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I am a single mother by choice. Why am I hit with a ‘solo parent’ penalty?

Katherine Danks says one-parent households face added care and housing pressures because 71% of single mothers with dependants are employed.

There is no ‘spare adult’ to play backstop in single-parent households – and Australia has 1.2 million of them. We haven’t adjusted for this reality.

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I am a single mother by choice. Why am I hit with a ‘solo parent’ penalty?

There is no ‘spare adult’ to play backstop in single-parent households – and Australia has 1.2 million of them. We haven’t adjusted for this reality.

·North Sydney, Australia
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Sydney Morning Herald broke the news in North Sydney, Australia on Friday, September 25, 2026.
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