Under new proposals child support would be paid to single parents regardless of whether the other parent contributes..

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…