10/06  Senate Committee for Community Affairs - Child Support Amendment Bill - NCSMC Submission

6/9/06 Welfare to Work and Its Impact on Single Parent Families - Updated Presentation by Dr Elspeth McInnes AM

14/8/06 Press Release - Women Current or Former Partners Responsible for Less Than Five Percent of Assaults on Men

11/8/06  Child Support Changes (click here for further information)

26/7/06 Griffith University Survey on coping with relationship difficulties / separation

18/07/06 When Unpaid Work Doesn't Count: The Commodification of Family Life in the new Welfare to Work Order - paper by Dr Elspeth McInnes AM presented at Road to Where: The Politics and Practice of Implementing Welfare to Work, 17-18 July 2006, Carlton Crest Hotel, Brisbane.

30/6/06 Welfare to Work and Its Impact on Single Parent Families - Address given to Homelessness SA Forum by Dr Elspeth McInnes AM

30/6/06 Press Release: Single Parents and Children Hit By Three July 1 Changes

14/6/06 What Can I Do? Allegations of Child Abuse and the Family Court: Tips to Help Protective Parents Compiled by "A friend of a child in distress".

9/5/06 - Federal Government 2006/07 Budget - NCSMC Press Release

5/5/06 - First Report -  Attitudes of Separated Resident Mothers in Australia to Child-Father Contact - April 2006-

3/5/06 Overview of Family Law and Child Support Changes – Powerpoint Presentation

29/3/06 Child Support System Changes  to Phase in between July 06 – July 08 - Fact Sheet

28/2/06 NCSMC Press Release: Child Support Changes

21/12/05 : FACTSHEET – SOLE PARENTS AND WELFARE TO WORK UPDATED

NATSEM Report:  The Distributional Impact of the Proposed  Welfare-to-Work Reforms Upon Sole Parents, as commissioned by the National Foundation of Australian Women.

Welfare to Workfare Public Campaign Kit.

1/12/05 Address to UNIFEM Informs Seminar November 24 2005:  Realities and Solutions in Family Violence, by Dr Elspeth McInnes

7/11/05 NCSMC Press Release - NEWSTART NOT DESIGNED FOR SINGLE PARENT FAMILY NEEDS

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