Margaret Ambrose
What Being A Single Mom Taught Me About My Own Mother
The reason my mum has been such an incredible support to me is that she knows exactly what I am going through.
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Margaret Ambrose
- Jul 29
- 1 min
"I’m a single mum living in a sharehouse with other mums"
Welcome to ‘mummunes’ - communities of mothers deciding to live together for support and friendship.
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Margaret Ambrose
- Jun 1, 2023
- 1 min
Inside the family violence refuges that are making sure everyone is safe – even pets
Five-year-old Hervey is entering a family violence refuge in the western suburbs of Melbourne with his family, frightened and bearing the...
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Margaret Ambrose
- Jun 1, 2023
- 5 min
Have baby, will travel
When I told a good friend, and seasoned mother and traveller, that I was taking my newborn to Europe for two months...
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Margaret Ambrose
- Feb 1, 2023
- 6 min
The story of the PM's mum must be a catalyst for change
It was a rags-to-riches story that titillated the Australian public and through a long, drawn-out election campaign was re-told...
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Margaret Ambrose
- Feb 1, 2023
- 1 min
Julia Gillard’s misogyny speech has empowered me – to speak up about her government’s shortcomings
On Tuesday night I was one of the almost 3,000 mostly women at the Victorian Arts Centre who rose from their seats in thunderous applause...
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Margaret Ambrose
- Oct 31, 2022
- 1 min
Inside the refuges helping family violence survivors get back on their feet
A taxi pulls up in an ordinary street in an outer Melbourne suburb. A woman and small child get out, carrying only a couple of plastic...
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Margaret Ambrose
- Oct 31, 2022
- 1 min
Why universal healthcare is essential for single mothers
When I decided to become a single mother, there were a lot of things weighing on my mind — such as how it'd be to go through in vitro...
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Margaret Ambrose
- Sep 1, 2022
- 1 min
Are infertile women the new enemy?
When Sally’s* best friend had to unexpectedly go into work on her day off, Sally offered to look after her son, James, aged two. She...
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Margaret Ambrose
- Apr 1, 2022
- 2 min
Mums who refuse to work for free
The work performed by mothers at home has traditionally been unpaid, but one unexpected by-product of lockdown, when everyone was working...
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Margaret Ambrose
- Jan 1, 2022
- 1 min
Women who choose parenting partners, not life partners
It’s called co-parenting or platonic parenting, and it’s when two or more people, not in a relationship, come together to raise children....
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Margaret Ambrose
- Sep 1, 2021
- 3 min
Five tips every single mother should know at Christmas
Since becoming a single mother, I’ve pretty much successfully navigated the ups and downs, and even developed skills I never knew I had.
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Margaret Ambrose
- Sep 1, 2021
- 4 min
Test Tube Babies and Armies of Clones: a look back on IVF in Australia
When I tell people that my daughters, Greta age nine and Rori age seven, were conceived using an anonymous donor and IVF, the most common...
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Margaret Ambrose
- Dec 1, 2020
- 1 min
Life for the single mother in 2020
She is aged 41, university educated and employed in a professional field. Despite her workload, she is the sole carer of two or three...
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Margaret Ambrose
- Jan 1, 2020
- 1 min
Baby hatches: the safest solution for abandoned newborns?
The discovery of an abandoned baby invariably leaves a community seeking answers, but two cases in Sydney in the space of one week...
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Margaret Ambrose
- Aug 1, 2019
- 1 min
The everyday items making your kids infertile
The chemicals in products you’re probably using every day can be slowly destroying your child’s chances of ever becoming a parent.
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Margaret Ambrose
- Jul 1, 2019
- 1 min
'ParentsNext has added nothing to my life except constant anxiety'
“The Government continues to tell us that ParentsNext is good for parents and more participants are gaining benefit."
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