Thanks for your replies

I dont have to do childcare, it's just that that's all I've ever done. I dont have any quals and didn't finish year 11. So I think that is going to be my biggest hurdle when trying to get a job. I have no idea how much I could be paid in other proffessions, or how hard it is going to be to get into them.

This thread is kind of the first step I guess in me looking into getting back to work. I dont really know where to start

Mizqtie - Gross pay is before tax, net pay is after tax
Some weeks we get parenting payment, others we dont, DF is on casual still for his probabtion and there has been a few weeks where he's not had much work. Once (if it ever happens ) he's on fulltime I expect we'll get very little. 'cause you know 650 p/w net is more than enough to pay rent, bills, clothes and eat :/ Most weeks thouhg we dont get that much, we've been "living" on around 400 a week for about a month now.

Doesn't sound rude, sounds like a genuine question, I dont know how it works exactly but we have been 100% honest with our reporting so hopefully it's right....