Single Parenting Payment News Today

As of Wednesday, Centrelink payments are going up, including Youth Allowance and JobSeeker. Here's how much they'll increase by.

A single mother relying on Centrelink payments has broken down on television as she pointed to an issue with one of the federal budget measurers to Jim Chalmers.

There is some irony that immigration is so easily weaponised.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers used his budget speech this week to spruik the government's credentials and programs. But did he keep his facts straight?

Financial support for single parents will continue until their youngest dependent child turns 14, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announces.

Expect to hear the phrase "striking the balance" frequently in coming weeks.

Expect to hear the phrase "striking the balance" frequently in coming weeks.

Backbencher Kate Thwaites says the existing system is failing sole-parent families, and she hopes the government will rectify the problem in the looming May 9 budget.

Australia’s Defence posture is in for its biggest shake-up in decades. Fewer armoured vehicles – more long-range missiles and, of course, nuclear submarines. Tomorrow’s Defence Strategic Review is all about the heightened prospect of war – which the government is taking very seriously. Likewise - major changes at the Reserve Bank are on the way – after recommendations of an expert review were adopted in full. But when it comes to the Budget – it’s a different story. The government ...

A welfare advisory committee has recommended the government atone for Julia Gillard stripping single mothers of parenting payments.