Working mum ticks the right boxes - but still gets whacked

By Dan Harrison
October 10 2012 - 3:00am
Tall order ... Petra Hilton and her son, Tobias. ''I am working part-time, and I am studying part-time, but on Newstart you don't get the support to do that,'' she says.
Tall order ... Petra Hilton and her son, Tobias. ''I am working part-time, and I am studying part-time, but on Newstart you don't get the support to do that,'' she says.

PETRA HILTON is doing what the government would like thousands of other single parents to do. She balances raising her son, Tobias, with working 20 hours a week in administration for a food manufacturing company, while studying logistics to carve out a career path for herself within the firm.