Single Mother Test: Victorian Election Forum 2026

The forum has finished, but you can still make your voice heard.

Thank you to everyone who joined CSMC’s Single Mother Test: Victorian Election Forum 2026, centring the voices, experiences and priorities of single mother families.

Help keep those priorities on the election agenda by signing our open letter.

We’re calling on every party contesting the Victorian election to apply the Single Mother Test: do their policies work for a family with one parent and one income?

Our five election asks call for fair cost-of-living relief, housing for families escaping violence, transparent rental screening, safe rental homes and genuinely affordable housing.

Whether you attended the forum or couldn’t make it, you can support the campaign. Add your name and share the letter with your community.

One parent. One income. One fair go.

The evening will include:

• Stories and perspectives from single mothers and CSMC storytellers

• Discussion of the issues affecting single mother families

• An introduction to CSMC’s five election asks

• Responses from candidates and political representatives

• Time to connect with others in the community

Food for adults and children, and childcare at the venue, will be provided.

Doors open: 6:00 pm
Forum begins: 6:30 pm
Forum concludes: 8:00 pm

Please arrive from 6:00 pm to allow enough time to check in and find your seat before the forum begins.

The Women’s Centre
Room: Wayi Djerring – Us Together
Queen Victoria Women’s Centre
Level 4, 210 Lonsdale Street
Melbourne VIC 3000

Please let us know when registering if you intend to bring children or require childcare support. Any confirmed childcare arrangements and further information will be communicated before the event.

CSMC is committed to creating a welcoming and accessible event.

If you have accessibility requirements or need support to participate, please include this information when registering or contact us before the event. We will do our best to accommodate your needs.

If any of the topics discussed feel difficult or overwhelming, attendees are welcome to step out or take a break at any time.

Photography or recording may take place during the event. Further information will be provided on the evening.

Please speak with a CSMC team member if you do not wish to be photographed or recorded.

Council of Single Mothers and their Children (CSMC) is a Victorian community organisation that supports and advocates alongside single mothers and their children. CSMC works to amplify the voices of single mother families and advance social and economic equality.

For questions about forum correspondence, registration, accessibility, support requirements or cancelling your ticket, please contact:

Sumi Aziz
Administration Officer, CSMC
Email: admin@csmc.org.au
Phone: 03 9654 0327

If you can no longer attend, please email Sumi as soon as you can so your place can be offered to someone else.